REGISTRATIONRIGHTS AGREEMENT
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REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
THIS REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT ("Agreement") made as of this 27th day of July, 2010, by and among The Forsythe Group Two, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the "Company"), BioFuel Technologies, Inc., a Georgia corporation ("BFT"), and the persons signatory hereto (each a "Holder" and collectively, the "Holders").
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Company, BFT and the Holders are parties to a certain Share Exchange Agreement dated July 27, 2010 (the "Exchange Agreement"), pursuant to which BFT will become a 100%-owned subsidiary of the Company and 100% of the outstanding securities of BFT will be exchanged for shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the "Common Stock") of the Company (the "Share Exchange");
WHEREAS, immediately after the effective time of the Share Exchange (the "Closing Date"), the Company will assume the business and operations of BFT; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 8.10 of the Exchange Agreement, the Company agreed to file, within one hundred and eighty (180) days after the Closing Date with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission" or "SEC") a registration statement covering the resale of certain shares of Common Stock outstanding after the Closing Date as set forth on Schedule I hereof (the "Shares").
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the respective meanings set forth in this Section 1:
"Business Day" means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in The City of New York are authorized or required by law to remain closed.
"Commission" or "SEC" means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Common Stock" means the class of common stock of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Georgia Courts” means the state and federal courts sitting in Savannah, Georgia.
"Holder" or "Holders" means the holder or holders, as the case may be, from time to time of Registrable Securities.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, business trust, joint stock company, trust or unincorporated organization or any government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
"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 under 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: (i) the shares of Common Stock issued to the Shareholders pursuant to the Stock Exchange Agreement and (ii) any securities issued or issuable upon any stock split, dividend or other distribution, recapitalization or similar event, or any conversion price adjustment with respect to any of the securities referenced in (i) above; provided, however, that Registrable Securities shall not include any shares of Common Stock which previously have been sold to the public either pursuant to a registration statement or Rule 144, or which have been sold in a private transaction in which the transferor’s rights under this Agreement are not assigned.
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"Registration Expenses" shall mean all expenses incurred by the Company in affecting any registration pursuant to this Agreement, including, without limitation, all registration and filing fees, printing expenses, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company, blue sky fees and expenses, and expenses of any regular or special audits incident to or required by any such registration, but shall not include Selling Expenses, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Holders and the compensation of regular employees of the Company, which shall be paid in any event by the Company.
"Registration Statement" means the registration statement filed in accordance with Section 2(a), including the Prospectus, amendments and supplements to such registration statement or Prospectus, including pre- and post-effective amendments, all exhibits thereto, and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein.
"Rule 144" means Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same effect as such Rule.
"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
"Selling Expenses" shall mean all underwriting discounts, selling commissions and stock transfer taxes applicable to the sale of Registrable Securities and fees and disbursements of counsel for any Holder (other than the fees and disbursements of counsel included in Registration Expenses).
"Shares" means the shares of Common Stock issued or issuable to the Shareholders pursuant to the Stock Exchange Agreement.
2. Registration Rights.
(a) After date hereof, the Company shall prepare a Registration Statement under the Securities Act which shall include, but which need not be limited to, the Registrable Securities and shall use its best efforts to file such Registration Statement as management of the Company and counsel deem advisable, but no more than one hundred and eighty (180) days after the date hereof, subject to the provisions of Section 2(b) hereof.
(b) The Company shall have the right to terminate or withdraw, in its reasonable discretion without liability to a Holder, any registration initiated by it under this Section 2 prior to the effectiveness of such Registration Statement. The Registration Expenses of such withdrawn registration shall be borne by the Company in accordance with Section 6 hereof.
3. Registration Procedures. At such time as the Company affects the registration of any of the Registrable Securities, it shall (except as otherwise provided in this Agreement):
(a) Prepare and file with the Commission a Registration Statement including the Registrable Securities, subject to the Company’s right to include any other securities in the Registration Statement and further subject to the Company's to withdraw the Registration Statement as provided in Section 2(b), above, use its reasonable efforts to cause such Registration Statement relating to the Registrable Securities to become effective as soon as reasonably practicable after such filing, and shall maintain the effectiveness of said Registration Statement for a minimum of twelve (12) months following the effective date thereof or until such earlier time as all the Registrable Securities become capable of being publicly sold without registration under the Securities Act.
