Ex-10.4 Registration Rights Agreement 2/28/05



 






Exhibit 10.4




REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT




     THIS REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT, dated as of February 28, 2005, (this “Agreement”),
by and among NATIONSHEALTH, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and the Holders
(as defined below) of Registrable Securities (as defined below).



     WHEREAS, the Company has entered into that certain Investment Unit Purchase Agreement, dated
February 28, 2005 (the “Purchase Agreement”), between the Company, NationsHealth Holdings,
L.L.C., a Florida limited liability company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, United
States Pharmaceutical Group, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly-owned
subsidiary of the Company, and the other signatories thereto;



     WHEREAS, in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Purchase
Agreement, the Holders and the Company desire to enter into this Agreement to provide the Holders
with certain rights relating to the registration of their shares of Common Stock and warrants to
acquire Common Stock.



     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements set forth herein, and
for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:



1. DEFINITIONS. The following capitalized terms used herein have the following meanings:




          “Additional Holders” means a transferee of Registrable Securities that executes a
joinder agreement to this Agreement pursuant to which such transferee shall be entitled to the
rights and subject to the obligations as a Holder hereunder with respect to such Registrable
Securities.




          “Affiliate” of any Person means any other Person who either directly or indirectly
through one or more intermediaries is in control of, is controlled by, or is under common control
with, such Person. For purposes of this definition, “control” means the possession,
directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and
policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of securities, partnership interests or by
contract, assignment or otherwise. The terms “controls,” “controlling” and
“controlled by” shall have meanings correlative of the foregoing.




          “Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any other federal agency
then administering the Securities Act or the Exchange Act.




          “Common Stock” means the common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company.




          “Convertible Notes” means the 7-3/4% Convertible Secured Notes issued by the Company
pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.




          “Demand Notice” is defined in Section 2.1.1.




 









 








          “Demand Registration” is defined in Section 2.1.1.




          “Demand Suspension Event” is defined in Section 3.1.1.




          “Demanding Holder” is defined in Section 2.1.1.




          “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules
and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect at the
time.




          “Existing Holders” shall mean the investor parties (other than the Company) listed on
the signature pages to the Existing Registration Rights Agreements.




          “Existing Registration Rights Agreements” shall mean the Registration Rights Agreement
dated as of July 22, 2003, among the Company and the investor parties listed on the signature pages
thereto and shall mean the Registration Rights Agreement dated as of March 9, 2004, as amended as
of June 2, 2004, among the Company and the investor parties listed on the signature pages thereto.




          “Existing Registrable Securities” shall mean the Registrable Securities (as defined in
the Existing Registration Rights Agreements) owned by the Existing Holders.




          “Form S-3” is defined in Section 2.3.




          “Form S-3 Registration” is defined in Section 2.3.




          “Fully Allocated Group” is defined in Section 2.1.4.




          “Holder” shall mean the investor parties (other than the Company) listed on the
signature pages to this Agreement and any Additional Holders who subsequently become parties to
this Agreement.




          “Holder/Existing Holder Piggy-Back Shares” is defined in Section 2.2.2.




          “Holder Indemnified Party” is defined in Section 4.1.




          “Indemnified Party” is defined in Section 4.3.




          “Indemnifying Party” is defined in Section 4.3.




          “Major Holder” means any Holder, that together with its Affiliates, holds a minimum of
15% of the Registrable Securities, as of the date of determination.




          “Maximum Number of Shares” is defined in Section 2.1.4.




          “Notices” is defined in Section 6.3.




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          “Person” shall mean an individual, a partnership, a corporation, a limited liability
company, a business trust, a joint stock company, a trust, an unincorporated association, a joint
venture or any other entity of whatever nature.




          “Piggy-Back Registration” is defined in Section 2.2.1.




          “Register,” “registered” and “registration” mean a registration
effected by preparing and filing a registration statement or similar document in compliance with
the requirements of the Securities Act, and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder, and such registration statement becoming effective.




          “Registrable Securities” mean (i) any shares of Common Stock held by any of the
Holders (or any of their respective Affiliates and successors or assigns) now or in the future,
including, without limitation, shares of Common Stock acquired upon conversion of the Convertible
Notes or exercise of warrants or options to acquire Common Stock, (ii) any warrants to acquire
Common Stock held by any of the Holders (or any of their respective Affiliates and successors or
assigns), or (iii) any other publicly traded securities of the Company that are held by any of the
Holders (or any of their respective affiliates and successors or assigns). Registrable Securities
also include any warrants, shares of capital stock or other securities of the Company issued as a
dividend or other distribution with respect to or in exchange for or in replacement of such
securities. As to any particular Registrable Securities, such securities shall cease to be
Registrable Securities when: (a) a Registration Statement with respect to the sale of such
securities shall have become effective under the Securities Act and such securities shall have been
sold, transferred, disposed of or exchanged in accordance with such Registration Statement; (b)
such securities shall have been otherwise transferred, new certificates for them not bearing a
legend restricting further transfer shall have been delivered by the Company and subsequent public
distribution of them shall not require registration under the Securities Act; (c) such securities
shall have ceased to be outstanding, or (d) such securities may be sold or transferred by the
beneficial owner thereof under Rule 144(k).




          “Registration Statement” means a registration statement filed by the Company with the
Commission in compliance with the Securities Act and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder for a public offering and sale of Common Stock (other than a registration statement on
Form S-4 or Form S-8, or their successors, or any registration statement covering only securities
proposed to be issued in exchange for securities or assets of another entity).




          “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and
regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect at the
time.




          “Shelf Demanding Holder” is defined in Section 2.4.1.




          “Shelf Participating Holder” is defined in Section 2.4.1.




          “Shelf Registration” is defined in Section 2.4.1.




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          “Underwriter” means a securities dealer who purchases any Registrable Securities as
principal in an underwritten offering and not as part of such dealer’s market-making activities.




