CLICK2LEARN COM INC
8-K, EX-4.2, 2000-12-14
COMPUTER PROGRAMMING SERVICES
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REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

    REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this "Agreement"), dated as of December 8, 2000, by and among CLICK2LEARN.COM, INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and each of the entities whose names appear on the signature pages hereof. Such entities are each referred to herein as a "Purchaser" and collectively as the "Purchasers".

    The Company has agreed, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement of even date herewith (the "Securities Purchase Agreement"), to issue and sell to each Purchaser (i) shares (the "Shares") of the Company's common stock, par value $.01 per share (the "Common Stock"), (ii) a warrant in the form attached to the Securities Purchase Agreement as Exhibit A (collectively, the "Series A Warrants") and (iii) a warrant in the form attached to the Securities Purchase Agreement as Exhibit B (collectively, the "Series B Warrants"). The Series A Warrants and the Series B Warrants are sometimes collectively referred to herein as the "Warrants". The Warrants are exercisable into shares of Common Stock (the "Warrant Shares") in accordance with their respective terms.

    In order to induce each Purchaser to enter into the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Company has agreed to provide certain registration rights under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and under applicable state securities laws. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement.

    In consideration of each Purchaser entering into the Securities Purchase Agreement, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:

1.  DEFINITIONS.

    For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings specified:


2.  MANDATORY REGISTRATION.

    (a) On or before the Filing Deadline, the Company shall prepare and file with the Commission a Registration Statement on Form S-3 as a "shelf" registration statement under Rule 415 covering the resale of the number of shares of Registrable Securities equal to the Reserved Amount (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement). The Registration Statement shall state, to the extent permitted by Rule 416 under the Securities Act, that it also covers such indeterminate number of shares of Common Stock as may be required to effect exercise of the Warrants in order to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar events.

    (b) The Company shall use its best efforts to cause the Registration Statement to become effective as soon as practicable following the filing thereof, but in no event later than the Registration Deadline. The Company shall respond promptly to any and all comments made by the staff of the Commission on the Registration Statement (but in no event later than fifteen (15) Business Days following the Company's receipt thereof), and shall submit to the Commission, within three (3) Business Days after the Company learns that no review of the Registration Statement will be made by the staff of the Commission or that the staff of the Commission has no further comments on the Registration Statement, as the case may be, a request for acceleration of the effectiveness of the Registration Statement to a time and date not later than forty eight (48) hours after the submission of such request. The Company shall maintain the effectiveness of the Registration Statement until the earlier to occur of (i) the date on which all of the Registrable Securities have been sold pursuant to the Registration Statement and (ii) the date on which all of the remaining Registrable Securities (in the reasonable opinion of counsel to the Holders) may be immediately sold to the public without registration and without regard to the amount of Registrable Securities which may be sold by a Holder thereof at a given time (the period beginning on the Registration Deadline and ending on the earlier of such dates being referred to herein as the "Registration Period").

    (c) If (A) the Registration Statement is not filed on or before the Filing Deadline or declared effective by the Commission on or before the thirtieth (30th) day following the Registration Deadline, (B) after the Registration Statement has been declared effective by the Commission, sales of Registrable Securities cannot be made by a Holder under the Registration Statement for any reason not within the exclusive control of such Holder (other than during a Blackout Period or with respect to such Registrable Securities as are then freely saleable pursuant to Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act), or (C) the Common Stock is not listed and freely tradeable on the Nasdaq National Market, the Nasdaq SmallCap Market, the American Stock Exchange or the New York Stock Exchange (each of (A), (B) and (C) being referred to herein as a "Default Event"), the Company shall pay to each Holder an amount equal to the lesser of (x) one and one half percent (1.5%) per thirty calendar day period (prorated for any period of less than thirty calendar days) and (y) the highest rate permitted by applicable law, times the aggregate Market Price of the Shares and Warrant Shares then held by such Holder (assuming for such purpose that such Warrants have been exercised into the maximum number of Warrant Shares issuable pursuant to such Warrants taken as a whole, without regard to any

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restriction or limitation on such exercise), accruing daily and compounded monthly, from the date on which a Default Event first occurs until the date on which such Default Event and any and all other Default Events have been cured and are no longer continuing. The amounts paid or payable by the Company hereunder shall be in addition to any other remedies available to each Holder at law or in equity or pursuant to the terms hereof or the Securities Purchase Agreement, or otherwise. Payments of such amounts pursuant hereto shall be made in immediately available funds within five (5) Business Days after the end of each period that gives rise to such obligation, provided that, if any such period extends for more than thirty (30) days, payments shall be made at the end of each thirty-day period.

