EXHIBIT 4.03
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
This REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this "Agreement") is made as of
October 26, 2000, and effective as of the Effective Time as defined in the
Reorganization Agreement, by and between Homestore.com, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), Cendant Corporation, a Delaware corporation
("Stockholder") and the Shelf Stockholders (as hereinafter defined) who are
signatories to this Agreement.
WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms and conditions of that certain Agreement
and Plan of Reorganization dated as of October 25, 2000 (the "Reorganization
Agreement"), the Company will issue shares of its common stock to Stockholder;
and
WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Company
has agreed to grant certain registration rights to Stockholder and certain other
holders of the tracking stock of Stockholder or options to purchase the tracking
stock of Stockholder with respect to such shares.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises, mutual covenants and
conditions herein contained, and of other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereby
agree as follows:
1. Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms
shall have the following respective meanings:
"1933 Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
"1934 Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
"Affiliate" shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Rule 12b-2 of
the General Rules and Regulations under the 1934 Act.
"Closing" shall have the meaning set forth in the Reorganization
Agreement.
"Eligible Time" means the third anniversary of the Closing.
"Existing Registration Rights Agreements" means any written agreement
dated as of a date prior to the date of the Reorganization Agreement obligating
the Company to register shares of any of the Company's securities for its
stockholders, including, without limitation, the Second Amended and Restated
Stockholders Agreement, dated January 28, 1999, by and among the Company and
certain of its stockholders, as amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto dated April
9, 1999.
"Existing Stockholders" shall have the meaning ascribed to the term
"Stockholders" in the Existing Registration Rights Agreements, and any other
stockholder or holder of any security convertible into or exchangeable for any
of the Company's securities.
"Person" means a corporation, an association, a partnership, a limited
liability company, an organization, a business, an individual, a joint venture,
a trust or a governmental or political subdivision thereof.
"Register," "registered," and "registration" refers to a registration
effected by preparing and filing a registration statement or similar document in
compliance with the 1933 Act, and the declaration or ordering of effectiveness
of such registration statement or document.
"Registrable Securities" shall mean the Shelf Shares and the
Stockholder Shares.
"Registration Statement" means any registration statement described in
Sections 2.1 or 2.2 of this Agreement.
"Rule 144" means Rule 144 promulgated under the 1933 Act, or any successor
rule thereto.
"SEC" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Shelf Shares" means the shares of common stock of the Company issued or
issuable to the Shelf Stockholders in accordance with the terms and conditions
of the Reorganization Agreement, and any securities of the Company issued as a
dividend on or other distribution with respect to, or in exchange for or
replacement of, such common stock.
"Shelf Stockholders" shall mean the Persons listed on Exhibit A.
"Stockholder" shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.
"Stockholder Demand" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.1
below.
"Stockholder Shares" means the shares of common stock of the Company
issued or issuable to the Stockholder in accordance with the terms and
conditions of the Reorganization Agreement, and any securities of the Company
issued as a dividend on or other distribution with respect to, or in exchange
for or replacement of, such common stock.