(b) Promptly prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and supplements to such Registration Statement and the prospectus used in connection with such Registration Statement as may be necessary to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such Registration Statement for the period set forth in paragraph (a) above.
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(c) Respond as promptly as reasonably practicable to any comments received from the SEC with respect to a registration statement or any amendment thereto.
(d) Notify the Holders as promptly as reasonably practicable and (if requested by any such persons) confirm such notice in writing no later than one trading day following the day (i) when a prospectus or any prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment to a registration statement is proposed to be filed and (ii) with respect to a registration statement or any post-effective amendment, when the same has become effective.
(e) Furnish to the Holder such numbers of copies of the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to any Prospectus and such other documents, as the Holder may reasonably request in order to facilitate the public sale or other disposition of the securities owned by the Holder.
(f) Use its commercially reasonable efforts to register and qualify the securities covered by such Registration Statement under such other state securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as shall be reasonably requested by the Holders; provided that the Company shall not be required in connection therewith or as a condition thereto to qualify to do business or to file a general consent to service of process in any such states or jurisdictions, nor shall it be required to incur expenses in excess of $1,500 in connection with any such registration or qualification under such other state securities or Blue Sky laws.
(g) The Company shall notify each Holder whose Registrable Securities are included in any Registration Statement in writing of the happening of any event, as promptly as practicable after becoming aware of such event, as a result of which the prospectus included in a Registration Statement, as then in effect, includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (provided that in no event shall such notice contain any material, nonpublic information), and, subject to Section 3(b), promptly prepare a supplement or amendment to such Registration Statement to correct such untrue statement or omission. (g) The Company shall use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order or other suspension of effectiveness of a Registration Statement, or the suspension of the qualification of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction and, if such an order or suspension is issued, to obtain the withdrawal of such order or suspension at the earliest possible moment and to notify each Holder who holds Registrable Securities being sold of the issuance of such order and the resolution thereof or its receipt of actual notice of the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose.
(h) Upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by Section 3(g), as promptly as practicable, prepare a supplement or amendment, including a post-effective amendment, to the 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 the 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 light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(i) Use its reasonable best efforts to comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the SEC.
(j) If required, use commercially reasonable efforts to cause its securities to be admitted to quotation on the OTC Bulletin Board.
4. Obligations of the Holders.
(a) At least five (5) Business Days prior to the first anticipated filing date of a Registration Statement, the Company shall notify each Holder in writing of the information the Company requires from each such Holder if such Holder elects to have any of such Holder's Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement. It shall be a condition precedent to the obligations of the Company to complete the registration pursuant to this Agreement with respect to the Registrable Securities of a particular Holder that such Holder shall furnish to the Company such information regarding itself, the Registrable Securities held by it and the intended method of disposition of the Registrable Securities held by it as shall be reasonably required to effect the effectiveness of the registration of such Registrable Securities and shall execute such documents in connection with such registration as the Company may reasonably request.
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(b) Each Holder, by such Holder's acceptance of the Registrable Securities, agrees to cooperate with the Company as reasonably requested by the Company in connection with the preparation and filing of any Registration Statement hereunder, unless such Holder has notified the Company in writing of such Holder's election to exclude all of such Holder's Registrable Securities from such Registration Statement.
(c) Each Holder agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 3(g), such Holder will immediately discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to any Registration Statement(s) covering such Registrable Securities until such Holder's receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended prospectus contemplated by Section 3(b) or receipt of notice that no supplement or amendment is required.
(d) Each Holder covenants and agrees that it will comply with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act as applicable to it or an exemption therefrom in connection with sales of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement.
5. Expenses of Registration. All reasonable expenses, other than underwriting discounts and commissions, incurred in connection with registrations, filings or qualifications pursuant to Sections 2 and 3, including, without limitation, all registration, listing and, subject to Section 3(e), qualifications fees, printers and accounting fees, and fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company shall be paid by the Company.
6. No Delay of Registration. No Holder shall have any right to obtain or seek an injunction restraining or otherwise delaying any registration of Registrable Securities as the result of any controversy that might arise with respect to the interpretation or implementation of Section 4.
