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EXHIBIT 10.2

 

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

This Registration Rights Agreement (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of March __, 2015, between Bovie Medical Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and each of the several purchasers signatory hereto (each such purchaser, a “Purchaser” and, collectively, the “Purchasers”).

 

RECITALS:

 

WHEREAS, the Company and the Purchasers entered into a Registration Rights Agreement dated as December 13, 2013 (the “Original Agreement”) and seek to have this Agreement supersede such Original Agreement; and

 

WHEREAS, the Company and certain of the Purchasers have entered into an Exchange Agreement dated as of the date hereof (the “Exchange Agreement”), pursuant to which such Purchasers have exchanged all of their shares of the Company’s Series A 6% Convertible Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value per share, and all of their warrants to purchase the Company’s Common Stock (as defined below), for shares of Preferred Stock (as defined below); and

 

 WHEREAS, in furtherance of the Exchange Agreement, the parties hereto are entering into this Agreement, pursuant to which the Company will provide certain registration rights under the Securities Act (as defined below) with respect to the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Stock; and

 

WHEREAS, upon execution and delivery hereof, this Agreement shall amend and restate the Original Agreement in its entirety, and the Original Agreement shall cease to have any force or effect;

 

The Company and each Purchaser hereby agrees as follows:

 

1. Definitions. Capitalized terms shall have the following meanings:

 

“Advice” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(e).

 

“Business Day” shall mean any day except any Saturday, any Sunday, any day which is a federal legal holiday in the United States or any day on which banking institutions in the State of New York are authorized or required by law or other governmental action to close.

 

“Certificate of Designation” means the Certificate of Designation filed with the State of Delaware setting forth the terms, powers, rights and preferences of the Preferred Stock.

 

“Commission” shall mean the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

	 
	
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“Common Stock” shall mean the common stock of the Company, par value $0.001 per share, and any other class of securities into which such securities may hereafter be reclassified or changed.

 

“Conversion Shares” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Certificate of Designation.

 

 “Effectiveness Date” means, with respect to the Initial Registration Statement required to be filed hereunder, the 90th calendar day following the Filing Date and with respect to any additional Registration Statements which may be required pursuant to Section 2(c) or Section 3(c), the 90th calendar day following the date on which an additional Registration Statement is required to be filed hereunder; provided, however, that in the event the Company is notified by the Commission that one or more of the above Registration Statements will not be reviewed or is no longer subject to further review and comments, the Effectiveness Date as to such Registration Statement shall be the fifth (5th) Trading Day following the date on which the Company is so notified if such date precedes the dates otherwise required above, provided, further, if such Effectiveness Date falls on a day that is not a Trading Day, then the Effectiveness Date shall be the next succeeding Trading Day.

 

“Effectiveness Period” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).

 

“Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

“Exchange Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

“Filing Date” means, with respect to the Initial Registration Statement required hereunder, the 30th calendar day following the Effective Time (as defined in the Exchange Agreement) and, with respect to any additional Registration Statements which may be required pursuant to Section 2(c) or Section 3(c), the earliest practical date on which the Company is permitted by SEC Guidance to file such additional Registration Statement related to the Registrable Securities.

 

“Holder” or “Holders” means the holder or holders, as the case may be, from time to time of Registrable Securities.

 

“Indemnified Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(c).

 

“Indemnifying Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(c).

 

“Initial Registration Statement” means the initial Registration Statement filed pursuant to this Agreement.

 

“Losses” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(a).

 

“Original Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

“Original SPA” means the Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of December 13, 2013 by and between the Company and the Purchasers whereby the Purchasers acquired shares of the Company’s Series A 6% Convertible Preferred Stock and warrants.

 

	 
	
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“Plan of Distribution” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).

 

“Preferred Stock” shall mean the Series B Convertible Preferred Stock of the Company, par value $0.001 per share, and any other class of securities into which such securities may hereafter be reclassified or changed.

 

“Prospectus” means the prospectus included in a Registration Statement (including, without limitation, a prospectus that includes any information previously omitted from a prospectus filed as part of an effective registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act), as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, with respect to the terms of the offering of any portion of the Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement, and all other amendments and supplements to the Prospectus, including post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such Prospectus.

 

“Registrable Securities” means, as of any date of determination (a) all shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Stock, and (b) any securities issued or then issuable upon any stock split, dividend or other distribution, recapitalization or similar event with respect to the foregoing; provided, however, that any such Registrable Securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities (and the Company shall not be required to maintain the effectiveness of any, or file another, Registration Statement hereunder with respect thereto) at such time as (i) such Registrable Securities have been disposed of by the Holder pursuant to a Registration Statement declared effective by the Commission under the Securities Act, (ii) such Registrable Securities have been previously sold in accordance with Rule 144, or (iii) such securities become eligible for resale without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions and without current public information pursuant to Rule 144 as set forth in a written opinion letter of counsel to the Company to such effect, addressed, delivered and acceptable to the Transfer Agent and the affected Holders (assuming that such securities and any securities issuable upon exercise, conversion or exchange of which, or as a dividend upon which, such securities were issued or issuable, were at no time held by any Affiliate).

 

“Registration Statement” means any registration statement required to be filed hereunder pursuant to Section 2(a) and any additional registration statements contemplated by Section 2(c) or Section 3(c), including (in each case) the Prospectus, amendments and supplements to any such registration statement or Prospectus, including pre-effective and post-effective amendments, all exhibits thereto, and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in any such registration statement.

 

“Rule 144” shall mean Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended and interpreted from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same purpose and effect of such Rule.

 

“Rule 415” means Rule 415 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended or interpreted from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same purpose and effect as such Rule.

 

	 
	
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“Rule 424” means Rule 424 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended or interpreted from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same purpose and effect as such Rule.

 

“Selling Stockholder Questionnaire” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(a).

 

 “Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

“SEC Guidance” means (i) any publicly-available written or oral guidance of the Commission staff, or any comments, requirements or requests of the Commission staff and (ii) the Securities Act.

 

“Trading Day” shall mean a trading day on which the principal Trading Market is open for trading.

 

“Transfer Agent” shall mean the Manhattan Transfer Registrar Company, the current transfer agent of the Company, with a mailing address of 57 Eastwood Road, Miller Place, New York 11764, and a facsimile number of (631) 928-6171, and successor transfer agent of the Company.

 

“Trading Market” means any of the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the NYSE, AMEX, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the NYSE Euronet or the OTC Bulletin Board (or any successors to any of the foregoing).