2. REGISTRATION RIGHTS.




     2.1. Demand Registration.



          2.1.1. Request for Registration. At any time and from time to time on or after the
date hereof, any Major Holder (or group of Major Holders)(each, a “Demand Holder”) may make
a written demand for registration (a “Demand Registration”) under the Securities Act of the
sale of all or part of its Registrable Securities (the party or group making such a Demand
Registration, the “Demanding Holder”). Any demand for a Demand Registration shall specify
the number of shares (or other amount) and type of Registrable Securities proposed to be sold and
the intended method(s) of distribution thereof and shall cover securities that have an estimated
aggregate price to the public of at least $1,000,000 (such written demand, the “Demand
Notice”). The Company will notify the Holders other than the Demanding Holder of the demand,
and each such other Holder who wishes to include all or a portion of its Registrable Securities in
the Demand Registration (each such Holder including shares of its Registrable Securities in such
registration, a “Participating Holder”) shall so notify the Company within fifteen (15)
days after receipt of such notice. The Company shall not be obligated (A) to effect more than (i)
four (4) Demand Registrations by the Major Holders, under this Section 2.1.1 in respect of
Registrable Securities or (B) to effect any Demand Registration within three months after the
effective date of a registration statement relating to any underwritten offering of Common Stock
(including any such offering effected pursuant to a Demand Registration hereunder).




          2.1.2. Effective Registration. A registration will not count as a Demand Registration
until the Registration Statement filed with the Commission with respect to such Demand Registration
has been declared effective and the Company has complied with all of its obligations under this
Agreement with respect thereto; provided, however, that if, after such Registration
Statement has been declared effective, the offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Demand
Registration is interfered with by any stop order or injunction of the Commission or any other
governmental agency or court, the Registration Statement with respect to such Demand Registration
will be deemed not to have been declared effective, unless and until, (i) such stop order or
injunction is removed, rescinded or otherwise terminated, and (ii) the Demanding Holder thereafter
elects to continue the offering.




          2.1.3. Underwritten Offering. If the Demanding Holder so elects and so advises the
Company as part of its written demand for a Demand Registration, the offering of such Registrable
Securities pursuant to such Demand Registration shall be in the form of an underwritten offering,
and the Demanding Holder shall be entitled to select the managing Underwriter or Underwriters and
any other Underwriters for such offering. The Demanding Holder and any Participating Holders shall
enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the Underwriter or Underwriters that
the Demanding Holder has selected for such underwriting.




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          2.1.4. Reduction of Offering. If the managing Underwriter or Underwriters for a
Demand Registration that is to be an underwritten offering advises the Company and the Demanding
Holder in writing that the dollar amount or number of shares (or other amount) and type of
Registrable Securities which the Demanding Holder desires to sell, taken together with all other
shares of Common Stock or other securities which the Company desires to sell and the shares of
Common Stock, if any, as to which registration has been requested pursuant to written contractual
piggy-back registration rights held by other stockholders of the Company who desire to sell,
exceeds the maximum dollar amount or maximum number of shares (or other amount) and type that can
be sold in such offering without adversely affecting the proposed offering price, the timing, the
distribution method, or the probability of success of such offering (such maximum dollar amount or
maximum number of shares (or other amount) and type, as applicable, the “Maximum Number of
Shares”), then the Company shall include in such registration: (i) first, the Registrable
Securities and Existing Registrable Securities as to which registration has been requested by the
Holders under this Section 2.1 and the Existing Holders pursuant to Sections 2.2 of the Existing
Registration Rights Agreements, subject to reduction in accordance with 50% being allocated to the
Holders (allocated among the Holders pro rata in accordance with the number of shares of
Registrable Securities (on an as converted basis with respect to any Convertible Notes, warrants or
options held by such Holders) which such Holders have requested be included in such registration,
regardless of the number of shares of Registrable Securities held by the Holders) and 50% to the
Existing Holders (allocated among the Existing Holders in accordance with the Existing Registration
Rights Agreements) that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Shares;
provided, however that if either the Holders, on the one hand, or the Existing
Holders, on the other hand, are able to include in such registration all of such Holders’
Registrable Securities or Existing Holders’ Existing Registrable Securities, respectively, without
exceeding the Maximum Number of Shares (each, in such case, a “Fully Allocated Group”), the
remaining shares of Common Stock under this clause (i) shall be allocated to the Holders or the
Existing Holders, who are not the Fully Allocated Group (allocated among such holders as set forth
above); (ii) second, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Shares has not been reached under the
foregoing clause (i), the shares of Common Stock or other securities that the Company desires to
sell that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Shares; (iii) third to the extent
that the Maximum Number of Shares has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii),
the shares of Common Stock for the account of other persons that the Company is obligated to
register pursuant to other written contractual arrangements with such persons and that can be sold
without exceeding the Maximum Number of Shares; and (iv) fourth, to the extent that the Maximum
Number of Shares have not been reached under the foregoing clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), the shares
of Common Stock that other stockholders desire to sell that can be sold without exceeding the
Maximum Number of Shares.




          2.1.5. Withdrawal. If (i) the Demanding Holder disapproves of the terms of any
underwriting, (ii) the Demanding Holder is not entitled to include all of its Registrable
Securities specified in the Demand Notice in any offering, (iii) a Demand Suspension Event occurs
after a request for a Demand Registration but before the Registrable Securities covered by such
Demand Request are sold, transferred, exchanged or disposed in accordance with such Demand Request
or (iv) if the Company has breached its obligations hereunder, then in any of such cases the
Demanding Holder may elect to withdraw from such offering by giving written notice to the Company
and the Underwriter of its request to withdraw prior to the effectiveness of the




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Registration Statement filed with the Commission with respect to such Demand Registration. If
the Demanding Holder withdraws from the proposed offering relating to a Demand Registration in
accordance with the previous sentence, then (i) the Participating Holders shall have no further
rights to include their Registrable Securities in such Demand Registration and (ii) such
registration shall not count as a Demand Registration provided for in Section 2.1.1.




     2.2. Piggy-Back Registration.



          2.2.1. Piggy-Back Rights. If at any time on or after the date hereof, the Company
proposes to file a Registration Statement under the Securities Act with respect to an offering of
equity securities, or securities or other obligations exercisable or exchangeable for, or
convertible into, equity securities, by the Company for its own account or by stockholders of the
Company for their own account, other than a Registration Statement (i) filed in connection with any
employee stock option or other benefit plan, (ii) for an exchange offer or offering of securities
solely to all of the Company’s existing stockholders, (iii) for an offering of debt that is
convertible into equity securities of the Company or (iv) for a dividend reinvestment plan, then
the Company shall (x) give written notice of such proposed filing to each Holder as soon as
practicable but in no event less than forty-five (45) days before the anticipated filing date,
which notice shall describe the amount and type of securities to be included in such offering, the
intended method(s) of distribution, and the name of the proposed managing Underwriter or
Underwriters, if any, of the offering, and (y) offer to each Holder in such notice the opportunity
to register the sale of such number of shares (or other amount) and type of Registrable Securities
as such Holder may request in writing within fifteen (15) days following receipt of such notice (a
“Piggy-Back Registration”). The Company shall cause such Registrable Securities to be
included in such registration and shall use its best efforts to cause the managing Underwriter or
Underwriters of a proposed underwritten offering to permit the Registrable Securities requested to
be included in a Piggy-Back Registration to be included on the same terms and conditions as any
similar securities of the Company and to permit the sale or other disposition of such Registrable
Securities in accordance with the intended method(s) of distribution thereof. If any Holder
proposes to distribute its securities through a Piggy-Back Registration that involves an
Underwriter or Underwriters, such Holder shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary
form with the Underwriter or Underwriters selected for such Piggy-Back Registration. Piggy-Back
Registrations effected under this Section 2.2.1 shall not be counted as Demand Registrations
effected pursuant to Section 2.1.