7. Assignment of Registration Rights. The Registrable Securities, and any related benefits to the Holder hereunder may be transferred or assigned by the Holder to a permitted transferee or assignee, provided that the Company is given written notice of such transfer or assignment, stating the name and address of said transferee or assignee and identifying the Registrable Securities with respect to which such registration rights are being transferred or assigned; provided further that the transferee or assignee of such Registrable Securities shall be deemed to have assumed the obligations of the Holder under this Agreement by the acceptance of such assignment and shall, upon request from the Company, evidence such assumption by delivery to the Company of a written agreement assuming such obligations of the Holder.
8. Reports Under the Exchange Act.
With a view to making available to the Holders the benefits of Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act or any other similar rule or regulation of the Commission that may at any time permit the Holders to sell securities of the Company to the public without registration ("Rule 144"), the Company agrees to:
(a) make and keep public information available, as those terms are understood and defined in Rule 144;
(b) at such time as the Company becomes subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, file with the Commission in a timely manner all annual reports on Form 10-K, and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q required of the Company under the Exchange Act so long as the Company remains subject to such requirements and the filing of such reports and other documents is required for the applicable provisions of Rule 144; and
(c) furnish to each Holder so long as such Holder owns Registrable Securities, promptly upon written request, (i) a written statement by the Company, if true, that it has complied with the reporting requirements of Rule 144, the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, (ii) a copy of the most recent annual or quarterly report of the Company and such other reports and documents so filed by the Company, and (iii) such other information as may be reasonably requested to permit the Holders to sell such securities pursuant to Rule 144 without registration.
9. Indemnification. In the event any Registrable Securities are included in a Registration Statement pursuant to this Agreement:
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(a) To the extent permitted by law, the Company will, and hereby does, indemnify, hold harmless and defend each Holder, the directors, officers, members, partners, employees, agents, representatives of, and each Person, if any, who controls any Holder within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act (each, an "Indemnified Person"), against any losses, claims, damages, liabilities, judgments, fines, penalties, charges, costs, reasonable attorneys' fees, amounts paid in settlement or expenses, joint or several (collectively, "Claims"), incurred in investigating, preparing or defending any action, claim, suit, inquiry, proceeding, investigation or appeal taken from the foregoing by or before any court or governmental, administrative or other regulatory agency, body or the SEC, whether pending or threatened, whether or not an indemnified party is or may be a party thereto ("Indemnified Damages"), to which any of them may become subject insofar as such Claims (or actions or proceedings, whether commenced or threatened, in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon: (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact in a Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or in any filing made in connection with the qualification of the offering under the securities or other "blue sky" laws of any jurisdiction in which Registrable Securities are offered ("Blue Sky Filing"), or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any preliminary prospectus if used prior to the effective date of such Registration Statement, or contained in the final prospectus (as amended or supplemented, if the Company files any amendment thereof or supplement thereto with the SEC), or the omission or alleged omission to state therein any material fact necessary to make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances under which the statements therein were made, not misleading, (iii) any violation or alleged violation by the Company of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, or any other law, including, without limitation, any state securities law, or any rule or regulation thereunder relating to the offer or sale of the Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement or (iv) any violation of this Agreement (the matters in the foregoing clauses (i) through (iv) being, collectively, "Violations"). Subject to Section 9(c), the Company shall reimburse the Indemnified Persons, promptly as such expenses are incurred and are due and payable, for any legal fees or other reasonable expenses incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such Claim. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the indemnification agreement contained in this Section 9(a): (i) shall not apply to a Claim by an Indemnified Person arising out of or based upon a Violation which occurs in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by such Indemnified Person for such Indemnified Person expressly for use in connection with the preparation of the Registration Statement or any such amendment thereof or supplement thereto; and (ii) shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any Claim if such settlement is effected without the prior written consent of the Company, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the Indemnified Person and shall survive the transfer of the Registrable Securities by the Holders pursuant to Section 8.
(b) In connection with any Registration Statement in which a Holder is participating, each such Holder agrees to severally and not jointly indemnify, hold harmless and defend, to the same extent and in the same manner as is set forth in Section 9(a), the Company, each of its directors, each of its officers who signs the Registration Statement and each Person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act (each, an "Indemnified Party"), against any Claim or Indemnified Damages to which any of them may become subject, under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such Claim or Indemnified Damages arise out of or are based upon any Violation, in each case to the extent, and only to the extent, that such Violation occurs in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Holder expressly for use in connection with such Registration Statement; and, subject to Section 9(c), such Holder will reimburse any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by an Indemnified Party in connection with investigating or defending any such Claim; provided, however, that the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 9(b) and the agreement with respect to contribution contained in Section 10 shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any Claim if such settlement is effected without the prior written consent of such Holder, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed; provided, further, however, that the Holder shall be liable under this Section 9(b) for only that amount of a Claim or Indemnified Damages as does not exceed the net proceeds to such Holder as a result of the sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement. Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of such Indemnified Party and shall survive the transfer of the Registrable Securities by the Holders pursuant to Section 7.