 

2. Shelf Registration.

 

(a) On or prior to the applicable Filing Date, the Company shall prepare and file with the Commission a Registration Statement covering the resale of all of the Registrable Securities that are not then registered on an effective Registration Statement for an offering to be made on a continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415. Each Registration Statement filed hereunder shall be on Form S-3 (except if the Company is not then eligible to register for resale the Registrable Securities on Form S-3, in which case such registration shall be on another appropriate form in accordance herewith, subject to the provisions of Section 2(d)) and shall contain (unless otherwise directed by at least a two-thirds majority in interest of the Holders) substantially the “Plan of Distribution” attached hereto as Annex A, provided that no change to the attached Plan of Distribution shall apply to Gilford without Gilford’s prior written consent. Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause a Registration Statement filed under this Agreement (including, without limitation, under Section 3(c)) to be declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as possible after the filing thereof, but in any event no later than the applicable Effectiveness Date (including filing with the Commission a request for acceleration of effectiveness in accordance with Rule 461 promulgated under the Securities Act), and shall use its reasonable best efforts to keep such Registration Statement continuously effective under the Securities Act until the later of (i) the third (3rd) anniversary of the date of this Agreement, (ii) such time that all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement have been sold, thereunder or pursuant to Rule 144, or (iii) such time that all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement may be sold without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions pursuant to Rule 144 and without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the current public information requirement under Rule 144, as determined by counsel to the Company pursuant to a written opinion letter to such effect, addressed and acceptable to the Transfer Agent and the affected Holders (the “Effectiveness Period”). The Company shall telephonically request effectiveness of a Registration Statement as of 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on a Trading Day. The Company shall immediately notify the Holders via facsimile or by e-mail of the effectiveness of a Registration Statement on the same Trading Day that the Company telephonically confirms effectiveness with the Commission, which shall be the date requested for effectiveness of such Registration Statement. The Company shall, by 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time on the Trading Day after the effective date of such Registration Statement, file a final Prospectus with the Commission as required by Rule 424.

 

	 
	
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(b) Notwithstanding the registration obligations set forth in Section 2(a), if the Commission informs the Company that all of the Registrable Securities cannot, as a result of the application of Rule 415, be registered for resale as a secondary offering on a single registration statement, the Company agrees to promptly inform each of the Holders thereof and use its reasonable best efforts to file amendments to the Initial Registration Statement as required by the Commission, covering the maximum number of Registrable Securities permitted to be registered by the Commission, on Form S-3 or withdraw such Initial Registration Statement and file such other form available to register for resale the Registrable Securities as a secondary offering, subject to the provisions of Section 2(d); provided, however, that prior to filing such amendment, the Company shall be obligated to use reasonable best efforts to advocate with the Commission for the registration of all of the Registrable Securities in accordance with the SEC Guidance, including without limitation, Compliance and Disclosure Interpretation 612.09.

 

(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if the Commission or any SEC Guidance sets forth a limitation on the number of Registrable Securities permitted to be registered on a particular Registration Statement as a secondary offering (and notwithstanding that the Company used reasonable best efforts to advocate with the Commission for the registration of all or a greater portion of Registrable Securities), unless otherwise directed in writing by a Holder as to its Registrable Securities, the number of Registrable Securities to be registered on such Registration Statement will be reduced as follows:

 

(i) First, the Company shall reduce or eliminate any securities to be included by any Person other than a Holder;

 

(ii) Second, the Company shall reduce Registrable Securities represented by Conversion Shares (applied, in the case that some such Conversion Shares may be registered, to the Holders on a pro rata basis based on the total number of such unregistered Conversion Shares held by such Holders).

 

In the event of a cutback hereunder, the Company shall give the Holder at least five (5) Trading Days prior written notice along with the calculations as to such Holder’s allotment. In the event the Company amends the Initial Registration Statement in accordance with the foregoing, the Company will use its reasonable best efforts to file with the Commission, as promptly as allowed by Commission or SEC Guidance provided to the Company or to registrants of securities in general, one or more registration statements on Form S-3 or such other form available to register for resale those Registrable Securities that were not registered for resale on the Initial Registration Statement, as amended.

 

	 
	
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(d) If Form S-3 is not available for the registration of the resale of Registrable Securities hereunder, the Company shall (i) register the resale of the Registrable Securities on another appropriate form and (ii) undertake to register the Registrable Securities on Form S-3 as soon as such form is available, provided that the Company shall maintain the effectiveness of the Registration Statement then in effect until such time as a Registration Statement on Form S-3 covering the Registrable Securities has been declared effective by the Commission.

 

(e) If: (i) any Registration Statement is not filed with the Commission on or prior to its applicable Filing Date, (ii) any Registration Statement is not declared effective by the Commission (or otherwise does not become effective) for any reason on or prior to its applicable Effectiveness Date or (iii) after any Registration Statement is declared effective and except for the reasons as set forth in Sections 2(d), 2(f), and 3(k), (A) the Registration Statement ceases for any reason (including without limitation by reason of a stop order, or the Company’s failure to update the Registration Statement), to remain continuously effective as to all Registrable Securities included in the Registration Statement or (B) the Holders are not permitted to utilize the Prospectus to resell such Registrable Securities for any reason (other than due to a change in the “Plan of Distribution” or the inaccuracy of any information provided by the Holders), in each case for more than an aggregate of thirty (30) consecutive calendar days or sixty (60) calendar days (which need not be consecutive days) during any twelve (12) month period (other than as a result of a breach of this Agreement by a Holder, or due to a circumstance set forth in Section 2(f) below), or (iv) if no Registration Statement is effective and the Company fails to satisfy the current public information requirement pursuant to Rule 144(c)(1) as a result of which the Holders are unable to sell Registrable Securities without restriction under Rule 144 (or any successor thereto), (any such failure or breach in clauses (i) through (iv) above being referred to as an “Event,” and, for purposes of clauses (i), (ii) or (iv), the date on which such Event occurs, or for purposes of clause (iii), the date on which such twenty (20) or forty (40) calendar day period is exceeded, being referred to as an “Event Date”), then in addition to any other rights the Holders may have hereunder or under applicable law, (x) within five Business Days after an Event Date, the Company shall pay to each Holder an amount in cash, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, equal to 1% of the aggregate purchase price paid by such Holder for the securities purchased pursuant to the terms of the Original SPA (the “Purchase Price”); and (y) on each monthly anniversary of each such Event Date thereof (if the applicable Event shall not have been cured by such date) until the applicable Event is cured, the Company shall pay to each Holder an amount in cash, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, equal to 1% of the Purchase Price. The amounts payable pursuant to the foregoing clauses (x) and (y) are referred to collectively, as “Liquidated Damages”. It shall be a condition precedent to the obligations of the Company to pay any liquidated damages pursuant to this Section 3(c) with respect to the Registrable Securities of any Holder that such Holder shall furnish to the Company such information regarding itself and the Registrable Securities held by it. The liquidated damages pursuant to the terms hereof shall apply on a pro rata basis for any portion of a month prior to the cure of an Event. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the maximum payment to any Holder associated with all Events in the aggregate shall not exceed (i) in any 30-day period following an Event Date, an aggregate of 1% of the Purchase Price and (ii) 10% of the Purchase Price. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, no Liquidated Damages shall be due to any Holder with respect to any period during which all of such Holder’s Registrable Securities may be sold by such Holder without restriction under Rule 144.

 

	 
	
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(f) In the event a Holder is able to prove actual damages in excess of the amount of Liquidated Damages received by such Holder hereunder as the result of an Event, then nothing herein shall relieve the Company of any obligation to pay such excess.

