Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The Staff has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “Participating Broker-Dealer”), may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. The Issuer understands that it is the Staff’s position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities Act. (b) In light of the above, notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Issuer agrees that the provisions of this Agreement as they relate to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an Exchange Offer Registration to the extent, and with such reasonable modifications thereto as may be, reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers or by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in each case as provided in clause (ii) below, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a) above; provided that: (i) the Issuer shall not be required to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i), for a period exceeding 180 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement) and Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Issuer to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; and (ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff or the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request to the Issuer by the Initial Purchasers or with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer by one or more broker-dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers and the Issuer in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and provided further that, in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 to an Exchange Offer Registration, the Issuer shall be obligated (x) to deal only with the Representatives as representatives of the Participating Broker-Dealers, (y) to pay the fees and expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers unless such counsel elects not to so act and (z) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “cold comfort” letter with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (i) above. (c) The Initial Purchasers shall have no liability to the Issuer or any Holder with respect to any request that it may make pursuant to Section 4(b) above.
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Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (Dayton Power & Light Co), Registration Rights Agreement (DPL Inc), Registration Rights Agreement (DPL Inc)
Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The Staff SEC staff has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “"Participating Broker-Dealer”), ") may be deemed to be an “"underwriter” " within the meaning of the Securities Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. The Issuer Company understands that it is the Staff’s SEC staff's position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers and other Persons, if any, subject to similar prospectus delivery requirements to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities Act.
(b) In light of the above, notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Issuer Company agrees that the provisions of this Agreement as they relate to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an Exchange Offer Registration to the extent, and with such reasonable modifications thereto as may be, reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers or by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in each case as provided in clause (ii) below, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff SEC staff recited in Section 4(a3(a) above; provided that:
(i) the Issuer Company shall not be required to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i5(i), for a period exceeding 180 90 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 5 of this Agreement) and Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Issuer Company to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 43; and
(ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 5 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff SEC staff or the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request to the Issuer Company by the Initial Purchasers or with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer Company by one or more broker-dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers and the Issuer Company in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and provided further that, in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 5 to an Exchange Offer Registration, the Issuer Company shall be obligated (x) to deal only with the Representatives as representatives of one entity representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be one of the Initial Purchasers unless they collectively elect not to act as such representative, (y) to pay the fees and expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers unless such counsel elects not to so act and (z) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “"cold comfort” " letter with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (i) above.
; provided, that the provisions of clauses (cy) The Initial Purchasers and (z) of this Section 3(b)(ii) shall have no liability to the Issuer apply only if one or any Holder with respect to any more Participating Broker-Dealers holding at least $10,000,000 principal amount of Registrable Securities shall request that it may make pursuant the provisions of this Agreement as they relate to Section 4(b) abovea Shelf Registration also apply to an Exchange Offer Registration Statement for the disposition of Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers.
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Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (Cablevision Systems Corp /Ny), Registration Rights Agreement (CSC Holdings Inc), Registration Rights Agreement (CSC Holdings Inc)
Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The Staff of the SEC has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “"Participating Broker-Dealer”"), may be deemed to be an “"underwriter” " within the meaning of the Securities 1933 Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. The Issuer understands Companies understand that it is the Staff’s 's position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities 1933 Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act.
(b) In light of the above, notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Issuer agrees Companies agree that the provisions of this Agreement as they relate to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an Exchange Offer Registration to the extent, and with such reasonable modifications thereto as may be, reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers Placement Agents or by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in each case as provided in clause (ii) below, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a) above; provided that:
(i) the Issuer neither Company shall not be required to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i), for a period exceeding 180 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement) and Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Issuer Companies to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; and
(ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff of the SEC or the Securities 1933 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request to the Issuer Companies by the Initial Purchasers Placement Agents or with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer Companies by one or more broker-dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers Placement Agents and the Issuer Companies in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and provided further that, in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 to an Exchange Offer Registration, the Issuer Companies shall be obligated (x) to deal only with the Representatives as representatives of one entity representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated unless it elects not to act as such representative and (y) to pay the fees and expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers Placement Agents unless such counsel elects not to so act and (z) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “cold comfort” letter with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (i) aboveact.
(c) The Initial Purchasers Placement Agents shall have no liability to the Issuer Companies or any Holder with respect to any request that it may make pursuant to Section 4(b) above.
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Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (RPP Capital Corp), Registration Rights Agreement (RPP Capital Corp), Registration Rights Agreement (RPP Capital Corp)
Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The Staff staff of the SEC has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities Notes that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “Participating Broker-Dealer”), may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities 1933 Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. The Issuer Company understands that it is the Staffstaff’s position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities 1933 Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act.
(b) In light of the above, notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Issuer Company agrees that the provisions of this Agreement as they relate to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an Exchange Offer Registration to the extent, and with such reasonable modifications thereto as may be, reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers or by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in each case as provided in clause (ii) below, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a) above; provided that:
(i) the Issuer Company shall not be required to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i), for a period exceeding 180 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement) and Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Issuer Company to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; and
(ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff of the SEC or the Securities 1933 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request to the Issuer Company by the Initial Purchasers or with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer Company by one or more broker-dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers and the Issuer Company in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and provided further that, in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 to an Exchange Offer Registration, the Issuer Company shall be obligated (x) to deal only with the Representatives as representatives of one entity representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc. unless it elects not to act as such representative, (y) to pay the fees and expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers unless such counsel elects not to so act and (z) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “cold comfort” letter with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (i) above.