2. Registration Rights.
2.1 Demand Registration.
(a) If at any time after the Eligible Time the Stockholder
requests in writing (the "Stockholder Demand") that the Company file a
registration statement on Form S-3 (or any successor form to Form S-3) for a
public offering of Stockholder Shares, the Company shall, subject to Section
4.1, file such Registration Statement with the SEC within sixty (60) days after
its receipt of such request. The Company shall use commercially reasonable
efforts to cause such Registration Statement to be declared effective as soon
thereafter as practicable and keep such registration statement effective until
the Stockholder notifies the Company in writing that the Company is no longer
required to keep such Registration Statement effective. In no event, however,
shall the Company be required to (i) effect more than three (3) registrations
pursuant to this section, (ii) keep any registration statement filed pursuant to
this section effective for more than an aggregate of one hundred twenty (120)
days, (iii) to register more than 10% of the Stockholder Shares in any single
registration or (iv) effect more than one registration pursuant to this section
in any 12-month period following the Eligible Time. The "Incidental
Registration" rights of the Existing Stockholders, to the extent provided for in
Section 4.2 of the Existing Registration Rights Agreement, shall be applicable
to a registration effected pursuant to this Section 2.1.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be
obligated to take any action pursuant to subparagraph (a):
(i) if the Company, within ten (10) days of the
receipt of the Stockholder Demand, gives notice of its bona fide intention to
effect the filing of a registration statement to register on behalf of the
Company any of its common stock under the 1933 Act in connection with a public
offering of such common stock solely for cash with the SEC within sixty (60)
days of receipt of such demand (other than a registration relating primarily to
the sale of securities to participants in a Company stock plan or employee
benefit plan, a transaction covered by Rule 145 under the 1933 Act or the resale
of securities issued in such transaction, a registration in which the only stock
being registered is common stock issuable upon conversion or exchange of debt
securities which are also being registered or any registration on any form which
does not include substantially the same information as would be required to be
included in a registration statement covering the sale of the Stockholder
Shares, any of which may hereafter be referred to as an "Excepted Registration
Statement"): provided, however, that if such registration statement is not filed
by the Company within sixty (60) days of receipt of such Stockholder Demand and
declared effective by the Commission within ninety (90) days after the Company's
receipt of such Stockholder Demand, the Company shall be obligated to cause such
Stockholder Shares to be registered in accordance with the provisions of this
Section 2.1 provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all
reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective; or
(ii) during the period starting with the Company's date
of filing of, and ending on the date ninety (90) days immediately following, the
effective date of any registration statement pertaining to securities of the
Company (the "90-Day Postponement Period"), which registration was subject to
Section 2.2 hereof; provided that if the Company, within the 90-Day Postponement
Period, files any other registration statement (other than an Excepted
Registration Statement), the Company will not be exempted from its obligations
pursuant to this Section 2.1; provided further that the Company shall use
commercially reasonable efforts to cause the registration statement relating to
the Stockholder Demand to be filed and become effective within thirty (30) days
after the 90-Day Postponement Period.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company agrees to
cause such Stockholder Shares to be registered in accordance with the provisions
of Section 2.1(a) within one hundred twenty (120) days of the occurrence of the
postponement of a registration pursuant to Sections 2.1(b)(i) or 2.1(b)(ii);
provided further that the Company may not postpone a demand registration more
than once in any twelve (12) month period.
2.2 Incidental Registration.
(a) Notwithstanding Section 2.1(a) of this Agreement and
Section 1.2(c) of the Stockholder Agreement between stockholder and the Company
dated as of even date herewith, if at any time after the first anniversary of
the Closing, the Company proposes to register (for its own account, on behalf of
its stockholders, or a combination of the foregoing) any of its common stock
under the 1933 Act in connection with a public offering of such common stock
solely for cash (other than pursuant to an Excepted Registration Statement) the
Company shall, at such time, give the Stockholder notice of such registration.
Upon the written request of the Stockholder, given within ten (10) days after
notice has been given by the Company in accordance with Section 9.1, the Company
shall, subject to Section 4, cause to be registered under the 1933 Act all of
the Stockholder Shares that the Stockholder has requested to be registered.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if, at any time after giving written notice of
its intention to register any securities and prior to the effective time of the
registration statement filed in connection with such registration, the Company
shall determine for any reason not to register or to delay registration of such
securities, the Company may, at its election, give written notice of such
determination to Stockholder and (i) in the case of determination not to
register, shall be relieved of its obligation to
register any Stockholder Shares in connection with such registration (but not
from any obligation of the Company to pay any Registration Expenses (as defined
in Section 7 below)), without prejudice, however, to the rights of Stockholder
to request that such registration be effected pursuant to Section 2.1 above and
(ii) in the case of a determination to delay registering, shall be relieved of
its obligation to register any Stockholder Shares for the same period as the
delay in registering such other securities. No registration effected under this
Section 2.2 shall relieve the Company of its obligation to effect any
registration upon request under Section 2.1.