 

3. Registration Procedures. In connection with the Company’s registration obligations hereunder, the Company shall:

 

(a) Not less than five (5) Trading Days prior to the filing of each Registration Statement and not less than three (3) Trading Days prior to the filing of any related Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto (including any document that would be incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference), the Company shall (i) furnish to each Holder copies of all such documents proposed to be filed, which documents (other than those incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference) will be subject to the review of such Holders, and (ii) cause its officers and directors, counsel and independent registered public accountants to respond to such inquiries as shall be necessary, in the reasonable opinion of respective counsel to each Holder, to conduct a reasonable investigation within the meaning of the Securities Act. Notwithstanding the above, the Company shall not be obligated to provide the Holders advance copies of any universal shelf registration statement registering securities other than the Registrable Securities required to be registered hereunder, or any Prospectus prepared thereto. The Company shall not file a Registration Statement or any such Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto to which the Holders of more than one-third of the Registrable Securities shall reasonably object in good faith, provided that, the Company is notified of such objection in writing no later than three (3) Trading Days after the Holders have been so furnished copies of a Registration Statement or one (1) Trading Day after the Holders have been so furnished copies of any related Prospectus or amendments or supplements thereto. Each Holder agrees to furnish to the Company a completed questionnaire in the form attached to this Agreement as Annex B (a “Selling Stockholder Questionnaire”) on a date that is not less than two (2) Trading Days prior to the Filing Date or by the end of the fourth (4th) Trading Day following the date on which such Holder receives draft materials in accordance with this Section.

 

(b) (i) Prepare and file with the Commission such amendments, including post-effective amendments and supplements, to each Registration Statement and the Prospectus used in connection therewith as may be necessary to keep a Registration Statement continuously effective as to the applicable Registrable Securities for the applicable Effectiveness Period and prepare and file with the Commission such additional Registration Statements in order to register for resale under the Securities Act all of the Registrable Securities, (ii) cause the related Prospectus to be amended or supplemented by any required Prospectus supplement (subject to the terms of this Agreement), and, as so supplemented or amended, to be filed pursuant to Rule 424, (iii) respond as promptly as reasonably possible to any comments received from the Commission with respect to a Registration Statement or any amendment thereto and provide as promptly as reasonably possible to the Holders true and complete copies of all correspondence from and to the Commission relating to a Registration Statement, and (iv) comply in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act with respect to the disposition of all Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement during the applicable period in accordance (subject to the terms of this Agreement) with the intended methods of disposition by the Holders thereof set forth in such Registration Statement as so amended or in such Prospectus as so supplemented. In the case of amendments and supplements to a Registration Statement which are required to be filed pursuant to this Agreement (including pursuant to this Section 3(b)) by reason of the Company filing a report on Form 10-K, Form 10-Q or Form 8-K or any analogous report under the Exchange Act, the Company shall have incorporated such report by reference into such Registration Statement, if applicable, or shall file such amendments or supplements with the Commission on the same day on which the Exchange Act report which created the requirement for the Company to amend or supplement such Registration Statement was filed.

 

	 
	
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(c) If during the Effectiveness Period, the number of Registrable Securities at any time exceeds 100% of the number of shares of Common Stock then registered in a Registration Statement, then the Company shall file as soon as reasonably practicable an additional Registration Statement (or amendment to the existing Registration Statement) covering the resale by the Holders of not less than the number of such Registrable Securities.

 

(d) Notify the Holders of Registrable Securities to be sold (which notice shall, pursuant to clauses (iii) through (vi) hereof, be accompanied by an instruction to suspend the use of the Prospectus until the requisite changes have been made) as promptly as reasonably possible (and, in the case of (i)(A) below, not less than one (1) Trading Day prior to such filing) and (if requested by any such Person) confirm such notice in writing no later than one (1) Trading Day following the day (i)(A) when a Prospectus or any Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement is proposed to be filed, (B) when the Commission notifies the Company whether there will be a “review” of a Registration Statement and whenever the Commission comments in writing on such Registration Statement (in which case the Company shall provide to each of the Holders true and complete copies of all comments and all written responses thereto), and (C) with respect to a Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment, when the same has become effective, (ii) of any request by the Commission or any other federal or state governmental authority for amendments or supplements to a Registration Statement or Prospectus or for additional information, (iii) of the issuance by the Commission or any other federal or state governmental authority of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement covering any or all of the Registrable Securities or the initiation of any Proceedings for that purpose, (iv) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification or exemption from qualification of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation or threatening of any Proceeding for such purpose, (v) of the occurrence of any event or passage of time that makes the financial statements included in a Registration Statement ineligible for inclusion therein or any statement made in a Registration Statement or Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference untrue in any material respect or that requires any revisions to a Registration Statement, Prospectus or other documents so that, in the case of a Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, as the case may be, it will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any Prospectus, form of prospectus or supplement thereto, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, and (vi) of the occurrence or existence of any pending corporate development with respect to the Company that the Company believes is material and that, in the determination of the Company, makes it not in the best interest of the Company to allow continued availability of a Registration Statement or Prospectus.

 

(e) Use its reasonable best efforts to avoid the issuance of, or, if issued, obtain the withdrawal of (i) any order stopping or suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement, or (ii) any suspension of the qualification (or exemption from qualification) of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction, at the earliest practicable moment.

 

(f) Furnish to each Holder, without charge, at least one conformed copy of each such Registration Statement and Prospectus, and each amendment and supplement thereto, including financial statements and schedules, all documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference to the extent requested by such Person, and all exhibits to the extent requested by such Person (including those previously furnished or incorporated by reference) promptly after the filing of such documents with the Commission; provided, that any such item which is available on the EDGAR system (or successor thereto) need not be furnished in physical form.

 

	 
	
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(g) Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Company hereby consents to the use of such Prospectus and each amendment or supplement thereto by each of the selling Holders in connection with the offering and sale of the Registrable Securities covered by such Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, except after the giving of any notice pursuant to Section 3(d).

 

(h) The Company shall cooperate with any broker-dealer through which a Holder proposes to resell its Registrable Securities in effecting a filing with the FINRA Corporate Financing Department pursuant to FINRA Rule 5110, as requested by any such Holder, and the Company shall pay the filing fee required by such filing within five (5) Business Days of request therefor.

 

(i) Prior to any resale of Registrable Securities by a Holder, use its reasonable best efforts to register or qualify or cooperate with the selling Holders in connection with the registration or qualification (or exemption from the Registration or qualification) of such Registrable Securities for the resale by the Holder under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions within the United States as any Holder reasonably requests in writing, to keep each registration or qualification (or exemption therefrom) effective during the Effectiveness Period and to do any and all other acts or things reasonably necessary to enable the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Registrable Securities covered by each Registration Statement; provided, that, the Company shall not be required to qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not then so qualified, subject the Company to any material tax in any such jurisdiction where it is not then so subject, or file a general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction.

