Exhibit 10.3
EXECUTION COPY
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
THIS REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this Agreement), dated as of September 8, 2008, is made by and between AVP, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company), and RJSM Partners, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the Investor).
WHEREAS, the Company and the Investor have entered into that certain Subscription Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (the Subscription Agreement), pursuant to which the Investor has acquired 50,000 shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock (the Preferred Stock), convertible into shares of Common Stock (as defined therein) of the Company;
WHEREAS, the Company and the Investor have entered into that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of September 8, 2008 (the Purchase Agreement), pursuant to which the Investor: (i) as of the date hereof, has acquired an aggregate of 3,606,500 shares of the authorized but unissued Common Stock of the Company (the Initial Restricted Shares) and (ii) on or before September 15, 2008, will acquire an additional 2,000,000 shares of the authorized but unissued Common Stock of the Company (the Secondary Restricted Shares and, together with the Initial Restricted Shares, the Restricted Shares);
WHEREAS, the Company and the Investor have also entered into a Loan Agreement dated as of the date hereof (the Loan Agreement) pursuant to which the Investor has agreed to loan: (i) on the date hereof, $1,803,250 and (ii) on or before September 15, 2008, an additional $1,000,000 to the Company, and the Company has agreed to issue to the Investor Promissory Notes (the Notes) dated as of their respective dates to evidence the loans;
WHEREAS, the Restricted Shares will be delivered to the Investor pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Purchase Agreement, the Loan Agreement and the Notes and such delivery may occur on the Maturity Date (as defined in the Loan Agreement) or following a Change of Control (as defined in the Loan Agreement) or an election by the Investor to cause the Company to prepay any of the Loans;
WHEREAS, the Company and the Investor are entering into this Agreement as a condition to and in connection with the Investors entering into the Purchase Agreement and the Loan Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the Company and the Investor deem it to be in their respective best interests to set forth their rights in connection with public offerings and sales of the Preferred Stock and Common Stock.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
All capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Purchase Agreement. For the purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall
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have the respective meanings set forth below or elsewhere in this Agreement as referred to below:
Commission shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other federal agency at the time administering the Securities Act.
Exchange Act shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and in effect from time to time.
Preferred Stock shall mean those shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock issued to the Investor pursuant to the Subscription Agreement.
Prospectus means the prospectus (including any preliminary prospectus and/or any final prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act and any prospectus that discloses information previously omitted from a prospectus filed as part of an effective registration statement in reliance on Rule 430A, Rule 430B or Rule 430C under the Securities Act) included in a Registration Statement, as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (as defined in Rule 433(h) under the Securities Act) with respect to the terms of the offering or any portion of the Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement and by all other amendments and supplements to such prospectus, including all documents and other information incorporated by reference in such prospectus.
Registrable Securities shall mean, collectively, (a) the Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Stock, (b) any Restricted Shares delivered to the Investor upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, following a request by the Investor for prepayment of the Loans or on the Maturity Date of the Loans, and (c) any other securities issued or issuable with respect to the Preferred Stock and Common Stock by way of stock dividend or stock split or in connection with a combination of shares, recapitalization, reclassification, arrangement, merger, consolidation or other reorganization or otherwise; provided, however, that as to any particular securities constituting Registrable Securities, such securities will cease to be Registrable Securities (v) if the Companys shares of Common Stock are no longer registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act or the Company is no longer required to file periodic reports with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, (w) when a registration statement with respect to the sale by the holder thereof shall have been declared effective under the Securities Act and such securities shall have been disposed of in accordance with such registration statement, (x) when they have been sold to the public pursuant to Rule 144 or Rule 145 or other exemption from registration under the Securities Act, (y) when they have been acquired by the Company or (z) when they are able to be sold by the Investor without restriction as to volume or manner of sale pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act as specified in a legal opinion to such effect rendered by counsel to the Company at its sole expense and reasonably acceptable to the Companys Common Stock transfer agent.
Registration Statement means the Prospectus and other documents filed with the Commission to effect a registration under the Securities Act.
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Restricted Security or Restricted Securities means any share of Preferred Stock or Common Stock except any that (i) has been registered pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and sold in a manner contemplated by the prospectus included in such registration statement; (ii) has been transferred by the holder in compliance with the resale provisions of Rule 144 under the Securities Act (or any successor provision thereto); or (iii) otherwise has been transferred by the holder and a new certificate representing a share of Common Stock not subject to transfer restrictions under the Securities Act has been delivered by or on behalf of the Company.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Investor have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.
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AVP, INC. |
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/s/ Leonard Armato |
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Leonard Armato |
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CEO, Chairman, and Commissioner |
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RJSM PARTNERS, LLC |
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/s/ Nicholas Lewin |
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