2.3 Shelf Registration. Subject to Section 4 below, no later than
the earlier of (i) ninety (90) days after the Closing or (ii) May 31, 2001, the
Company shall file a registration statement on Form S-3 (or any successor form
to Form S-3) for a public offering of the Shelf Shares. The Company shall use
commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Registration Statement to be
declared effective as soon thereafter as practicable and keep such registration
statement effective, subject to Section 4 below, for a period of one year. The
"Incidental Registration" rights of the Existing Stockholders, to the extent
provided for in the Existing Registration Rights Agreements, shall be applicable
to a registration effected pursuant to this Section 2.3; provided that the Shelf
Stockholders shall not be cut back.
2.4 Underwriting Requirements.
(a) In connection with any underwritten public offering
pursuant to Section 2.2 hereof, the Company shall not be required to include any
of the Stockholder Shares in such underwriting unless the Stockholder accepts
the terms of the underwriting as agreed upon between the Company and the
underwriters for the offering (which underwriters shall be selected by the
Company).
(b) If the total amount of securities, including Stockholder
Shares, requested to be included in an underwritten public offering pursuant to
Section 2.2 hereof exceeds the amount of securities that the underwriters
determine in their sole discretion is compatible with the success of the
offering, then the Company shall be required to include in the offering only
that number of such securities, including Stockholder Shares, which the
underwriters determine in their sole discretion will not jeopardize the success
of the offering. In such event, the Company may reduce the number of Stockholder
Shares to be included in the offering prior to reducing or excluding the shares
proposed to be offered by the Company and the holders of registration rights
under the Existing Registration Rights Agreement.
3. Further Obligations of the Company After Registration.
3.1 Blue Sky Compliance. The Company shall, in connection with a
Registration Statement covering Registrable Securities, use its commercially
reasonable efforts to register and qualify the Registrable Securities covered by
the Registration Statement under such other securities or "blue sky" laws of
such jurisdictions as shall be reasonably requested by the stockholder or the
Shelf Stockholders, as the case may be, provided that the Company shall not be
required in connection therewith or as a condition thereto to qualify to do
business or to file a general consent to service of process in any such states
or jurisdictions unless the Company is already subject to service in such
jurisdiction and except as may be required by the 1933 Act.
3.2 Furnishing of Prospectus. With respect to a Registration
Statement filed pursuant to Sections 2.1, 2.2 or 2.3, the Company shall use
commercially reasonable efforts to furnish to the Stockholder or the Shelf
Stockholders, as applicable, copies of any preliminary prospectus and, as
expeditiously as reasonably possible after the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement, furnish to the Stockholder or the Shelf Stockholders, as applicable,
such numbers of copies of a final prospectus in
conformity with the requirements of the 1933 Act, and such other documents as
the Stockholder or a Shelf Stockholder, as the case may be, may reasonably
request, in order to facilitate the resale or other disposition of Registrable
Securities owned by such Stockholder or Shelf Stockholder, as the case may be.
3.3 Amendments. With respect to a Registration Statement filed
pursuant to Section 2.1, 2.2 or 2.3 of this Agreement, and, subject to Section
4.1 of this Agreement, the Company shall prepare and file with the SEC such
amendments to the Registration Statement and amendments or supplements to the
prospectus contained therein as may be necessary to keep such Registration
Statement effective and such Registration Statement and prospectus accurate and
complete for the entire period for which the Registration Statement remains
effective.
3.4 Notices. The Company shall:
(a) Notify the Stockholder or the Shelf Stockholders, as
applicable, promptly after it shall receive notice thereof, of the date and time
when any Registration Statement and each post-effective amendment thereto has
become effective covering Registrable Securities held by such stockholder;
(b) Notify the Stockholder or the Shelf Stockholders, as
applicable, promptly of any request by the SEC for the amending or supplementing
of any Registration Statement or prospectus or for additional information
covering Registrable Securities held by such stockholder;
(c) Notify the Stockholder or the Shelf Stockholders, as
applicable, at any time when a prospectus relating to Registrable Securities is
required to be delivered under the 1933 Act, of any event which would cause any
such prospectus or any other prospectus as then in effect to include an untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and, subject to
Section 4.1, promptly prepare and file with the SEC, and promptly notify the
Stockholder or the Shelf Stockholders, as the case may be, of the filing of,
such amendments or supplements to any Registration Statement or prospectus as
may be necessary to correct any such statements or omissions;
(d) Notify Stockholder or the Shelf Stockholders, as
applicable, promptly after it shall receive notice of the issuance of any stop
order by the SEC suspending the effectiveness of any Registration Statement
covering Registrable Securities or the initiation or threatening of any
proceeding for that purpose and, subject to Section 4.1, promptly use
commercially reasonable efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order or to
obtain its withdrawal if such stop order should be issued.