 

(j) If requested by a Holder, cooperate with such Holder to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Registrable Securities to be delivered to a transferee pursuant to a Registration Statement, which certificates shall be free, to the extent permitted by the Exchange Agreement, of all restrictive legends, and to enable such Registrable Securities to be in such denominations and registered in such names as any such Holder may request. Gilford’s rights under the previous sentence shall not be subject to any restriction, including, without limitation, any restriction in the Exchange Agreement.

 

(k) Upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by Section 3(d), as promptly as reasonably possible under the circumstances taking into account the Company’s good faith assessment of any adverse consequences to the Company and its stockholders of the premature disclosure of such event, prepare a supplement or amendment, including a post-effective amendment, to a Registration Statement or a supplement to the related Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference, and file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered, neither a Registration Statement nor such Prospectus will contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any Prospectus, form of prospectus or supplement thereto, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading. If the Company notifies the Holders in accordance with clauses (iii) through (vi) of Section 3(d) above to suspend the use of any Prospectus until the requisite changes to such Prospectus have been made, then the Holders shall suspend use of such Prospectus. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to ensure that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed as promptly as is practicable. The Company shall be entitled to exercise its right under this Section 3(k) to suspend the availability of a Registration Statement and Prospectus for a period not to exceed 60 calendar days (which need not be consecutive days) in any 12-month period, provided that such limitation shall not apply with respect to suspensions arising from notifications under clause (vi) of Section 3(d).

 

	 
	
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(l) Comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission.

 

(m) The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to maintain eligibility for use of Form S-3 (or any successor form thereto) for the registration of the resale of Registrable Securities.

 

(n) With respect to any Registration Statement other than the Initial Registration Statement, the Company may require each selling Holder to furnish to the Company a certified statement as to the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by such Holder and, if required by the Commission, the natural persons thereof that have voting and dispositive control over the shares.

 

4. Registration Expenses. All fees and expenses incident to the performance of or compliance with, this Agreement by the Company shall be borne by the Company whether or not any Registrable Securities are sold pursuant to a Registration Statement. The fees and expenses referred to in the foregoing sentence shall include, without limitation, (i) all registration and filing fees (including, without limitation, fees and expenses of the Company’s counsel and independent registered public accountants) (A) with respect to filings made with the Commission, (B) with respect to filings required to be made with any Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed for trading, (C) in compliance with applicable state securities or Blue Sky laws reasonably agreed to by the Company in writing (including, without limitation, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company in connection with Blue Sky qualifications or exemptions of the Registrable Securities), and (D) if not previously paid by the Company in connection with Section 3(h) above, with respect to any filing that may be required to be made by any broker through which a Holder intends to make sales of Registrable Securities with FINRA pursuant to FINRA Rule 5110, so long as the broker is receiving no more than a customary brokerage commission in connection with such sale), (ii) printing expenses (including, without limitation, expenses of printing certificates for Registrable Securities and of printing prospectuses if the printing of prospectuses is reasonably requested by the Holders of at least one third of the Registrable Securities included in the Registration Statement), (iii) messenger, telephone and delivery expenses, (iv) fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company, (v) Securities Act liability insurance, if the Company so desires such insurance, and (vi) fees and expenses of all other Persons retained by the Company in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. In addition, the Company shall be responsible for all of its internal expenses incurred in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties), the expense of any annual audit and the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the Registrable Securities on any securities exchange as required hereunder. In no event shall the Company be responsible for any broker or similar commissions of any Holder or, except to the extent provided for in the Transaction Documents, any legal fees or other costs of the Holders.

 

	 
	
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5. Indemnification.

 

(a) Indemnification by the Company. The Company shall, notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement, indemnify and hold harmless each Holder, the officers, directors, members, partners, agents, brokers (including brokers who offer and sell Registrable Securities as principal as a result of a pledge or any failure to perform under a margin call of Common Stock), Affiliates, investment advisors and employees (and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles, notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title) of each of them, each Person who controls any such Holder (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) and the officers, directors, members, stockholders, partners, agents and employees (and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles, notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title) of each such controlling Person, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, costs (including, without limitation, reasonable costs of preparation and reasonable attorneys’ fees) and expenses (collectively, “Losses”), as incurred, arising out of or relating to (1) any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in a Registration Statement, any Prospectus or any form of prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus, or arising out of or relating to any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any Prospectus, form of prospectus or supplement thereto, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading or (2) any violation or alleged violation by the Company of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or any state securities law, or any rule or regulation thereunder, in connection with the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, except to the extent, but only to the extent, that (i) such untrue statements or omissions are based solely upon information regarding such Holder furnished in writing to the Company by such Holder expressly for use therein, or to the extent that such information relates to such Holder or such Holder’s proposed method of distribution of Registrable Securities and was reviewed and expressly approved in writing by such Holder expressly for use in a Registration Statement, such Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto (it being understood that the Holder has approved Annex A hereto for this purpose) or (ii) in the case of an occurrence of an event of the type specified in Section 3(d)(iii)-(vi), the use by such Holder of an outdated, defective or otherwise unavailable Prospectus after the Company has notified such Holder in writing that the Prospectus is outdated, defective or otherwise unavailable for use by such Holder and prior to the receipt by such Holder of the Advice contemplated in Section 6(e), but only if and to the extent that following the receipt of the Advice the misstatement or omission giving rise to such Loss would have been corrected. The Company shall notify the Holders promptly of the institution, threat or assertion of any Proceeding arising from or in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement of which the Company is aware. Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of such indemnified person and shall survive the transfer of any Registrable Securities by any of the Holders in accordance with Section 6(h).

 

(b) Indemnification by Holders. Each Holder shall, severally as to such Holder’s own actions or omissions and not jointly, indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, officers, agents and employees, each Person who controls the Company (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act), and the directors, officers, agents or employees of such controlling Persons, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, from and against all Losses, as incurred, to the extent arising out of or based solely upon: (x) such Holder’s failure to comply with any applicable prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act through no fault of the Company or (y) any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement, any Prospectus, or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus, or arising out of or relating to any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any Prospectus or supplement thereto, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading (i) to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or omission is contained in any information so furnished in writing by such Holder to the Company expressly for inclusion in such Registration Statement or such Prospectus or (ii) to the extent, but only to the extent, that such information relates to such Holder’s proposed method of distribution of Registrable Securities and was reviewed and expressly approved in writing by such Holder expressly for use in a Registration Statement (it being understood that the Holder has approved Annex A hereto for this purpose), such Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or (iii) in the case of an occurrence of an event of the type specified in Section 3(d)(iii)-(vi), to the extent, but only to the extent, related to the use by such Holder of an outdated, defective or otherwise unavailable Prospectus after the Company has notified such Holder in writing that the Prospectus is outdated, defective or otherwise unavailable for use by such Holder and prior to the receipt by such Holder of the Advice contemplated in Section 6(e), but only if and to the extent that following the receipt of the Advice the misstatement or omission giving rise to such Loss would have been corrected. In no event shall the liability of any selling Holder under this Section 5(b) be greater in amount than the dollar amount of the net proceeds received by such Holder upon the sale of the Registrable Securities giving rise to such indemnification obligation.