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(c) Promptly after receipt by an Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party under this Section 9 of notice of the commencement of any action or proceeding (including any governmental action or proceeding) involving a Claim, such Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party shall, if a Claim in respect thereof is to be made against any indemnifying party under this Section 9, deliver to the indemnifying party a written notice of the commencement thereof, and the indemnifying party shall have the right to participate in, and, to the extent the indemnifying party so desires, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly noticed, to assume control of the defense thereof with counsel mutually satisfactory to the indemnifying party and the Indemnified Person or the Indemnified Party, as the case may be; provided, however, that an Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party shall have the right to retain its own counsel with the fees and expenses of not more than one counsel for all such Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party to be paid by the indemnifying party, if, in the reasonable opinion of counsel retained by the indemnifying party, the representation by such counsel of the Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party and the indemnifying party would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between such Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party and any other party represented by such counsel in such proceeding. In the case of an Indemnified Person, legal counsel referred to in the immediately preceding sentence shall be selected by the Holders holding at least a majority in interest of the Registrable Securities included in the Registration Statement to which the Claim relates. The Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person shall cooperate reasonably with the indemnifying party in connection with any negotiation or defense of any such action or Claim by the indemnifying party and shall furnish to the indemnifying party all information reasonably available to the Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person which relates to such action or Claim. The indemnifying party shall keep the Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person fully apprised at all times as to the status of the defense or any settlement negotiations with respect thereto. No indemnifying party shall be liable for any settlement of any action, claim or proceeding affected without its prior written consent, provided, however, that the indemnifying party shall not unreasonably withhold, delay or condition its consent. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person, consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement or other compromise which does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person of a release from all liability in respect to such Claim or litigation, and such settlement shall not include any admission as to fault on the part of the Indemnified Party. Following indemnification as provided for hereunder, the indemnifying party shall be subrogated to all rights of the Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person with respect to all third parties, firms or corporations relating to the matter for which indemnification has been made. The failure to deliver written notice to the indemnifying party within a reasonable time of the commencement of any such action shall not relieve such indemnifying party of any liability to the Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party under this Section 9, except to the extent that the indemnifying party is prejudiced in its ability to defend such action.
(d) The indemnity agreements contained herein shall be in addition to (i) any cause of action or similar right of the Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person against the indemnifying party or others, and (ii) any liabilities the indemnifying party may be subject to pursuant to the law.
10. Contribution.
To the extent any indemnification by an indemnifying party is prohibited or limited by law, the indemnifying party agrees to make the maximum contribution with respect to any amounts for which it would otherwise be liable under Section 9 to the fullest extent permitted by law; provided, however, that: (i) no Person involved in the sale of Registrable Securities which Person is guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) in connection with such sale shall be entitled to contribution from any Person involved in such sale of Registrable Securities who was not guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation; and (ii) contribution by any seller of Registrable Securities shall be limited in amount to the net amount of proceeds received by such seller from the sale of such Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement.
11. Miscellaneous Provisions.
(a) Notices. All notices, demands, consents, requests, instructions and other communications to be given or delivered or permitted under or by reason of the provisions of this Agreement or in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby shall be in writing and shall be deemed to be delivered and received by the intended recipient as follows: (i) if personally delivered, on the business day of such delivery (as evidenced by the receipt of the personal delivery service), (ii) if mailed certified or registered mail return receipt requested, three (3) business days after being mailed, (iii) if delivered by overnight courier (with all charges having been prepaid), on the business day of such delivery (as evidenced by the receipt of the overnight courier service of recognized standing), or (iv) if delivered by facsimile transmission or electronic transmission, on the business day of such delivery if sent by 3:00 p.m. in the time zone of the recipient, or if sent after that time, on the next succeeding business day (as evidenced by the printed confirmation of delivery generated by the sending party’s telecopier machine or internet system). If any notice, demand, consent, request, instruction or other communication cannot be delivered because of a changed address of which no notice was given (in accordance with this Section 10.3), or the refusal to accept same, the notice, demand, consent, request, instruction or other communication shall be deemed received on the second business day the notice is sent (as evidenced by a sworn affidavit of the sender).