4. Conditions and Limitations on Registration Rights. The registration
rights granted by this Agreement are subject to the following additional
conditions and limitations:
4.1 Delays and Suspension. The Company may delay the filing of, or
suspend or delay the effectiveness of a Registration Statement for a reasonable
period of time (but not exceeding 180 days), if the Company determines, in its
reasonable judgment, that such registration or offering would interfere with any
financing, acquisition, corporate reorganization or other material transaction
involving the Company or any of its Affiliates or would require premature
disclosure thereof and promptly give Stockholder or the Shelf Stockholders, as
applicable, written notice of such delay, provided, however, that the Company
may postpone a filing in such manner only once in each twelve (12) month period;
provided that if the Company files any other registration statement during this
postponement period (other than an Excepted Registration Statement), the
Company's obligations shall no longer be permitted its rights to
delay and suspension under this Section 4.1. In such event, the Company's
obligation under this Agreement to file a registration statement, seek
effectiveness of a registration statement or keep such registration statement
effective shall be deferred. If the Company shall postpone the filing of a
registration statement pursuant to request for registration pursuant to Section
2.1 hereof. Stockholder shall have the right to withdraw the request for
registration by giving written notice to the Company within thirty (30) days
after receipt of the notice of postponement and, in the event of such
withdrawal, such request shall not be counted for purposes of the requests for
registration to which such selling Stockholder is entitled pursuant to Section
2.1 hereof. If the Company suspends the effectiveness of a Registration
Statement, the Company will promptly deliver notice to the Stockholder or the
Shelf Stockholders, as applicable, of such suspension and will again deliver
notice to the Stockholder when such suspension is no longer necessary and the
duration for which the Company is required to keep a Registration Statement
effective shall be extended by an additional number of days equal to the length
of any suspension period.
4.2 Amended or Supplemented Prospectus. The Stockholder and the
Shelf Stockholders agree that, as a condition to the receipt of the registration
rights contained herein, upon receipt of any notice from the Company described
in Section 4.1 hereof that suspends an effective registration statement, such
stockholder shall forthwith discontinue disposition of Registrable Shares until
such stockholder's receipt of copies of a supplemented or amended prospectus
from the Company, or until it is advised in writing by the Company that the use
of the prospectus may be resumed, and has received copies of any additional or
supplemental filings which are incorporated by reference in the prospectus. If
so directed by the Company, such stockholder will deliver to the Company all
copies of the prospectus covering such Registrable Shares current at the time of
receipt of such notice of suspension.
5. Indemnification.
5.1 Indemnification by the Company. The Company will, and hereby
does, indemnify and hold harmless. Stockholder and each of the Shelf
Stockholders, as the case may be, and their respective directors, officers,
partners, agents and Affiliates and each other Person who participates as an
underwriter in the offering or sale of the Stockholder Shares or the Shelf
Shares, as the case may be, and each other Person, if any, who controls
Stockholder or a Shelf Stockholder, as the case may be, or any such underwriter
within the meaning of the 1933 Act, insofar as losses, claims, damages or
liabilities (or actions or proceedings, whether commenced or threatened, in
respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement of any material fact contained in any registration statement
under which Stockholder Shares held by Stockholder or Shelf Shares held by the
Shelf Stockholders, as the case may be, were registered under the 1933 Act, any
preliminary prospectus, final prospectus or summary prospectus contained
therein, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any omission or alleged
omission to state therein 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, and the Company will reimburse Stockholder or the
Shelf Stockholders, as the case may be, and each such director, officer,
partner, agent or Affiliate, underwriter and controlling Person for any legal or
any other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating
or defending any such loss, claim, liability, action or proceeding; provided,
that the Company shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that any
such loss, claim, damage, liability (or action or proceeding in respect thereof)
or expense arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement or omission or alleged omission made in such registration statement,
any such preliminary prospectus, final prospectus, summary prospectus, amendment
or supplement in reliance upon and in conformity with written information
furnished to the Company through an instrument executed by or on behalf of
Stockholder or a Shelf Stockholder (as the case may be) or such underwriter, as
the case may be, specifically stating that it is for use in the preparation
thereof; and provided, further, that the Company shall not be liable to any
Person who participates as an underwriter in the offering or sale of Stockholder
Shares or any other Person, if
any, who controls such underwriter within the meaning of the 1933 Act, in any
such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage, liability (or action
or proceeding in respect thereof) or expense arises out of such Person's failure
to send or give a copy of the final prospectus, as the same may be then
supplemented or amended, to the Person asserting an untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement or omission or alleged omission at or prior to the written
confirmation of the sale of Stockholder Shares to such Person if such statement
or omission was corrected in such final prospectus so long as such final
prospectus, and any amendments or supplements thereto, have been furnished to
such underwriter. Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect
regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of Stockholder or the Shelf
Stockholders, as the case may be, or any such underwriter, director, officer,
partner, agent or Affiliate or controlling Person and shall survive the transfer
of such securities by Stockholder or the Shelf Stockholders, as the case may be.