          2.2.2. Reduction of Offering. If the managing Underwriter or Underwriters for a
Piggy-Back Registration that is to be an underwritten offering advises the Company and the Holders
in writing that the dollar amount or number of shares of Common Stock which the Company desires to
sell, taken together with shares of Common Stock, if any, as to which registration has been
demanded pursuant to written contractual arrangements with persons other than the Holders, the
Registrable Securities as to which registration has been requested under this Section 2.2, and the
shares of Common Stock, if any, as to which registration has been requested pursuant to the written
contractual piggy-back registration rights of other stockholders of the Company, exceeds the
Maximum Number of Shares, then the Company shall include in any such registration: (i) if the
registration is undertaken for the Company’s account: (A) first, the shares of Common Stock or
other securities that the Company desires to sell that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum
Number of Shares; (B) second, to the extent that the Maximum Number




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of Shares has not been reached under the foregoing clause (A), the Registrable Securities and
Existing Registrable Securities as to which registration has been requested by the Holders under
this Section 2.2 and the Existing Holders pursuant to Sections 2.2 of the Existing Registration
Rights Agreements, subject to reduction in accordance with 50% being allocated to the Holders
(allocated among the Holders pro rata in accordance with the number of shares of Registrable
Securities (on an as converted basis with respect to any Convertible Notes, warrants or options
held by such Holders) which such Holders have requested be included in such registration,
regardless of the number of shares of Registrable Securities held by the Holders) and 50% to the
Existing Holders (allocated among the Existing Holders in accordance with the Existing Registration
Rights Agreements) that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Shares;
provided, however that if either the Holders, on the one hand, or the Existing
Holders, on the other hand, are a Fully Allocated Group, the remaining shares of Common Stock under
this clause (B) shall be allocated to the Holders or the Existing Holders, who are not the Fully
Allocated Group (allocated among such holders as set forth above); and (C) third, to the extent
that the Maximum Number of Shares has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (A) and (B), the
shares of Common Stock, if any, as to which registration has been requested pursuant to other
written contractual piggy-back registration rights which such other stockholders desire to sell
that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Shares; and (ii) if the registration is a
“demand” registration undertaken at the demand of persons other than the Holders pursuant to
written contractual arrangements with such persons, (A) first, (1) the shares of Common Stock for
the account of the demanding persons and (2) the Registrable Securities and Existing Registrable
Securities as to which registration has been requested by the Holders under this Section 2.2 and
the Existing Holders pursuant to Sections 2.2 of the Existing Registration Rights Agreements (the
“Holder/Existing Holder Piggy-Back Shares”), the shares allocated by (1) and (2) subject to
pro rata (on an as converted basis with respect to any Convertible Notes, warrants or options held
by such Holders) reduction in accordance with the aggregate number of shares of Registrable
Securities and Existing Registrable Securities beneficially owned by the Holders and the Existing
Holders, on the one hand, and the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by
such other demanding holders of Common Stock, on the other hand, that can be sold without exceeding
the Maximum Number of Shares; and with the Holder/Existing Holder Piggy-Back Shares being allocated
amongst the Holders and the Existing Holders on the basis of 50% to the Holders (allocated among
the Holders pro rata in accordance with the number of shares of Registrable Securities (on an as
converted basis with respect to any Convertible Notes, warrants or options held by such Holders)
which such Holders have requested be included in such registration, regardless of the number of
shares of Registrable Securities held by the Holders) and 50% to the Existing Holders (allocated
among the Existing Holders in accordance with the Existing Registration Rights Agreements);
provided, however that if either the Holders, on the one hand, or the Existing
Holders, on the other hand, are a Fully Allocated Group, the remaining shares of Common Stock under
this clause (A) shall be allocated to the Holders or the Existing Holders, who are not the Fully
Allocated Group (allocated among such holders as set forth above), (B) second, to the extent that
the Maximum Number of Shares has not been reached under the foregoing clause (A), the sh
ares of
Common Stock or other securities that the Company desires to sell that can be sold without
exceeding the Maximum Number of Shares; and (C) third, to the extent that the Maximum Number of
Shares has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (A) and (B), the shares of Common Stock, if
any, as to which registration has been requested pursuant to written




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contractual piggy-back registration rights which such other stockholders desire to sell that
can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Shares.




          2.2.3. Withdrawal. Any Holder may elect to withdraw its request for inclusion of
Registrable Securities in any Piggy-Back Registration by giving written notice to the Company of
such request to withdraw prior to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement. The Company may
also elect to withdraw a registration statement at any time prior to the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement. Notwithstanding any such withdrawal, the Company shall pay all expenses
incurred by a Holder in connection with such Piggy-Back Registration as provided in Section 3.3.




     2.3. Registrations on Form S-3. Each Holder may at any time and from time to time,
without limitation as to the aggregate number of such requests, request (each, a “Form S-3
Registration”) in writing that the Company register the resale of any or all of such
Registrable Securities on Form S-3 or any similar short-form registration which may be available at
such time (“Form S-3”); provided, however, that the Company shall not be
obligated to effect such Form S-3 Registration through an underwritten offering. Upon receipt of
such Form S-3 Registration, the Company will promptly give written notice of the proposed
registration to all other holders of Registrable Securities, and, as soon as practicable
thereafter, effect the registration of all or such portion of such Holder’s or Holders’ Registrable
Securities as are specified in such request, together with all or such portion of the Registrable
Securities of any other Holder or Holders joining in such request as are specified in a written
request given within fifteen (15) days after receipt of such written notice from the Company;
provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to effect any such
registration pursuant to this Section 2.3: (i) if Form S-3 is not available for such offering; or
(ii) if the holders of the Registrable Securities, together with the holders of any other
securities of the Company entitled to inclusion in such registration, propose to sell Registrable
Securities and such other securities (if any) at any aggregate price to the public of less than
$500,000. Registrations effected pursuant to this Section 2.3 shall not be counted as Demand
Registrations effected pursuant to Section 2.1.