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(b) Successors and Assigns. Subject to the requirements of Section 7, this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the permitted successors and assigns of each of the parties hereto.
(c) Owner of Registrable Securities. A Person is deemed to be a holder of Registrable Securities whenever such Person owns or is deemed to own of record such Registrable Securities. If the Company receives conflicting instructions, notices or elections from two or more Persons with respect to the same Registrable Securities, the Company shall act upon the basis of instructions, notice or election received from such record owner of such Registrable Securities.
(d) Amendment and Waiver. This Agreement may be amended, and the observance of any term of this Agreement may be waived, but only with the written consent of the Company and the Holder; provided, however, that no such amendment or waiver shall reduce or eliminate any registration right of the Holder of Registrable Securities or reduce the amount of reimbursable costs to the Holder of Registrable Securities in connection with any registration hereunder without the consent of the Holder. No delay on the part of any party in the exercise of any right, power or remedy shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise by any party of any right, power or remedy preclude any other or further exercise thereof, or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy.
(e) Entire Agreement. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements between the parties with respect to its subject matter and constitutes (along with the documents referred to in this Agreement) a complete and exclusive statement of the terms of the agreement between the parties with respect to its subject matter.
(f) Execution and Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and, all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same Agreement. In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission, such signature shall create a valid binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) the same with the same force and effect as if such facsimile signature were the original thereof.
(g) Governing Law. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the internal laws of the State of Georgia, without giving effect to conflicts of law principles.
(h) 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 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.
(i) Headings. . The headings of Sections in this Agreement are provided for convenience only and will not affect its construction or interpretation. All references to “Section” or “Sections” refer to the corresponding Section or Sections of this Agreement. All words used in this Agreement will be construed to be of such gender or number as the circumstances require.
(i) Independent Nature of Holders' Obligations and Rights. The obligations of each Holder under this Agreement are several and not joint with the obligations of each other Holder, and no Holder shall be responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any other Holder under this Agreement. Nothing contained herein or in the Stock Exchange Agreement, and no action taken by any Shareholder pursuant thereto or Holder pursuant hereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Shareholders or Holders, as the case may be, as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Shareholders or Holders, as the case may be, are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or in the Stock Exchange Agreement. The Company acknowledges that each of the Shareholders has been provided with the same Registration Rights Agreement for the purpose of closing a transaction with multiple Shareholders and not because it was required or requested to do so by any Shareholder.
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(j) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which will be deemed to be an original copy of this Agreement and all of which, when taken together, will be deemed to constitute one and the same agreement. The exchange of signature pages via facsimile or by e-mail transmission in portable digital format, or similar format, shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Registration Rights Agreement as of the date first written above.
THE FORSYTHE GROUP TWO, INC. | |
By: | /s/ Hunt Keith |
Name: Hunt Keith | |
Title: President |
HOLDERS
Kenneth Rakestraw | Mark Harris | Dell Winn | ||||
/s/ Kenneth Rakestraw | /s/ Mark Harris | /s/ Dell Winn | ||||
Sandhurst, Inc. | ||||||
By: | /s/ Jeff Dunlop | |||||
Name: Jeff Dunlop | ||||||
Title: President | ||||||
David Clark | Robert G. Greene | James R. Rakestraw | ||||
/s/ David Clark | /s/ Robert G. Greene | /s/ James R. Rakestraw | ||||
Ben Glunt | Mackenzie Harris | Kimberley H. Ross | ||||
/s/ Ben Glunt | /s/ Mackenzie Harris | /s/ Kimberley H. Ross | ||||
Susan B. Gower | Helen Marchman | Mary H. Smith | ||||
/s/ Susan B. Gower | /s/ Helen Marchman | /s/ Mary H. Smith | ||||
Linda L. Greene | William K. Marchman | Quality Investment Services, LLC | ||||
/s/ Linda L. Greene | /s/ William K. Marchman | By: | /s/ Pamela McCLanahan | |||
Name: Pamela McClanahan | ||||||
| | Title: Manager |
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