5.2 Indemnification by Stockholders. Stockholder and each Shelf
Stockholder will, and hereby does, severally indemnify and hold harmless (in the
same manner and to the same extent as set forth in Section 5.1) the Company, and
each director of the Company, each officer of the Company and each other Person,
if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the 1933 Act, with
respect to any statement or alleged statement in or omission or alleged omission
from such registration statement, any preliminary prospectus, final prospectus
or summary prospectus contained therein, or any amendment or supplement thereto,
if such statement or alleged statement or omission or alleged omission was made
in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the
Company through an instrument duly executed by Stockholder or such Shelf
Stockholder, as the case may be, specifically stating that it is for use in the
preparation of such registration statement, preliminary prospectus, final
prospectus, summary prospectus, amendment or supplement; provided, however, that
the liability of any stockholder under this Section 5.2 shall be limited to the
amount of proceeds received by such stockholder in the offering giving rise to
such liability. Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect, regardless
of any investigation made by or on behalf of the Company or any such director,
officer or controlling Person and shall survive the transfer of such securities
by such stockholder.
5.3 Notices of Claims, etc. Promptly after receipt by an
indemnified party of notice of the commencement of any action or proceeding
involving a claim referred to in the preceding subdivisions of this Section 5
such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against
an indemnifying party, give written notice to the latter of the commencement of
such action; provided, however, that the failure of any indemnified party to
give notice as provided herein shall not relieve the indemnifying party of its
obligations under the preceding subdivisions of this Section 5, except to the
extent that the indemnifying party is actually prejudiced by such failure to
give notice. In case any such action is brought against an indemnified party,
unless in such indemnified party's reasonable judgment a conflict of interest
between such indemnified and indemnifying parties is reasonably likely to exist
in respect of such claim, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to
participate in and, to assume the defense thereof, jointly with any other
indemnifying party similarly notified to the extent that it may wish, with
counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party, and after notice from
the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume
the defense thereof, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to such
indemnified party for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by the
latter in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of
investigation unless in such indemnified party's reasonable judgment a conflict
of interest between such indemnified and indemnifying parties arises in respect
of such claim after the assumption of the defense thereof and the indemnified
party notifies the indemnifying party of such indemnified party's judgment and
the basis therefor. No indemnifying party shall be liable for any settlement of
any action or proceeding effected without its written consent, which consent
shall not be unreasonably withheld. No indemnifying party shall, without the
written consent of the indemnified party, consent to entry of any judgment or
enter into
any settlement which does not include as an unconditional term thereof the
giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such indemnified party of a release from
all liability in respect of such claim or litigation.