(c) The Initial Purchasers shall have no liability to the Issuer Company or any Holder with respect to any request that it may make pursuant to Section 4(b) above.
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Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (E Trade Financial Corp), Registration Rights Agreement (E Trade Financial Corp), Registration Rights Agreement (E Trade Financial Corp)
Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The Staff of the SEC has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “"Participating Broker-Dealer”"), may be deemed to be an “"underwriter” " within the meaning of the Securities 1933 Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. The Issuer Company understands that it is the Staff’s 's position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities 1933 Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act.
(b) In light of the above, notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Issuer Company agrees that the provisions of this Agreement as they relate to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an Exchange Offer Registration to the extent, and with such reasonable modifications thereto as may be, reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers Placement Agents or by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in each case as provided in clause (ii) below, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a) above; provided PROVIDED that:
(i) the Issuer Company shall not be required to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i), for a period exceeding 180 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement) and Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Issuer Company to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; and
(ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff of the SEC or the Securities 1933 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request to the Issuer Company by the Initial Purchasers Placement Agents or with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer Company by one or more broker-dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers Placement Agents and the Issuer Company in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and provided further PROVIDED FURTHER that, in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 to an Exchange Offer Registration, the Issuer Company shall be obligated (x) to deal only with the Representatives as representatives of one entity representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated unless it elects not to act as such representative, (y) to pay the fees and expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers Placement Agents unless such counsel elects not to so act and (z) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “"cold comfort” " letter with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (i) above.
(c) The Initial Purchasers Placement Agents shall have no liability to the Issuer Company or any Holder with respect to any request that it may make pursuant to Section 4(b) above.
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Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (Dobson Communications Corp), Registration Rights Agreement (Dobson Wireline Co), Registration Rights Agreement (Dobson Communications Corp)
Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The Staff of the SEC has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “Participating Broker-Dealer”), may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities 1933 Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. The Issuer Company understands that it is the Staff’s position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities 1933 Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act.
(b) In light of the above, notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Issuer Company agrees that the provisions of this Agreement as they relate to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an Exchange Offer Registration to the extent, and with such reasonable modifications thereto as may be, reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers Placement Agents or by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in each case as provided in clause (ii) below, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a) above; provided that:
(i) the Issuer Company shall not be required to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i), for a period exceeding 180 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement) and Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Issuer Company to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; and
(ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff of the SEC or the Securities 1933 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request to the Issuer Company by the Initial Purchasers Placement Agents or with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer Company by one or more broker-dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers Placement Agents and the Issuer Company in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and provided further that, in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 to an Exchange Offer Registration, the Issuer Company shall be obligated (x) to deal only with the Representatives as representatives of one entity representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated unless it elects not to act as such representative, (y) to pay the fees and expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers Placement Agents unless such counsel elects not to so act and (z) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “cold comfort” letter with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (i) above.
(c) The Initial Purchasers Placement Agents shall have no liability to the Issuer Company or any Holder with respect to any request that it may make pursuant to Section 4(b) above.
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Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (Ingram Micro Inc), Registration Rights Agreement (Chiquita Brands International Inc), Registration Rights Agreement (Chiquita Brands International Inc)
Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The Staff has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-—making or other trading activities (a “Participating Broker-Dealer”), ) may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. The Issuer understands Company and the Guarantors understand that it is the Staff’s position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-—Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities Act.
(b) In light of the above, and notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Issuer agrees that Company and the provisions of this Agreement as they relate Guarantors agree to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement for a period of up to 180 days after the extentlast Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to Section 3(d) of this Agreement), and with such reasonable modifications thereto as may be, reasonably if requested by the Initial Purchasers or by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in each case as provided in clause (ii) below, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a) above; provided that:
(i) . The Company and the Issuer shall not be required to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i), for a period exceeding 180 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement) and Guarantors further agree that Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Issuer to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after during such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; and
(ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff or the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request to the Issuer by the Initial Purchasers or with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer by one or more broker-dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers and the Issuer in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and provided further that, in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 to an Exchange Offer Registration, the Issuer shall be obligated (x) to deal only with the Representatives as representatives of the Participating Broker-Dealers, (y) to pay the fees and expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers unless such counsel elects not to so act and (z) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “cold comfort” letter with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (i) above.
(c) The Initial Purchasers shall have no liability to the Issuer Company, any Guarantor or any Holder with respect to any request that it may make pursuant to Section 4(b) above.
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Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (Clayton Williams Energy Inc /De), Registration Rights Agreement (Clayton Williams Energy Inc /De), Registration Rights Agreement (Clayton Williams Energy Inc /De)
Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The Staff of the SEC has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “Participating Broker-Dealer”), ) may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. The Issuer Company understands that it is the Staff’s position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities Act.