     2.4. Shelf Registration.



          2.4.1. Request for Shelf Registration. At any time and from time to time on or after
the date hereof, each Demand Holder may, in addition to the Demand Registrations requests granted
such Holders pursuant to Section 2.1, make a written demand (the party making such a demand, the
“Shelf Demanding Holder”) that the Company file a “shelf” registration that constitutes an
offering of Registrable Shares under the Securities Act in a manner that permits sales on a
continuous or delayed basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act (or any successor
provision) (each such “shelf” registration, a “Shelf Registration”). Any demand for a
Shelf Registration shall specify the number of shares (or other amount) and type of Registrable
Securities proposed to be sold and the intended method(s) of distribution thereof and shall cover
securities that have an aggregate price to the public of at least $1,000,000. The Company will
notify the Holders other than the Shelf Demanding Holder of the demand, and each such other Holder
who wishes to include all or a portion of its Registrable Securities in the Shelf Registration
(each such Holder including shares of its Registrable Securities in such registration, a “Shelf
Participating Holder”) shall so notify the Company within fifteen (15) days after receipt of
such notice. The Company shall not be obligated (A) to effect more than two (2) Shelf




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Registrations by the Major Holders, under this Section 2.4.1 in respect of Registrable
Securities or (B) to effect any Shelf Registration within three months after the effective date of
a registration statement relating to any underwritten offering of Common Stock (including any such
offering effected pursuant to a Demand Registration or Shelf Registration hereunder).
Registrations effected pursuant to this Section 2.4 shall not be counted as Demand Registrations
effected pursuant to Section 2.1.




          2.4.2. Effective Registration. A registration will not count as a Shelf Registration
until the Registration Statement filed with the Commission with respect to such Shelf Registration
has been declared effective and the Company has complied with all of its obligations under this
Agreement with respect thereto; provided, however, that if, after such Registration
Statement has been declared effective, the offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Shelf
Registration is interfered with by any stop order or injunction of the Commission or any other
governmental agency or court, the Registration Statement with respect to such Shelf Registration
will be deemed not to have been declared effective, unless and until, (i) such stop order or
injunction is removed, rescinded or otherwise terminated, and (ii) the Shelf Demanding Holder
thereafter elects to continue the offering.




          2.4.3. Underwritten Offering. If the Shelf Demanding Holder so elects and so advises
the Company as part of its written demand for a Shelf Registration, the offering of such
Registrable Securities pursuant to such Shelf Registration or any “takedown” thereof shall be in
the form of an underwritten offering, and the Shelf Demanding Holder shall be entitled to select
the managing Underwriter or Underwriters and any other Underwriters for such offering. The Shelf
Demanding Holder and any Shelf Participating Holders shall enter into an underwriting agreement in
customary form with the Underwriter or Underwriters that the Shelf Demanding Holder has selected
for such underwriting.




          2.4.4. Reduction of Offering. If the managing Underwriter or Underwriters for any
“takedown” under a Shelf Registration that is to be an underwritten offering advises the Company
and the Shelf Demanding Holder in writing that the dollar amount or number of shares of Registrable
Securities which the Shelf Demanding Holder desires to sell, taken together with all other shares
of Common Stock or other securities which the Company desires to sell and the shares of Common
Stock, if any, as to which registration has been requested pursuant to written contractual
piggy-back registration rights held by other stockholders of the Company who desire to sell,
exceeds the Maximum Number of Shares, then the Company shall include in such “takedown”: (i) first,
the Registrable Securities and Existing Registrable Securities as to which registration has been
requested by the Holders under this Section 2.4 and the Existing Holders pursuant to Sections 2.2
of the Existing Registration Rights Agreements, subject to reduction in accordance with 50% being
allocated to the Holders (allocated among the Holders pro rata in accordance with the number of
shares of Registrable Securities (on an as converted basis with respect to any Convertible Notes,
warrants or options held by such Holders) which such Holders have requested be included in such
registration, regardless of the number of shares of Registrable Securities held by the Holders) and
50% to the Existing Holders (allocated among the Existing Holders in accordance with the Existing
Registration Rights Agreements); provided, however that if either the Holders, on
the one hand, or the Existing Holders, on the other hand, are a Fully Allocated Group, the
remaining shares of Common Stock under this clause (i) shall be allocated to the Holders or the
Existing Holders, who are not the Fully Allocated Group (allocated among




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such holders as set forth above); (ii) second, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Shares
has not been reached under the foregoing clause (i), the shares of Common Stock or other securities
that the Company desires to sell that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Shares;
(iii) third, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Shares has not been reached under the
foregoing clauses (i) and (ii), the shares of Common Stock for the account of other persons that
the Company is obligated to register pursuant to other written contractual arrangements with such
persons and that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Shares; and (iv) fourth, to
the extent that the Maximum Number of Shares have not been reached under the foregoing clauses (i),
(ii), (iii) and (iv), the shares of Common Stock that other stockholders desire to sell that can be
sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Shares.




3. REGISTRATION PROCEDURES.




     3.1. Filings; Information. Whenever the Company is required to effect the
registration of any Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 2, the Company shall use its best
efforts to effect the registration and sale of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the
intended method(s) of distribution thereof as expeditiously as practicable, and in connection with
any such request:



          3.1.1. Filing Registration Statement.





	 	(i)  	Demand, S-3 and Piggyback Registrations. The Company
shall, as expeditiously as possible and in any event within sixty (60) days
after receipt of a request for a Demand Registration pursuant to Section 2.1 or
for a Form S-3 Registration pursuant to Section 2.3, prepare and file with the
Commission a Registration Statement on any form for which the Company then
qualifies or which counsel for the Company shall deem appropriate and which
form shall be available for the sale of all Registrable Securities to be
registered thereunder in accordance with the intended method(s) of distribution
thereof, and shall use its best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to
become and remain effective for the period required by this Section 3.1.1(i)
below; provided, however, that the Company shall have the right
to defer any Demand Registration or Form S-3 Registration for up to thirty (30)
days (a “Demand Suspension Event”), and any Piggy-Back Registration for
such period as may be applicable to deferment of any demand registration to
which such Piggy-Back Registration relates, in each case if the Company shall
furnish to the Holders a certificate signed by the Chief Executive Officer of
the Company stating that, in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors
of the Company, it would be materially detrimental to the Company and its
stockholders for such Registration Statement to be effected at such time;
provided, further, that the Company shall not have the right to
exercise the right set forth in the immediately preceding proviso more than
once in any 365-day period in respect of a Demand Registration or Form S-3
Registration hereunder. The Company shall prepare and file with the Commission
such amendments, including post-effective amendments, and supplements to such
Registration Statement and the prospectus used in




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	 	   	connection therewith as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement
effective and in compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act until
all Registrable Securities and other securities covered by such Registration
Statement have been disposed of in accordance with the intended method(s) of
distribution set forth in such Registration Statement (which period shall
not exceed the sum of one hundred eighty (180) days plus any period during
which any such disposition is interfered with by any stop order or
injunction of the Commission or any governmental agency or court) or such
securities have been withdrawn.
	 