5.4 Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in this
Section 5 shall be judicially determined (by the entry of final judgment or
decree by a court of competent jurisdiction and the expiration of time to appeal
or the denial of the last right of appeal) to be unavailable to a party seeking
indemnification under Section 5.1 or 5.2 hereof in respect of any loss, claim,
damage or liability, or any action in respect thereof, then, in lieu of the
amount paid or payable under Section 5.1 or Section 5.2 hereof, the indemnified
party and the indemnifying party under Section 5.1 or Section 5.2 hereof shall
contribute to the aggregate losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including
legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating the
same), (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of
the Company, on the one hand, and Stockholder and each Shelf Stockholder, on the
other hand, with respect to the statements or omissions which resulted in such
loss, claim, damage or liability, or action in respect thereof, as well as any
other relevant equitable considerations or (ii) if the allocation provided by
clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as shall
be appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company, on the
one hand, and Stockholder and each Shelf Stockholder, on the other hand, from
the offering of the securities covered by such registration statement. No Person
guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section ll(f) of
the 1933 Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not
guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. In addition, no Person shall be
obligated to contribute hereunder any amounts in payment for any settlement of
any action or claim effected without such Person's consent, which consent shall
not be unreasonably withheld.
5.5 Other Indemnification. Indemnification and contribution
similar to that specified in the preceding subdivisions of this Section 5 (with
appropriate modifications) shall be given by the Company, on the one hand, and
Stockholder and each Shelf Stockholder, on the other hand, with respect to any
required registration or other qualification of securities under any federal or
state law or regulation of any governmental authority other than the 1933 Act.
6. Information from Stockholder. In the event that either the
Stockholder or a Shelf Stockholder fails to furnish to the Company such
information regarding itself, the shares of Registrable Securities held by it,
or the intended method of disposition of such securities as may be required to
effect the registration of the Registrable Securities, the Company shall not be
obligated to take any action pursuant to this Agreement with respect to such
Stockholder Shares or Shelf Shares held by such Stockholder or Shelf
Stockholder.
7. Expenses of Registration. The Company shall pay all registration,
filing and qualification fees (including SEC filing fees and the listing fees of
the Nasdaq Stock Market or any stock exchange on which the Company securities
are traded) attributable to the Stockholder Shares and Shelf Shares registered
under this Agreement, and any legal, accounting or other professional fees or
expenses incurred by the Company (collectively, "Registration Expenses"). The
Stockholder and each Shelf Stockholder, as the case may be, shall pay all
underwriting discounts, selling commissions and stock transfer taxes, if any,
attributable to the sale of such Stockholder Shares or Shelf Shares, as the case
may be, registered by such stockholder and any legal, accounting or other
professional fees incurred by such stockholder. The Company shall pay all
expenses in connection with any registration initiated pursuant to Section 2
which is withdrawn (pursuant to a written request made with the SEC pursuant to
Rules 477 or 478 of the 1933 Act or any successor rules thereto), delayed or
abandoned, except if such withdrawal, delay or abandonment is a result of: (i) a
request by the Stockholder or the Shelf Stockholders to withdraw, delay or
abandon such registration; (ii) the failure to comply with the requirements of
Section 6 hereof by the Stockholder or Shelf Stockholder, as applicable; or
(iii) any withdrawal, delay or abandonment of the
registration caused by the fraud, material misstatement or omission of a
material fact by the Stockholder or a Shelf Stockholder, as applicable, to be
included or required to be included in such registration.
8. Rule 144. In the event that Stockholder or a Shelf Stockholder may,
under Rule 144, resell or otherwise dispose of all such stockholder's
Stockholder Shares or Shelf Shares, as the case may be, in a ninety (90) day
period without registration under the 1933 Act, the registration rights granted
under this Agreement to such stockholder and the obligations of the Company
hereunder (other than its obligations under Sections 5 and 7 and this Section 8)
to such stockholder, shall be of no further force and effect whatsoever without
any further action on the part of the Company or such stockholder; provided that
the registration rights provided hereunder shall be reinstated as to the
Stockholder or a Shelf Stockholder if at any time the provisions of Rule 144(k)
do not permit the Stockholder or such Shelf Stockholder to dispose of all of the
Stockholder Shares or such Shelf Stockholder's shares, as the case may be, then
held by it in any three-month period; provided, however, that such reinstatement
shall exist for only so long as the Stockholder or such Shelf Stockholder, as
applicable, cannot sell all of the Stockholder Shares or such Shelf
Stockholder's shares as are then held by the Stockholder or such Shelf
Stockholder during any three-month period pursuant to Rule 144(k).