 

	 
	
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(c) Conduct of Indemnification Proceedings.

 

(i) If any Proceeding shall be brought or asserted against any Person entitled to indemnity hereunder (an “Indemnified Party”), such Indemnified Party shall promptly notify the Person from whom indemnity is sought (the “Indemnifying Party”) in writing, and the Indemnifying Party shall have the right to assume the defense thereof, including the employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party and the payment of all fees and expenses incurred in connection with defense thereof; provided, that, the failure of any Indemnified Party to give such notice shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party of its obligations or liabilities pursuant to this Agreement, except (and only) to the extent that it shall be finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction (which determination is not subject to appeal or further review) that such failure shall have materially and adversely prejudiced the Indemnifying Party.

 

(ii) An Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such Proceeding and to participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Party or Parties unless: (1) the Indemnifying Party has agreed in writing to pay such fees and expenses, (2) the Indemnifying Party shall have failed promptly to assume the defense of such Proceeding and to employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Party in any such Proceeding, or (3) the named parties to any such Proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both such Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party, and counsel to the Indemnified Party shall reasonably believe that a material conflict of interest is likely to exist if the same counsel were to represent such Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party (in which case, if such Indemnified Party notifies the Indemnifying Party in writing that it elects to employ separate counsel at the expense of the Indemnifying Party, the Indemnifying Party shall not have the right to assume the defense thereof and the reasonable fees and expenses of no more than one separate counsel (together with appropriate local counsel) shall be at the expense of the Indemnifying Party). The Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for any settlement of any such Proceeding effected without its written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned. No Indemnifying Party shall, without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party, effect any settlement of any pending Proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Party is a party, unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such Proceeding. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to indemnification from any Person who is not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

 

(iii) Subject to the terms of this Agreement, all reasonable fees and expenses of the Indemnified Party (including reasonable fees and expenses to the extent incurred in connection with investigating or preparing to defend such Proceeding in a manner not inconsistent with this Section) shall be paid to the Indemnified Party, as incurred, within ten Trading Days of written notice thereof (which shall, include reasonable substantiation of such fees and expenses) to the Indemnifying Party; provided, that, the Indemnified Party shall promptly reimburse the Indemnifying Party for that portion of such fees and expenses applicable to such actions for which such Indemnified Party is finally judicially determined by a court of competent jurisdiction (which determination is not subject to appeal or further review) not to be entitled to indemnification hereunder. The failure to deliver written notice to the Indemnifying Party within a reasonable time of the commencement of any such action shall not relieve such Indemnifying Party of any liability to the Indemnified Party under this Section 5, except and to the extent such failure materially prejudices the rights of such Indemnifying Party in connection with such proceeding.

 

	 
	
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(d) Contribution.

 

(i) If the indemnification under Section 5(a) or 5(b) is unavailable to an Indemnified Party or insufficient to hold an Indemnified Party harmless for any Losses, then each Indemnifying Party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Indemnifying Party and Indemnified Party in connection with the actions, statements or omissions that resulted in such Losses as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of such Indemnifying Party and Indemnified Party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any action in question, including any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission of a material fact, has been taken or made by, or relates to information supplied by, such Indemnifying Party or Indemnified Party, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such action, statement or omission. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of any Losses shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in this Agreement, any reasonable attorneys’ or other fees or expenses incurred by such party in connection with any Proceeding to the extent such party would have been indemnified for such fees or expenses if the indemnification provided for in this Section was available to such party in accordance with its terms.

 

(ii) The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 5(d) were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take into account the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 5(d), (A) no Holder shall be required to contribute pursuant to this Section 5(d), in the aggregate, any amount in excess of the amount by which the net proceeds actually received by such Holder from the sale of the Registrable Securities subject to the Proceeding exceeds the amount of any damages that such Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission; and (B) no contribution will be made under circumstances where the maker of such contribution would not have been required to indemnify the Indemnified Party under the fault standards set forth in this Section 5. 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.

 

(e) The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section are in addition to any liability that the Indemnifying Parties may have to the Indemnified Parties and are not in diminution or limitation of the indemnification provisions under the Exchange Agreement or, with respect to Gilford, under the Placement Agent Agreement, except that no party shall be entitled to recover duplicate amounts for the same loss under this Agreement and the Exchange Agreement.

 

	 
	
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6. Miscellaneous.

 

(a) Rule 144. With a view to making available to the Holders the benefits of Rule 144 and any other rule or regulation of the Commission that may at any time permit the Holders to sell Registrable Securities to the public without registration, as long as any Holder owns Registrable Securities, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to (i) timely file all reports required to be filed by the Company after the date hereof pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or, if the Company is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, it will prepare and furnish to the Holders and make publicly available the information specified in Rule 144(c)(2) promulgated under the Securities Act, including, without limitation, annual and quarterly financial statements, together with a discussion and analysis of such financial statements in form and substance substantially similar to those that would otherwise be required to be included in reports required by Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, as well as any other information required thereby, in the time period that such filings would have been required to have been made under the Exchange Act, and (ii) furnish to the Holder upon request, as long as such Holder owns any Registrable Securities, (A) a written statement by the Company, if true, that it has timely complied with the reporting requirements of Rule 144 and of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, and (B) such other information as may be reasonably requested in order to avail such Holder of any rule or regulation of the Commission that permits the sale of any such Registrable Securities without registration.

 

(b) Remedies. In the event of a breach by the Company or by a Holder of any of their respective obligations under this Agreement, each Holder or the Company, as the case may be, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by law and under this Agreement, including recovery of damages, shall be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this Agreement. Each of the Company and each Holder agrees that monetary damages would not provide adequate compensation for any losses incurred by reason of a breach by it of any of the provisions of this Agreement and hereby further agrees that, in the event of any action for specific performance in respect of such breach, it shall not assert or shall waive the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.

 

(c) No Piggyback on Registrations; Prohibition on Filing Other Registration Statements. Except as set forth on Schedule 6(c) attached hereto, neither the Company nor any of its security holders (other than the Holders in such capacity pursuant hereto) may include securities of the Company in any Registration Statements other than the Registrable Securities. The Company shall not file any other registration statements until all Registrable Securities are registered pursuant to a Registration Statement that is declared effective by the Commission, provided, that this Section 6(c) (i) shall not prohibit the Company from filing amendments to registration statements filed prior to the date of this Agreement or a Registration Statement on Form S-8 covering stock option or Equity Incentive Plans existing as of the date hereof and (ii) shall not prohibit the Company from filing a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 for a primary offering by the Company, provided, in each case, that the Company makes no offering of securities pursuant to such shelf registration statement prior to the effective date of the Registration Statement required hereunder that includes all of the Registrable Securities.

 

	 
	
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(d) Compliance. Each Holder covenants and agrees that it will comply with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act as applicable to it (unless an exemption therefrom is available) in connection with sales of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement.