	 	(ii)  	Shelf Registrations. The Company shall, as
expeditiously as possible and in any event within sixty (60) days after receipt
of a request for a Shelf Registration pursuant to Section 2.4, prepare and file
with the Commission a Registration Statement on any form for which the Company
then qualifies or which counsel for the Company shall deem appropriate and
which form shall be available for the sale of all Registrable Securities to be
registered thereunder in accordance with the intended method(s) of distribution
thereof, and shall use its best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to
become and remain effective for the period required by this Section 3.1.1(ii)
below; provided, however, that the Company shall have the right
to declare a thirty (30) day Demand Suspension Event, if the Company shall
furnish to the Holders a certificate signed by the Chief Executive Officer of
the Company stating that, in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors
of the Company, it would be materially detrimental to the Company and its
stockholders for such Registration Statement to be effected at such time;
provided, further, that the Company shall not have the right to
exercise the right set forth in the immediately preceding proviso more than
once in any 365-day period in respect of a Shelf Registration hereunder. The
Company shall prepare and file with the Commission such amendments, including
post-effective amendments, and supplements to such Registration Statement and
the prospectus used in connection therewith as may be necessary to keep such
Registration Statement effective and in compliance with the provisions of the
Securities Act until all Registrable Securities and other securities covered by
such Registration Statement have been disposed of in accordance with the
intended method(s) of distribution set forth in such Registration Statement
(which period shall not exceed two (2) years following the date on which such
Registration Statement first becomes effective plus any period during which any
such disposition is interfered with by any stop order or injunction of the
Commission or any governmental agency or court) or such securities have been
withdrawn.





          3.1.2. Copies. The Company shall, prior to filing a Registration Statement or
prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), furnish without charge to the Holders holding
Registrable Securities included in such registration, and such Holders’ legal counsel, copies of
such Registration Statement as proposed to be filed, each amendment and supplement to such
Registration Statement (in each case including all exhibits thereto and documents




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incorporated by reference therein), the prospectus included in such Registration Statement
(including each preliminary prospectus), and such other documents as the Holders holding
Registrable Securities included in such registration, and such Holders’ legal counsel, may request
in order to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by such Holders.




          3.1.3. Notification. After the filing of a Registration Statement, the Company shall
promptly, and in no event more than two (2) business days after such filing, notify the Holders
holding Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement of such filing, and shall
further notify such Holders promptly and confirm such advice in writing in all events within two
(2) business days of the occurrence of any of the following: (i) when such Registration Statement
becomes effective; (ii) when any post-effective amendment to such Registration Statement becomes
effective; (iii) the issuance or threatened issuance by the Commission of any stop order (and the
Company shall take all actions required to prevent the entry of such stop order or to remove it if
entered); and (iv) any request by the Commission for any amendment or supplement to such
Registration Statement or any prospectus relating thereto or for additional information or of the
occurrence of an event requiring the preparation of a supplement or amendment to such prospectus so
that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of the securities covered by such Registration
Statement, such prospectus will not contain 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 not
misleading, and promptly make available to the Holders holding Registrable Securities included in
such Registration Statement any such supplement or amendment; except that before filing with the
Commission a Registration Statement or prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, including
documents incorporated by reference, the Company shall furnish to the Holders holding Registrable
Securities included in such Registration Statement and to their legal counsel, copies of all such
documents proposed to be filed sufficiently in advance of filing to provide such Holders and their
legal counsel with a reasonable opportunity to review such documents and comment thereon, and the
Company shall not file any Registration Statement or prospectus or amendment or supplement thereto,
including documents incorporated by reference, to which any such Holder and its legal counsel shall
object.




          3.1.4. State Securities Laws Compliance. The Company shall use its best efforts to
(i) register or qualify the Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement under such
securities or “blue sky” laws of such jurisdictions in the United States as the Holders holding
Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement (in light of their intended plan of
distribution) may request and (ii) take such action necessary to cause such Registrable Securities
covered by the Registration Statement to be registered with or approved by such other governmental
agencies or authorities as may be necessary by virtue of the business and operations of the Company
and do any and all other acts and things that may be necessary or advisable to enable the Holders
holding Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement to consummate the
disposition of such Registrable Securities in such jurisdictions; provided,
however, that the Company shall not be required to qualify generally to do business in any
jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for this paragraph (e) or
subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction.




          3.1.5. Agreements for Disposition. The Company shall enter into customary agreements
(including, if applicable, an underwriting agreement in customary form) and take




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such other actions as are reasonably required in order to expedite or facilitate the
disposition of such Registrable Securities. The representations, warranties and covenants of the
Company in any underwriting agreement which are made to or for the benefit of any Underwriters, to
the extent applicable, shall also be made to and for the benefit of the Holders holding Registrable
Securities included in such Registration Statement. No Holder holding Registrable Securities
included in such Registration Statement shall be required to make any representations or warranties
in the underwriting agreement except, if applicable, with respect to such Holder’s organization,
good standing, authority, title to Registrable Securities, lack of conflict of such sale with such
Holder’s material agreements and organizational documents, and with respect to written information
relating to such Holder that such Holder has furnished in writing expressly for inclusion in such
Registration Statement.




          3.1.6. Cooperation. The principal executive officer of the Company, the principal
financial officer of the Company, the principal accounting officer of the Company and all other
officers and members of the management of the Company shall cooperate fully in any offering of
Registrable Securities hereunder, which cooperation shall include, without limitation, the
preparation of the Registration Statement with respect to such offering and all other offering
materials and related documents, and participation in meetings with Underwriters, attorneys,
accountants and potential investors.