9. Miscellaneous.
9.1 Notices. All notices and other communications required or
permitted hereunder shall be made in the manner and to addresses set forth in
the Reorganization Agreement, in the case of the Stockholder and the Company,
and, in the case of Shelf Stockholders, in the manner set forth in the
Reorganization Agreement to the address of such Shelf Stockholder set forth on
Exhibit A hereto.
9.2 Interpretation. The words "include," "includes" and
"including" when used herein shall be deemed in each case to be followed by the
words "without limitation." The headings contained in this Agreement are for
reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or
interpretation of this Agreement.
9.3 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more
counterparts, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and
shall become effective when one or more counterparts have been signed by each of
the parties and delivered to the other party, it being understood that all
parties need not sign the same counterpart.
9.4 Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the documents and
instruments and other agreements among the parties hereto referenced herein: (a)
constitute the entire agreement among the parties with respect to the subject
matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, both
written and oral, among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof;
and (b) other than the rights expressly set forth herein with respect to the
Shelf Stockholders, are not intended to confer upon any other person any rights,
remedies, obligations or liabilities hereunder.
9.5 Assignment. This Agreement, and the rights and obligations
hereunder, shall not be assigned by the Stockholder or any Shelf Stockholder
without the prior written consent of the Company, which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld; provided that the Stockholder shall be permitted to
assign its rights and obligations under this Agreement, in whole or in part, to
any wholly-owned direct or indirect subsidiary of the Stockholder in connection
with the transfer of at least 1,000,000 Shares to such subsidiary. Any
assignment of rights or delegation of duties under this Agreement by the
Stockholder or a Shelf Stockholder without the prior written consent of the
Company shall be void ab initio. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure
to the benefit of the Company and its respective successors and assigns.
9.6 Severability. In the event that any provision of this
Agreement or the application thereof, becomes or is declared by a court of
competent jurisdiction to be illegal, void or unenforceable, the remainder of
this Agreement will continue in full force and effect and the application of
such provision to other persons or circumstances will be interpreted so as
reasonably to effect the intent of the parties hereto. The parties further agree
to replace such void or unenforceable provision of this Agreement with a valid
and enforceable provision that will achieve, to the extent possible, the
economic, business and other purposes of such void or unenforceable provision.
9.7 Attorneys' Fees. In any action at law or suit in equity in
relation to this Agreement, the prevailing party in such action or suit shall be
entitled to receive a reasonable sum for its attorneys' fees and all other
reasonable costs and expenses incurred in such action or suit.
9.8 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, regardless of
the laws that might otherwise govern under applicable principles of convicts of
laws thereof. Each of the parties hereto agrees that process may be served upon
them in any manner authorized by the laws of the State of Delaware for such
persons and waives and covenants not to assert or plead any objection which they
might otherwise have to such jurisdiction and such process.
9.9 Term. Except as expressly provided herein, the rights and
obligations hereunder shall terminate ten (10) years from the date of this
Agreement.
9.10 Shelf Stockholders. Acceptance of any benefit under this
Agreement by any Shelf Stockholder shall render it a party hereto and shall
obligate it to all provisions with respect to Shelf Stockholders hereunder.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed the Agreement as of the
date first above written.
HOMESTORE.COM, INC.
By: /s/ David M. Rosenblatt
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Name: David M. Rosenblatt
Title: General Counsel
CENDANT CORPORATION
By: /s/ Eric Bock
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Name: Eric Bock, Esq.