 

(e) Discontinued Disposition. By its acquisition of Registrable Securities, each Holder agrees that, upon receipt of a notice from the Company of the occurrence of any event of the kind described in Section 3(d)(iii) through (vi), such Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of such Registrable Securities under a Registration Statement until it is advised in writing (the “Advice”) by the Company that the use of the applicable Prospectus (as it may have been supplemented or amended) may be resumed. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to ensure that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed as promptly as is practicable.

 

(f) Piggy-Back Registrations. If, at any time during the Effectiveness Period, there is not an effective Registration Statement covering all of the Registrable Securities and the Company shall determine to prepare and file with the Commission a registration statement relating to an offering for its own account or the account of others under the Securities Act of any of its equity securities, other than on Form S-4 or Form S-8 (each as promulgated under the Securities Act) or their then equivalents relating to equity securities to be issued solely in connection with any acquisition of any entity or business or equity securities issuable in connection with the Company’s stock option or other employee benefit plans, then the Company shall deliver to each Holder a written notice of such determination and, if within fifteen (15) days after the date of the delivery of such notice, any such Holder shall so request in writing, the Company shall include in such registration statement all or any part of such Registrable Securities such Holder requests to be registered; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to register any Registrable Securities pursuant to this Section 6(f) that are eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act (without volume restrictions or current public information requirements) or that are the subject of a then effective Registration Statement.

 

(g) Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement, including the provisions of this sentence, may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given, unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Company and the Holders of 67% or more of the then outstanding Registrable Securities (for purposes of clarification, this includes any Registrable Securities issuable upon exercise or conversion of any Security), provided that no amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or consent to depart from this Agreement, which disproportionately affects Gilford, shall apply to Gilford without Gilford’s prior written consent (this sentence is subject to Gilford’s right in Section 2(a) to approve a modification to the Plan of Distribution affecting Gilford). If a Registration Statement does not register all of the Registrable Securities pursuant to a waiver or amendment done in compliance with the previous sentence, then the number of Registrable Securities to be registered for each Holder shall be reduced pro rata among all Holders and each Holder shall have the right to designate which of its Registrable Securities shall be omitted from such Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a waiver or consent to depart from the provisions hereof with respect to a matter that relates exclusively to the rights of a Holder or some Holders and that does not directly or indirectly affect the rights of other Holders may be given only by such Holder or Holders of all of the Registrable Securities to which such waiver or consent relates; provided, however, that the provisions of this sentence may not be amended, modified, or supplemented except in accordance with the provisions of the first sentence of this Section 6(g). No consideration shall be offered or paid to any Person to amend or consent to a waiver or modification of any provision of this Agreement unless the same consideration also is offered to all of the parties to this Agreement.

 

	 
	
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(h) Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries required or permitted to be provided hereunder shall be delivered as set forth in the Exchange Agreement or, with respect to Gilford, as set forth in the Placement Agent Agreement.

 

(i) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and permitted assigns of each of the parties and shall inure to the benefit of each Holder. The Company may not assign (except by merger) its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of all of the Holders of the then outstanding Registrable Securities. Each Holder may assign their respective rights hereunder in the manner and to the Persons as permitted under Section 4 of the Exchange Agreement. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, Gilford may freely assign its rights under this Agreement, provided that each assignee of Gilford must agree in writing to the terms of this Agreement as applied to Gilford immediately prior to such assignment.

 

(j) No Inconsistent Agreements. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has entered, as of the date hereof, nor shall the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, on or after the date of this Agreement, enter into any agreement with respect to its securities, that would have the effect of impairing the rights granted to the Holders in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof. Except as set forth on Schedule 6(j) attached hereto, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has previously entered into any agreement granting any registration rights with respect to any of its securities to any Person that have not been satisfied in full. Upon execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Original Agreement shall cease to be of any force or effect.

 

(k) Execution and Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of which when taken together shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other party, it being understood that both parties need not sign the same counterpart. In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission or by e-mail delivery of a “.pdf” format data file, such signature shall create a valid and binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) with the same force and effect as if such facsimile or “.pdf” signature page were an original thereof.

 

(l) Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW THEREOF. The parties hereto agree that all claims, controversies and disputes of any kind or nature relating in any way to the enforcement or interpretation of this Agreement or to the parties’ dealings, rights or obligations in connection herewith, shall be brought exclusively in the state and federal courts sitting in The City of New York, Borough of Manhattan. With respect to any such claims, controversies or disputes, each of the parties hereby irrevocably:

 

(i) submits itself and its property, generally and unconditionally, to the personal jurisdiction of the aforesaid courts and agrees that it will not bring any action in any court or tribunal other than the aforesaid courts;

 

	 
	
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(ii) waives, and agrees not to assert, by way of motion, as a defense, counterclaim or otherwise, in any action or proceeding (A) any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of the above named courts for any reason other than the failure to serve process in accordance with this Section 6(l)(ii), (B) any claim that it or its property is exempt or immune from jurisdiction of any such court or from any legal process commenced in such courts (whether through service of notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution of judgment, execution of judgment or otherwise) and (C) to the fullest extent permitted by the applicable law, any claim that (1) the suit, action or proceeding in such court is brought in an inconvenient forum, (2) the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper or (3) this Agreement, or the subject matter hereof, may not be enforced in or by such courts; and

 

(iii) WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY DISPUTE ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT. EACH PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT CERTIFIES AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT (I) NO REPRESENTATIVE OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER IN THE EVENT OF A LEGAL ACTION, (II) SUCH PARTY HAS CONSIDERED THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS WAIVER, (III) SUCH PARTY MAKES THIS WAIVER VOLUNTARILY AND (IV) SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 6.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing in this Section 6(l)(iii) a party may commence any action or proceeding in a court other than the above-named courts solely for the purpose of enforcing an order or judgment issued by one of the above-named courts.

 

(iv) EACH PARTY, ON BEHALF OF ITSELF AND ITS RESPECTIVE SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVE ANY RIGHTS THEY MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM (WHETHER BY CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) BASED UPON, OR ARISING OUT OF, THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

 

(m) Cumulative Remedies. The remedies provided herein are cumulative and not exclusive of any other remedies provided by law.

 

(n) Severability. If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions set forth herein shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated, and the parties hereto shall use their reasonable best efforts to find and employ an alternative means to achieve the same or substantially the same result as that contemplated by such term, provision, covenant or restriction. It is hereby stipulated and declared to be the intention of the parties that they would have executed the remaining terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions without including any of such that may be hereafter declared invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable.

 

	 
	
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(o) Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of the Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions hereof.

 

(p) Independent Nature of Holders’ Obligations and Rights. The obligations of each Holder hereunder are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Holder hereunder, and no Holder shall be responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any other Holder hereunder. Nothing contained herein or in any other agreement or document delivered at any closing, and no action taken by any Holder pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Holders as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of group or entity, or create a presumption that the Holders are in any way acting in concert or as a group or entity with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other matters, and the Company acknowledges that the Holders are not acting in concert or as a group, and the Company shall not assert any such claim, with respect to such obligations or transactions. Each Holder shall be entitled to protect and enforce its rights, including without limitation the rights arising out of this Agreement, and it shall not be necessary for any other Holder to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose. The use of a single agreement with respect to the obligations of the Company contained was solely in the control of the Company, not the action or decision of any Holder, and was done solely for the convenience of the Company and not because it was required or requested to do so by any Holder. It is expressly understood and agreed that each provision contained in this Agreement is between the Company and a Holder, solely, and not between the Company and the Holders collectively and not between and among Holders.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Registration Rights Agreement as of the date first written above. 