          3.1.7. Records. The Company shall make available for inspection by the Holders
holding Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement, any Underwriter
participating in any disposition pursuant to such Registration Statement and any attorney, any
accountant or other professional retained by such Holders or Underwriter, all financial and other
records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company, as shall be necessary to
enable them to exercise their due diligence responsibility, and cause the Company’s officers,
directors and employees to supply all information requested by any of them in connection with such
Registration Statement.




          3.1.8. Opinions and Comfort Letters. The Company shall furnish to the Holders holding
Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement a signed counterpart, addressed to
such Holders, of (i) any opinion of counsel to the Company delivered to any Underwriter and (ii)
any comfort letter from the Company’s independent public accountants delivered to any Underwriter.
In the event no legal opinion is delivered to any Underwriter, the Company shall furnish to the
Holders holding Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement, at any time that
the Holder elects to use a prospectus, an opinion of counsel to the Company to the effect that the
Registration Statement containing such prospectus has been declared effective and that no stop
order is in effect.




          3.1.9. Earnings Statement. The Company shall comply with all applicable rules and
regulations of the Commission and the Securities Act, and make available to its stockholders, as
soon as practicable, an earnings statement covering a period of twelve (12) months, beginning
within three (3) months after the effective date of the registration statement, which earnings
statement shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158
thereunder.




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          3.1.10. Listing. The Company shall use its best efforts to cause all Registrable
Securities included in any registration to be listed on such exchanges or otherwise designated for
trading in the same manner as similar securities issued by the Company are then listed or
designated or, if no such similar securities are then listed or designated, in a manner
satisfactory to the holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities included in such
registration.




     3.2. Obligation to Suspend Distribution. Upon receipt of any notice from the Company
of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 3.1.3(iv), or, if a Holder is an
“insider,” upon any suspension by the Company, pursuant to a written insider trading compliance
program adopted by the Company’s Board of Directors, of the ability of all “insiders” covered by
such program to transact in the Company’s securities because of the existence of material
non-public information, each Holder holding Registrable Securities included in such Registration
Statement shall immediately discontinue disposition of such Registrable Securities pursuant to the
Registration Statement covering such Registrable Securities until such Holder receives the
supplemented or amended prospectus contemplated by Section 3.1.3(iv) or the restriction on the
ability of “insiders” to transact in the Company’s securities is removed, as applicable, and, if so
directed by the Company, such Holder will deliver to the Company all copies, other than permanent
file copies then in such Holder’s possession, of the most recent prospectus covering such
Registrable Securities at the time of receipt of such notice.



     3.3. Registration Expenses. The Company shall bear all costs and expenses incurred in
connection with any Demand Registration pursuant to Section 2.1, any Piggy-Back Registration
pursuant to Section 2.2, any registration on Form S-3 effected pursuant to Section 2.3 and any
Shelf Registration (or any “takedown” thereunder) pursuant to Section 2.4, and all expenses
incurred in performing or complying with its other obligations under this Agreement, whether or not
the Registration Statement becomes effective, including, without limitation: (i) all registration
and filing fees; (ii) fees and expenses of compliance with securities or “blue sky” laws (including
fees and disbursements of counsel in connection with blue sky qualifications of the Registrable
Securities); (iii) printing expenses; (iv) the Company’s internal expenses (including, without
limitation, all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees); (v) the fees and expenses
incurred in connection with the listing of the Registrable Securities as required by Section
3.1.10; (vi) National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. fees; (vii) fees and disbursements of
counsel for the Company and fees and expenses for independent certified public accountants retained
by the Company (including the expenses or costs associated with the delivery of any opinions or
comfort letters requested pursuant to Section 3.1.8); (viii) the fees and expenses of any special
experts retained by the Company in connection with such registration; (ix) the fees and expenses,
in an underwritten offering, of any the underwriter; and (x) the fees and expenses of one legal
counsel selected by the Holders. The Company shall have no obligation to pay any underwriting
discounts or selling commissions attributable to the Registrable Securities being sold by the
holders thereof, which underwriting discounts or selling commissions shall be borne by the Holders.



     3.4. Information. The Holders shall provide such information as may reasonably be
requested by the Company, or the managing Underwriter, if any, in connection with the preparation
of any Registration Statement, including amendments and supplements thereto, in order to effect the
registration of any Registrable Securities under the Securities Act pursuant to



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Section 2 and in connection with the Company’s obligation to comply with federal and
applicable state securities laws.




4. INDEMNIFICATION AND CONTRIBUTION.




     4.1. Indemnification by the Company. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold
harmless each Holder, and each of its respective officers, employees, affiliates, directors,
partners, stockholders, members, attorneys and agents, and each person, if any, who controls each
Holder (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act)
(each, a “Holder Indemnified Party”), from and against any expenses, losses, judgments,
claims, damages or liabilities, whether joint or several, arising out of or based upon any untrue
statement (or allegedly untrue statement) of a material fact contained in any Registration
Statement under which the sale of such Registrable Securities was registered under the Securities
Act, any preliminary prospectus, final prospectus or summary prospectus contained in the
Registration Statement, or any amendment or supplement to such Registration Statement, or arising
out of or based upon any omission (or alleged omission) to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or any violation by the
Company of the Securities Act or any rule or regulation promulgated thereunder applicable to the
Company and relating to action or inaction required of the Company in connection with any such
registration; and the Company shall promptly reimburse the Holder Indemnified Party for any legal
and any other expenses reasonably incurred by such Holder Indemnified Party in connection with
investigating and defending any such expense, loss, judgment, claim, damage, liability or action;
provided, however, that the Company will not be liable in any such case to the
extent that any such expense, loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon any
untrue statement or allegedly untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in such
Registration Statement, preliminary prospectus, final prospectus, or summary prospectus, or any
such amendment or supplement, in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to the
Company, in writing, by such Holder expressly for use therein. The Company also shall indemnify
any Underwriter of the Registrable Securities, their officers, affiliates, directors, partners,
members and agents and each person who controls such Underwriter on substantially the same basis as
that of the indemnification provided above in this Section 4.1.