[SIGNATURE PAGE TO REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT]
EXHIBIT A
NAMES AND ADDRESS OF SHELF STOCKHOLDERS
EXHIBIT A
WW
Douglas Patterson
Wendy L. Beerbower
Larry Thomas
Janis Jarosz
Michael Bowyer
TERMINATED COPPER
Charles Bartels
Michael D'alba
Maura Dykstra
Carole Hankin
Robert Kunisch
Jeanne M. Murphy
John D. Snodgrass
Caitlin Williams
Valerie Wilson
Kristen Woodring
Wendy Levine
Andrea Bates
Rebecca Savidge
CENDANT
Myra J. Biblowit
John C. Malone
Cheryl D. Mills
Shell Z. Rosenberg
Michael E. Simon
Jerry D. Anderson
Scott W. Anderson
Robert C Andwood
John B. Arcario
Emily Becher
Steven J. Belmonte
John J. Benoit
Thomas Bemardo
Scott W. Bernstein
Bruce V. Bloom
Elliot Bloom
Eric J. Bock
Scott J. Bojczuk
John E. Borger
William F Brown
Joel R. Buckberg
James E. Buckman
Peter D. Burgdorff
Charles P. Cardwell
John H. Carley
Donald J Casey
Brenda W. Casserly
John Chidsey
Thomas Christopoul
Duncan H. Cocroft
Bill Cogan
Fred a Coia
Leonard S. Coleman
Terence Conley
J. G. Constantine
Paris Couturiaux
David M. Crook
F Van V. Davis
James C. Dennis
John P. Doyle
Michael A. Doyle
Martin L. Edelman
Terence Edwards
Charles M. Fallen
Anthony A. Falor
Michael K. Field
Robert Foley
Scott E. Forbes
Martin L Foster
Helen C. Galasso
Craig Gangi
Kenneth Gaskell
Marshell Gayden
Gregory a Gentek
Peter Giamalva
Denise L. Gillen
James R. Gillespie
Gregory A. Goolkasian
Guy T. Gray
Kevin Greene
Robert Groody
Craig E. Hamway
William Hanley
Nelson Hitchcock
Jean V. Hoagland
Thomas Hocker
Stephen Holmes
Kirsten A. Hotchkiss
Tobia Ippolito
Ron E. Jackson
David Johnson
John H. Johnson
Joseph R. Kane
Peter Karpiak
Samuel Katz
William H. Keeble
Kenneth L. Keith
Kevin J. Kelleher
Judith P Kent
Michael Kistner
Richard Leutwyler
Samuel J. Levenson
Frank M. Lindsey
Nathaniel Lipman
Michael D. Lister
John J Lott
Florence Lugli
Mary K. Mahoney
Robert Mason
William J. Maxwell
Mark Maybrey
John T. Me Clain
Peter Mcgonagle
Brien J Mcmahon
Deborah E. Meeks
Richard Meisner
John J. Menzie
Valerie A. Mercurio
David L. Miller
Robert T. Moles
Brian Mulroney
Robert E. Nederlander
Louis Nemtsov
Daniel Neuburger
John P. Nichols
Shelley B. Northrop
Albert J. Novak
Dennis M. O'gara
Michael J. O'hara
Carlos J. Parraga
Gerald G. Pearce
Jose I. Perez
Alexander E. Perriello
Eric Pfeffer
Birgit S. Philipp
Edward Pictroski
Keith J. Pierce
Robert W. Pittman
Dennis S. Relihan
Kenneth D. Rodgess
Steven L. Savino
Nancy S. Sedensky
Donald F. Smith
Richard Smith
Robert F. Smith
lan A. Sparks
Jacob F. Stepan
Joseph E Suter
Stephen Swordy
Daniel Tarantin
Donald B. Taylor
Regina A. Taylor
Peter Tittler
Terri A. Vaccarino
Donna a Van Osten
Vincent Ventura
W. Brace Wallin
David J. Weaving
Robert N. Weller
Suzanne M Wetherington
Keith Woodcock
Samuel H. Wright
David B. Wyshner
NHC
Bethany Adams
Michael Brander
Theodore Ciricillo
Jean Clarizio
Ethan Cline
John Davis
Jean Marie Hickey
Phil Mattia
Angela McNeice
David Mittleman
James Napier
Robert Newlin
Brian Robinson
Daniel Roth
Mitchell Roth
Harpreet Singh
Tina Tharpe
Tracey Trueba
Mark Woelfel
Debbie Woon
David B. Bay
Noelle Johnson
Amy Jones
Susan Linder
Julie Millikan
Mark Thomassen
TRACKING STOCK
Liberty Digital, Inc.
Chatham Street Holdings
NRT Incorporated
R.R. Donnely & Sons Co.
Sonia & Richard Henkin
Joseph Preis
John McWeeny