 

	 	
Company:

	
 

			
 

	
 

		
BOVIE MEDICAL CORPORATION

	
 

			
 

	
 

	 	By:	
 

	
 

		Name:	
Robert L. Gershon

	
 

		Title:	
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Purchasers:

			
 

	
 

	 	
BIOMEDICAL VALUE FUND, L.P.

		By:	
Great Point Partners, LLC, its investment manager

	
 

			
 

	
 

		By:	
 

	
 

		Name:	
David E. Kroin

	
 

		Title:	
Managing Director

	
 

			
 

	
 

	 	
BIOMEDICAL INSTITUTIONAL VALUE FUND, L.P.

	
 

		By:	
Great Point Partners, LLC, its investment manager

	
 

			
 

	
 

		By:	
 

	
 

		Name:	
David E. Kroin

	
 

		Title:	
Managing Director

	
 

			
 

	
 

	 	
BIOMEDICAL OFFSHORE VALUE FUND, LTD.

	
 

		By:	
Great Point Partners, LLC, its investment manager

	
 

			
 

	
 

		
By:

	
 

	
 

		Name:	
David E. Kroin

	
 

		Title:	
Managing Director

	
 

			
 

	
 

		

WS INVESTMENTS II, LLC

	
 

		By:	
Great Point Partners, LLC, its investment manager

	
 

			
 

	
 

		By:	
 

	
 

		Name:	
David E. Kroin

	
 

		Title:	
Managing Director

	
 

			
 

	
 

	 	
CLASS D SERIES OF GEF-PS, L.P.

	
 

		By:	
Great Point Partners, LLC, its investment manager

	
 

			
 

	
 

		By:	
 

	
 

		Name:	
David E. Kroin

	
 

		Title:	
Managing Director

	
 

 

  

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2020150311Exhibit 10.1

March 7, 2015

Omid Tahernia, President & CEO
c/o Ikanos Communications, Inc.
47669 Fremont Boulevard
Fremont, California  94538

Dear Omid:

Pursuant to a decision by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors, we have agreed to the following modifications to your offer letter dated May 30, 2012, as amended on September 5, 2013 and November 17, 2014 (collectively, the “Offer Letter”), as follows:

Paragraph (d) under “Compensation and Benefits” is to be amended and replaced in its entirety by the following (and effected for the 1:10 reverse stock split which occurred on February 13, 2015):

“(d) Equity Awards.  An important component of our compensation package includes the opportunity for ownership in our Company.  Subject to Board approval, you will be granted an option to purchase up to 210,000 shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Option”) on your employment start date.  The per-share exercise price of the Option will equal the closing market price of the Company’s common stock on the day the Option is granted.  Starting on your first day of employment with the Company, the Option will begin vesting with respect to 150,000 shares (the “Time-Based Option Shares”) and the Time-Based Option Shares will continue to vest, subject to your continued employment, over a four year period, with 25% of such shares vesting on the first anniversary of your employment start date and the balance vesting in equal quarterly installments over the succeeding twelve (12) quarters.

“The remaining 60,000 shares (the “Performance-Based Option Shares”) will vest over a one year period beginning upon the date(s) that certain stock price goals are achieved.  Specifically, vesting of the Performance-Based Option Shares will be dependent upon your continued employment and the attainment of average closing prices for the Company’s common stock for any period of twenty (20) consecutive trading days as follows: (i) 30,000 shares begin vesting at a $8.20 average closing stock price; and (ii) the remaining 30,000 shares begin vesting at a $12.30 average closing stock price.  Once vesting begins, Performance-Based Option Shares will vest in equal quarterly installments over the one year period after the applicable average closing stock price target is achieved, subject to your continued employment.  For example, if the closing stock price equals or exceeds $8.20/share for any period of twenty (20) consecutive trading days, then the first tranche of 30,000 shares will vest over the following one year period (beginning on the day after the referenced 20-day period), because the stock price had equaled or exceeded the first price target.
 
“In the event of a Change of Control (as defined below), the above stock price performance targets (if not previously achieved) will be evaluated against the Change of Control deal price.  (If either or both of the above stock price targets have been achieved prior to a Change of Control, the respective tranche(s) of Performance-Based Option Shares will fully vest upon the close of the Change of Control.)  To the extent that the deal price is equal to or in excess of the first or second stock price targets, the corresponding tranche(s) of the Performance-Based Option Shares will fully vest upon the close of the Change of Control.  If the deal price is equal to or in excess of $5.74 per share, but less than the stock price target for a tranche, a pro rata portion of the shares subject to that tranche will vest upon the close of the Change of Control based on the ratio of (x) the excess of the deal price over the exercise price, to (y) the excess of the applicable stock price target over the exercise price, multiplied by the number of shares subject to that tranche, and the balance of the shares subject to that tranche will terminate as of the close of the Change of Control.  For example, if the exercise 

Omid Tahernia, President & CEO
March 7, 2015
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price is $7.00 per share, and the deal price is $7.50 per share, 50/120 of the 30,000 shares subject to the $8.20 stock price target tranche will vest, and 50/530 of the 30,000 shares subject to the $12.30 stock price target tranche will vest.  If the deal price is less than $5.74 per share, each tranche will terminate as of the close of the Change in Control.

“The Option will have a term of seven years, subject to earlier termination upon termination of service, and will be subject to the terms and conditions of a stock option agreement between you and the Company in a form approved by the Board.”

Paragraph (e)(1)(iv) under “Involuntary Termination” has been amended and replaced in its entirety by the following (and effected for the 1:10 reverse stock split which occurred on February 13, 2015):

“(iv) if either or both of the above stock price targets ($8.20/$12.30) for the Performance-Based Option Shares have been achieved prior to the date on which your employment terminates, the respective tranche(s) of Performance-Based Option Shares will fully vest upon your date of termination.  If the average closing price of the Company’s common stock over the twenty (20) consecutive trading day period ending on (and including) your date of termination (or ending on the last trading day before your termination date if you are terminated on a Saturday, Sunday, or holiday) (the “Closing Price”) is equal to or in excess of $5.74 per share, but less than the stock price target for a tranche, a pro rata portion of the shares subject to that tranche will vest upon your date of termination based on the ratio of (x) the excess of the Closing Price over the exercise price, to (y) the excess of the applicable stock price target over the exercise price, multiplied by the number of shares subject to that tranche, and the balance of the shares subject to that tranche will terminate as of the date of your termination. For example, if the exercise price is $7.00 per share, and the Closing Price is $7.50 per share, 50/120 of the 30,000 shares subject to the $8.20 stock price target tranche will vest, and 50/530 of the 30,000 shares subject to the $12.30 stock price target tranche will vest.  If the Closing Price is less than $5.74 per share, each tranche will terminate as of the date of your termination.”