     4.2. Indemnification by the Holder. Each Holder will, in the event that any
registration is being effected under the Securities Act pursuant to this Agreement of any
Registrable Securities held by such Holder, indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its
directors and officers and each underwriter (if any), and each other person, if any, who controls
such Holder or such underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act, against any losses,
claims, judgments, damages or liabilities, whether joint or several, insofar as such losses,
claims, judgments, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based
upon any untrue statement or allegedly untrue statement of a material fact contained in any
Registration Statement under which the sale of such Registrable Securities was registered under the
Securities Act, any preliminary prospectus, final prospectus or summary prospectus contained in the
Registration Statement, or any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement, or arise out
of or are based upon any omission or the alleged omission to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statement therein not misleading, if the statement or
omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with



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information furnished in writing to the Company by such Holder expressly for use therein, and
shall reimburse the Company, its directors and officers, and each such controlling person for any
legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by any of them in connection with investigation or
defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action. Each Holder’s indemnification
obligations hereunder shall be limited to the amount of any net proceeds actually received by such
Holder.




     4.3. Conduct of Indemnification Proceedings. Promptly after receipt by any person of
any notice of any loss, claim, damage or liability or any action in respect of which indemnity may
be sought pursuant to Section 4.1 or 4.2, such person (the “Indemnified Party”) shall, if a
claim in respect thereof is to be made against any other person for indemnification hereunder,
notify such other person (the “Indemnifying Party”) in writing of the loss, claim,
judgment, damage, liability or action; provided, however, that the failure by the
Indemnified Party to notify the Indemnifying Party shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party from
any liability which the Indemnifying Party may have to such Indemnified Party hereunder, except and
solely to the extent the Indemnifying Party is actually prejudiced by such failure. If the
Indemnified Party is seeking indemnification with respect to any claim or action brought against
the Indemnified Party, then the Indemnifying Party shall be entitled to participate in such claim
or action, and, to the extent that it wishes, jointly with all other Indemnifying Parties, to
assume the defense thereof with counsel satisfactory to the Indemnified Party. After notice from
the Indemnifying Party to the Indemnified Party of its election to assume the defense of such claim
or action, the Indemnifying Party shall not be liable to the Indemnified Party for any legal or
other expenses subsequently incurred by the Indemnified Party in connection with the defense
thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation; provided, however, that in
any action in which both the Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party are named as defendants,
the Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel (but no more than one such
separate counsel) to represent the Indemnified Party and its controlling persons who may be subject
to liability arising out of any claim in respect of which indemnity may be sought by the
Indemnified Party against the Indemnifying Party, with the fees and expenses of such counsel to be
paid by such Indemnifying Party if, based upon the written opinion of counsel of such Indemnified
Party, representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or
potential differing interests between them. No Indemnifying Party shall, without the prior written
consent of the Indemnified Party, consent to entry of judgment or effect any settlement of any
claim or pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which the Indemnified Party is or could
have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Party, unless
such judgment or settlement includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Party from all
liability arising out of such claim or proceeding.



     4.4. Contribution.



          4.4.1. If the indemnification provided for in the foregoing Sections 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3 is
unavailable to any Indemnified Party in respect of any loss, claim, damage, liability or action
referred to herein, then each such Indemnifying Party, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified
Party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result of such
loss, claim, damage, liability or action in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the
relative fault of the Indemnified Parties and the Indemnifying Parties in connection with the
actions or omissions which resulted in such loss, claim, damage, liability or action, as




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well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of any Indemnified
Party and any Indemnifying Party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether
the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to
state a material fact relates to information supplied by such Indemnified Party or such
Indemnifying Party and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and
opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.




          4.4.2. The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution
pursuant to this Section 4.4 were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of
allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in the
immediately preceding Section 4.4.1.




     The amount paid or payable by an Indemnified Party as a result of any loss, claim, damage,
liability or action referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph shall be deemed to include,
subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses incurred by such
Indemnified Party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 4.4, no Holder shall be required to contribute any
amount in excess of the dollar amount of the net proceeds (after payment of any underwriting fees,
discounts, commissions or taxes) actually received by such Holder from the sale of Registrable
Securities which gave rise to such contribution obligation. No person guilty of fraudulent
misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to
contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.



5. UNDERWRITING AND DISTRIBUTION.




     5.1. Rule 144. The Company covenants that it shall file any reports required to be
filed by it under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and shall take such further action as any
Holder may reasonably request, all to the extent required from time to time to enable such Holder
to sell Registrable Securities without registration under the Securities Act within the limitation
of the exemptions provided by Rule 144 under the Securities Act, as such Rules may be amended from
time to time, or any similar Rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission.



     5.2. Restrictions on Sale by the Company and Others. The Company agrees: (i) not to
effect any public sale or distribution of any securities similar to those being registered in
accordance with Section 2.1, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for
such securities, from the date the Company receives the written demand for any Demand Registration
(except as part of such Demand Registration to the extent permitted by Section 2.1.4) until
permitted under any “lock-up” agreement with the Underwriter, but not more than ninety (90) days
from the effective date of any registration statement filed pursuant to Section 2.1; and (ii) that
any agreement entered into after the date hereof pursuant to which the Company issues or agrees to
issue any privately placed securities shall contain a provision under which holders of such
securities agree not to effect any sale or distribution of any such securities during the periods
described in (i) above, in each case including a sale pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act
(except as part of any such registration, if permitted); provided, however, that
the provisions of this Section 5.2 shall not prevent the conversion or exchange of any securities



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pursuant to their terms into or for other securities and shall not prevent the issuance of
securities by the Company under any employee benefit, stock option or stock subscription plans.




     6. MISCELLANEOUS.



     6.1. Other Registration Rights. The Company represents and warrants that no person
has any right to require the Company to register any shares of the Company’s capital stock (or
securities convertible or exercisable into shares of the Company’s capital stock) for sale or to
include shares of the Company’s capital stock (or securities convertible or exercisable into shares
of the Company’s capital stock) in any registration filed by the Company for the sale of shares of
capital stock for its own account or for the account of any other person, other than pursuant to
the Existing Registration Rights Agreements. The Company shall not modify or amend any existing
agreement providing for registration rights in a manner that would adversely affect the rights of
the Holders granted hereunder. In addition, the Company shall not grant any Person any
registration rights with respect to shares of Common Stock other than registration rights that
expressly permit the Holders to participate in the registration pro rata with the Person being
granted registration rights based on the number of shares requested to be included (and on a basis
no less favorable to the Holders than that of the Person being granted registration rights).