3.  PIGGYBACK REGISTRATION.

    If at any time prior to the expiration of the Registration Period, (i) the Company proposes to register shares of Common Stock under the Securities Act in connection with the public offering of such shares for cash (other than a registration relating solely to the sale of securities to participants in a Company stock plan or employee stock award or a registration on Form S-4 under the Securities Act or any successor or similar form registering stock issuable upon a reclassification, a business combination involving an exchange of securities or an exchange offer for securities of the issuer or another entity, or a registration statement on Form S-3 covering the resale of securities issued in connection with a corporate acquisition) (a "Proposed Registration") and (ii) a Registration Statement covering the sale of all of the Registrable Securities then issued or issuable (assuming for such purpose that such Warrants have been exercised into the maximum number of Warrant Shares issuable pursuant to such Warrants taken as a whole, without regard to any restriction or limitation on such exercise) is not then effective and available for sales thereof by the Holders, the Company shall, at such time, promptly give each Holder written notice of such Proposed Registration. Each Holder shall have twenty (20) days from its receipt of such notice to deliver to the Company a written request specifying the amount of Registrable Securities that such Holder intends to sell and such Holder's intended method of distribution. Upon receipt of such request, the Company shall use its best efforts to cause all Registrable Securities which the Company has been requested to register to be registered under the Securities Act to the extent necessary to permit their sale or other disposition in accordance with the intended methods of distribution specified in the request of such Holder; provided, however, that the Company shall have the right to postpone or withdraw any registration effected pursuant to this Section 3 without obligation to the Holder. If, in connection with any underwritten public offering for the account of the Company or for shareholders of the Company that have contractual rights to require the Company to register shares of Common Stock, the managing underwriter(s) thereof shall impose a limitation on the number of shares of Common Stock which may be included in the Registration Statement because, in the judgment of such underwriter(s), marketing or other factors dictate such limitation is necessary to facilitate such offering, then the Company shall be obligated to include in such Registration Statement only such limited portion of the Registrable Securities with respect to which each Holder has requested inclusion hereunder as such underwriter(s) shall permit. Any such exclusion of Registrable Securities shall be made pro rata among the Holders seeking to include Registrable Securities in the Registration Statement, in proportion to the number of Registrable Securities sought to be included by such Holders; provided, however, that the Company shall not exclude any Registrable Securities unless the Company has first excluded all outstanding securities, the holders of which are not entitled to inclusion of such securities in such Registration Statement or are not entitled to pro rata inclusion with the Registrable Securities; and provided, further, that, after giving effect to the immediately preceding proviso, any exclusion of Registrable Securities shall be made pro rata with holders of other securities having the right to include such securities in the Registration Statement.

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4.  OBLIGATIONS OF THE COMPANY.

    In addition to performing its obligations hereunder, including without limitation those pursuant to paragraphs 2(a) and 2(b) above, the Company shall:

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5.  OBLIGATIONS OF EACH HOLDER.

    In connection with the registration of the Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement, each Holder shall:

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6.  INDEMNIFICATION.

    In the event that any Registrable Securities are included in a Registration Statement under this Agreement:

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7.  REPORTS.

    With a view to making available to each Holder the benefits of Rule 144 under the Securities Act ("Rule 144") and any other similar rule or regulation of the Commission that may at any time permit

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such Holder to sell securities of the Company to the public without registration, the Company agrees to:

8.  MISCELLANEOUS.

    (a) Expenses of Registration. All expenses, other than underwriting discounts and commissions and fees and expenses of counsel to the Holders, incurred in connection with the registrations, filings or qualifications described herein, including (without limitation) all registration, filing and qualification fees, printers' and accounting fees, the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company, and the fees and disbursements incurred in connection with the opinion and letter described in paragraph 4(h) hereof, shall be borne by the Company.

    (b) Amendment; Waiver. Any provision of this Agreement may be amended only pursuant to a written instrument executed by the Company and each Holder. Any waiver of the provisions of this Agreement may be made only pursuant to a written instrument executed by the party against whom enforcement is sought. Any amendment or waiver effected in accordance with this paragraph shall be binding upon each Holder, each future Holder, and the Company. The failure of any party to exercise any right or remedy under this Agreement or otherwise, or the delay by any party in exercising such right or remedy, shall not operate as a waiver thereof.

    (c) Notices. Any notice, demand or request required or permitted to be given by any party to any other party pursuant to the terms of this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed given (i) when delivered personally or by verifiable facsimile transmission (with an original to follow) on or before 6:00 p.m., pacific time, on a Business Day or, if such day is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day, (ii) on the next Business Day after timely delivery to a nationally-recognized overnight courier and (iii) on the day actually received after deposit in the U.S. mail (certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid), addressed to the parties as follows:

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and if to any Holder, to such address as shall be designated by such Holder in writing to the Company.

    (d) Termination. This Agreement shall terminate on the earlier to occur of (a) the end of the Registration Period and (b) the date on which all of the Registrable Securities have been publicly distributed; but any such termination shall be without prejudice to (i) the parties' rights and obligations arising from breaches of this Agreement occurring prior to such termination and (ii) the indemnification and contribution obligations under this Agreement.

    (e) Assignment. Upon the transfer of Shares, the Warrants or Registrable Securities by a Holder, the rights of such Holder hereunder with respect to the securities so transferred shall be assigned automatically to the transferee thereof as long as: (i) the Company is, within a reasonable period of time following such transfer, furnished with written notice of the name and address of such transferee, (ii) the transferee agrees in writing with the Company to be bound by all of the provisions hereof and (iii) such transfer is made in accordance with the applicable requirements of the Securities Purchase Agreement or the Warrant, as the case may be; provided, however, that the registration rights granted in this Agreement shall not be transferred to any person or entity that receives any such security pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act or pursuant to a transaction under Rule 144 or any successor provision thereto.

    (f)  Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, and all of which together shall be deemed one and the same instrument. This Agreement, once executed by a party, may be delivered to any other party hereto by facsimile transmission.

    (g) Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware without regard to the conflict of laws provisions thereof.

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    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Agreement as of the date first-above written.

CLICK2LEARN.COM, INC.  
 
By:
 
 
 
/s/ Kevin Oakes
 
 
   
 
    Name: Kevin Oakes  
    Title: President and CEO  
 
MARSHALL CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC.
 
 
 
By:
 
 
 
/s/ Allan Weine
 
 
   
Allan Weine, President
 

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