No other provision in your Offer Letter, other than as specifically set forth herein, shall be deemed to have been changed.  For the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing modification to your Offer Letter shall apply for purposes of your Stock Option Agreement dated June 11, 2012 (the “Stock Option Agreement”), which references your Offer Letter for the definition of “Change of Control” as used therein.

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We have also agreed, pursuant to a decision by the Compensation Committee, to the corresponding modifications to your Stock Option Agreement, as follows:

The “Vesting Schedule” in the Stock Option Agreement is to be amended and replaced in its entirety by the following (and effected for the 1:10 reverse stock split which occurred on February 13, 2015):

“With respect to 150,000 shares subject to the Option (“Time-Based Option Shares”), 25% of such Shares shall vest twelve months from the Vesting Commencement Date on the same day of the month as the Vesting Commencement Date and 6.25% of the Shares subject to the Option shall vest each quarter thereafter on the same day of the month as the Vesting Commencement Date, subject to Optionee continuing to be an employee of the Company through each such date, such that all 150,000 Shares shall have completely vested on the four year anniversary of the Vesting Commencement Date, unless that date falls on a nonbusiness date, in which case the next business date shall apply.

“With respect to the remaining 60,000 Shares subject to the Option (“Performance-Based Option Shares”), (i) 30,000 shares begin vesting when the average closing stock price of the Company’s common stock on the Nasdaq Stock Market over any period of twenty (20) consecutive trading days reaches $8.20; and 

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March 7, 2015
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(ii) the remaining 30,000 shares begin vesting when the average closing stock price of the Company’s common stock on the Nasdaq Stock Market over any period of twenty (20) consecutive trading days reaches $12.30.  The Performance-Based Option Shares will vest in equal quarterly installments over the one year period after the respective stock price target is achieved, subject to Optionee’s continued employment.  For example, if the average closing stock price equals or exceeds $8.20/share for twenty (20) consecutive trading days, then the first tranche of 30,000 shares will vest over the following one year period, because the stock price had equaled or exceeded the first price target.  In the event of a Change of Control (as defined in the Offer Letter), the stock price performance targets (if not previously achieved), will be evaluated against the Change of Control deal price.  To the extent that the deal price is equal to or in excess of either of the stock price targets, the corresponding tranche of the Performance-Based Option Shares will fully vest upon the close of the Change of Control.  If the deal price is equal to or in excess of $5.74 per share, but less than the stock price target for a tranche, a pro rata portion of the shares subject to that tranche will vest upon the close of the Change of Control based on the ratio of (x) the excess of the deal price over the exercise price, to (y) the excess of the applicable stock price target over the exercise price, multiplied by the number of shares subject to that tranche, and the balance of the shares subject to that tranche will terminate as of the close of the Change of Control.  For example, if the exercise price is $7.00 per share, and the deal price is $7.50 per share, 50/120 of the 30,000 shares subject to the $8.20 stock price target tranche will vest, and 50/530 of the 30,000 shares subject to the $12.30 stock price target tranche will vest.  If the deal price is less than $5.74 per share, each tranche will terminate as of the close of the Change of Control.

“Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event the Company terminates Optionee’s employment without Cause (as defined in the Offer Letter), or Optionee terminates employment for Good Reason (as defined in the Offer Letter), then subject to Optionee’s execution and nonrevocation of a release (in accordance with the requirements described in the Offer Letter), the following acceleration of vesting shall apply:

(A) The vesting of the Option shall accelerate with respect to that number of Time-Based Option Shares that would have vested during the period through and including the quarterly installment vesting date that falls on (if the termination date is a quarterly installment vesting date), or the first such date that falls after (if the termination date is not a quarterly installment vesting date), the anniversary of Optionee’s termination date.

(B) If either or both of the above stock price targets ($8.20/$12.30) for the Performance-Based Option Shares have been achieved prior to the date on which Optionee’s employment terminates, the respective tranche(s) of Performance-Based Option Shares will fully vest upon the date of termination.  If the average closing price of the Company’s common stock over the twenty (20) consecutive trading day period ending on (and including) the date of termination (or ending on the last trading day before the termination date if Optionee is terminated on a Saturday, Sunday, or holiday) (the “Closing Price”) is equal to or in excess of $5.74 per share, but less than the stock price target for a tranche, a pro rata portion of the shares subject to that tranche will vest upon the date of termination based on the ratio of (x) the excess of the Closing Price over the exercise price, to (y) the excess of the applicable stock price target over the exercise price, multiplied by the number of shares subject to that tranche, and the balance of the shares subject to that tranche will terminate as of the date of termination.  For example, if the exercise price is $7.00 per share, and the Closing Price is $7.50 per share, 50/120 of the 30,000 shares subject to the $8.20 stock price target tranche will vest, and 50/530 of the 30,000 shares subject to the $12.30 stock price target tranche will vest.  If the Closing Price is less than $5.74 per share, each tranche will terminate as of the date of termination.

(C) If the Company terminates Optionee’s employment without Cause, or Optionee terminates employment for Good Reason, within ninety (90) days prior to, or on or within twelve (12) months following, a Change of Control , then in lieu of the provisions set forth in the preceding clauses (A) and (B), the Time-Based Option Shares will become fully vested upon such termination, and if such 

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March 7, 2015
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termination occurs within ninety (90) days prior to the Change of Control, the vesting of the Performance-Based Option Shares will be subject to accelerated vesting as described above based on the Change of Control “deal price” as if Optionee were still employed through the close of the Change of Control. In addition, if such termination occurs within ninety (90) days prior to the Change of Control, the portion of the Option shares which would otherwise have been forfeited upon such termination but for the occurrence of a Change of Control within such ninety (90) day period after termination shall not be forfeited until it is determined whether they are subject to accelerated vesting by reason of the occurrence of a Change of Control within such subsequent ninety (90) day period, and the period to exercise the Option with respect to any such shares that do become vested by reason of the occurrence of such Change of Control shall not expire until three months after the close of such Change of Control (but in no event later than the expiration date of the Option), notwithstanding any contrary provision of the Agreement (as defined below), but subject to Section 19(c) of the Agreement.

“Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Performance-Based Option Shares with respect to which the stock price targets have not been met prior to the Change of Control, and which do not vest upon the Change of Control based upon the deal price, as described in this Notice of Grant of Stock Option, shall not be subject to accelerated vesting pursuant to Section 19 of the Agreement, even if not assumed or substituted pursuant to the transaction.”

No other provision in your Stock Option Agreement, other than as specifically set forth herein, shall be deemed to have been changed.

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If the above modifications to your Offer Letter and Stock Option Agreement are acceptable to you, please signed where indicated below.

Very sincerely yours,

Ikanos Communications, Inc.

/s/ George Pavlov
George Pavlov
Chairman, Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors

AGREED AND ACCEPTED:

/s/ Omid Tahernia        
Omid Tahernia

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