     6.2. Assignment; No Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement and the rights, duties
and obligations of the Company hereunder may not be assigned or delegated by the Company in whole
or in part. This Agreement and the rights, duties and obligations of the Holder hereunder may be
freely assigned or delegated, in whole or in part, without the consent of the Company, by any
Holder in conjunction with any transfer of Registrable Securities by such Holder, so long as the
transferee of such Registrable Securities executes a joinder agreement to this Agreement agreeing
to be bound by the terms hereof. This Agreement and the provisions hereof shall be binding upon
and shall inure to the benefit of each of the parties and their respective successors and the
permitted assigns of any Holder or of any assignee of such Holder, or any entity that succeeds to
substantially all of the assets and liabilities of such Holder. This Agreement is not intended to
confer any rights or benefits on any persons that are not party hereto other than as expressly set
forth in Article 4 and this Section 6.2.



     6.3. Notices. All notices, requests, claims, demands and other communications under
this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed given upon receipt by the parties at the
following addresses (or at such other address for a party as shall be specified by like notice):




	 	(i)  	if to the Company:
	 
	 	   	NationsHealth, Inc.

13650 N.W. 8th Street, Suite 109

Sunrise, FL 33325

Fax number.: (954) 903-5005

Attention: President


with a copy to:


McDermott Will & Emery LLP

201 South Biscayne Blvd.




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	 	   	Miami, Florida 33131

Fax number: (305) 347-6500

Attention: Ira J. Coleman, Esq.
	 
	 	(ii)  	if to the Holders:
	 
	 	   	The address set forth on Schedule I hereto, which Schedule

shall be updated to reflect any joinders to this Agreement.
	 
	 	   	with a copy to:
	 
	 	   	Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP

180 Maiden Lane

New York, NY 10038

Fax number: (212) 806-6006

Attention: Patricia M. Perez, Esq.





     6.4. Severability. This Agreement shall be deemed severable, and the invalidity or
unenforceability of any term or provision hereof shall not affect the validity or enforceability of
this Agreement or of any other term or provision hereof. Furthermore, in lieu of any such invalid
or unenforceable term or provision, the parties hereto intend that there shall be added as a part
of this Agreement a provision as similar in terms to such invalid or unenforceable provision as may
be possible and be valid and enforceable.



     6.5. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of
which shall be deemed an original, and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the
same instrument.



     6.6. Entire Agreement. This Agreement (including all agreements entered into pursuant
hereto and all certificates and instruments delivered pursuant hereto and thereto) constitute the
entire agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior
and contemporaneous agreements, representations, understandings, negotiations and discussions
between the parties, whether oral or written.



     6.7. Modifications and Amendments. No amendment, modification or termination of this
Agreement shall be binding upon any party unless executed in writing by such party.



     6.8. Titles and Headings. Titles and headings of sections of this Agreement are for
convenience only and shall not affect the construction of any provision of this Agreement.



     6.9. Waivers and Extensions. Any party to this Agreement may waive any right, breach
or default which such party has the right to waive, provided that such waiver will not be
effective against the waiving party unless it is in writing, is signed by such party, and
specifically refers to this Agreement. Waivers may be made in advance or after the right waived
has arisen or the breach or default waived has occurred. Any waiver may be conditional. No waiver
of any breach of any agreement or provision herein contained shall be deemed a waiver of any
preceding or succeeding breach thereof nor of any other agreement or provision herein



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contained. No waiver or extension of time for performance of any obligations or acts shall be
deemed a waiver or extension of the time for performance of any other obligations or acts.




     6.10. Remedies Cumulative. In the event that the Company fails to observe or perform
any covenant or agreement to be observed or performed under this Agreement, each Holder may proceed
to protect and enforce its rights by suit in equity or action at law, whether for specific
performance of any term contained in this Agreement or for an injunction against the breach of any
such term or in aid of the exercise of any power granted in this Agreement or to enforce any other
legal or equitable right, or to take any one or more of such actions, without being required to
post a bond. None of the rights, powers or remedies conferred under this Agreement shall be
mutually exclusive, and each such right, power or remedy shall be cumulative and in addition to any
other right, power or remedy, whether conferred by this Agreement or now or hereafter available at
law, in equity, by statute or otherwise.



     6.11. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, interpreted under, and
construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements
made and to be performed within the State of New York, without giving effect to any choice-of-law
provisions thereof that would compel the application of the substantive laws of any other
jurisdiction.



     6.12. Waiver of Trial by Jury. Each party hereby irrevocably and unconditionally
waives the right to a trial by jury in any action, suit, counterclaim or other proceeding (whether
based on contract, tort or otherwise) arising out of, connected with or relating to this Agreement,
the transactions contemplated hereby, or the actions of the Investor in the negotiation,
administration, performance or enforcement hereof.



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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be executed and delivered by
their duly authorized representatives as of the date first written above.



	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	NATIONSHEALTH, INC.
	 
	 	 	 	 
	

	 	By:	 	/s/ Glenn Parker
	

	 	 	 	 
	

	 	 	 	Name: Glenn Parker, M.D.
	

	 	 	 	Title:






[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]




 









 








	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	MHR CAPITAL PARTNERS LP
	

	 	By:
	 	MHR Advisors LLC, its general partner
	 
	 	 	 	 
	

	 	By:	 	/s/ Hal Goldstein 
	

	 	 	 	 
	

	 	 	 	Name: Hal Goldstein
	

	 	 	 	Title: Authorized Signatory
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	OTQ LLC
	 
	 	 	 	 
	

	 	By:	 	/s/ Hal Goldstein 
	

	 	 	 	 
	

	 	 	 	Name: Hal Goldstein
	

	 	 	 	Title: Authorized Signatory
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	MHR CAPITAL PARTNERS (100) LP
	

	 	By:
	 	MHR Advisors LLC, its general partner
	 
	 	 	 	 
	

	 	By:	 	/s/ Hal Goldstein 
	

	 	 	 	 
	

	 	 	 	Name: Hal Goldstein
	

	 	 	 	Title: Authorized Signatory






[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]




 









 








Schedule I




Name and Address of Holder



MHR Capital Partners LP

c/o MHR Fund Management LLC

40 West 57th Street, 24th Floor,

New York, NY 10019

Fax number: (212) 262-9356

Attention: Hal Goldstein and Emily Fine



OTQ LLC

c/o MHR Fund Management LLC

40 West 57th Street, 24th Floor,

New York, NY 10019

Fax number: (212) 262-9356

Attention: Hal Goldstein and Emily Fine



MHR Capital Partners (100) LP

c/o MHR Fund Management LLC

40 West 57th Street, 24th Floor,

New York, NY 10019

Fax number: (212) 262-9356

Attention: Hal Goldstein and Emily Fine