(b) In light of the above, and notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Issuer Company agrees that to amend or supplement the provisions of this Agreement as they relate to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i), for a period of up to 180 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the extentpenultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement), and with such reasonable modifications thereto as may be, reasonably if requested by the Initial Purchasers or by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in each case as provided in clause (ii) below, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a) above; provided that:
(i) the Issuer shall not be required to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i), for a period exceeding 180 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement) and . The Company further agrees that Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Issuer to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after during such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; and
(ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff or the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request to the Issuer by the Initial Purchasers or with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer by one or more broker-dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers and the Issuer in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and provided further that, in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 to an Exchange Offer Registration, the Issuer shall be obligated (x) to deal only with the Representatives as representatives of the Participating Broker-Dealers, (y) to pay the fees and expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers unless such counsel elects not to so act and (z) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “cold comfort” letter with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (i) above.
(c) The Initial Purchasers shall have no liability to the Issuer Company or any Holder with respect to any request that it they may make pursuant to Section 4(b) above.
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Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (Science Applications International Corp), Registration Rights Agreement (Equitable Resources Inc /Pa/), Registration Rights Agreement (Smithfield Foods Inc)
Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The Staff of the SEC has taken the position that any broker-broker- dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “Participating Broker-Dealer”), may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities 1933 Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. The Issuer understands Company and the Parent understand that it is the Staff’s position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities 1933 Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act.
(b) In light of the above, notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Issuer agrees Company and the Parent agree that the provisions of this Agreement as they relate to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an Exchange Offer Registration to the extent, and with such reasonable modifications thereto as may be, reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers or by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in each case as provided in clause (ii) below, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a) above; provided that:
(i) the Issuer Company and the Parent shall not be required to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i)3(j) hereof, for a period exceeding 180 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement) and Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Issuer Company to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; and
(ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff of the SEC or the Securities 1933 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request to the Issuer Company and the Parent by the Initial Purchasers or with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer Company by one or more broker-dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers and the Issuer Company and the Parent in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and provided further that, in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 to an Exchange Offer Registration, the Issuer Company shall be obligated (x) to deal only with the Representatives as representatives of one entity representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. LLC unless it elects not to act as such representative, (y) to pay the fees and expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers unless such counsel elects not to so act and (z) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “cold comfort” letter with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (i) above.
(c) The Initial Purchasers shall have no liability to the Issuer Company or any Holder with respect to any request that it may make pursuant to Section 4(b) above.
Appears in 3 contracts
Samples: Registration Rights Agreement, Registration Rights Agreement (Seagate Technology PLC), Registration Rights Agreement (Seagate Technology PLC)
Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The Staff of the SEC has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “Participating Broker-Dealer”), may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities 1933 Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. The Issuer understands Company and the Parent understand that it is the Staff’s position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities 1933 Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act.
(b) In light of the above, notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Issuer agrees Company and the Parent agree that the provisions of this Agreement as they relate to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an Exchange Offer Registration to the extent, and with such reasonable modifications thereto as may be, reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers or by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in each case as provided in clause (ii) below, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a) above; provided that:
(i) the Issuer Company and the Parent shall not be required to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i3(j), for a period exceeding 180 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement) and Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Issuer Company to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; and
(ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff of the SEC or the Securities 1933 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request to the Issuer Company and the Parent by the Initial Purchasers or with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer Company by one or more broker-dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers and the Issuer Company and the Parent in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and provided further that, in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 to an Exchange Offer Registration, the Issuer Company shall be obligated (x) to deal only with the Representatives as representatives of one entity representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated unless it elects not to act as such representative, (y) to pay the fees and expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers unless such counsel elects not to so act and (z) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “cold comfort” letter with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (i) above.
(c) The Initial Purchasers shall have no liability to the Issuer Company or any Holder with respect to any request that it may make pursuant to Section 4(b) above.
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Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (Seagate Technology PLC), Registration Rights Agreement (Seagate Technology PLC), Registration Rights Agreement (Seagate Technology)
Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The Staff has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “Participating Broker-Dealer”), ) may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. The Issuer understands Issuers understand that it is the Staff’s position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities Act.
(b) In light of the above, and notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Issuer agrees that Issuers agree to amend or supplement the provisions of this Agreement as they relate to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i), for a period of up to 180 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the extentpenultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement), and with such reasonable modifications thereto as may be, reasonably if requested by the Initial Purchasers Purchaser or by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in each case as provided in clause (ii) below, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a) above; provided that:
(i) the Issuer shall not be required to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i), for a period exceeding 180 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement) and . The Issuers further agree that Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Issuer to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after during such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; and
(ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff or the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request to the Issuer by the Initial Purchasers or with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer by one or more broker-dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers and the Issuer in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and provided further that, in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 to an Exchange Offer Registration, the Issuer shall be obligated (x) to deal only with the Representatives as representatives of the Participating Broker-Dealers, (y) to pay the fees and expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers unless such counsel elects not to so act and (z) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “cold comfort” letter with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (i) above.
(c) The Initial Purchasers Purchaser shall have no liability to the Issuer Company, any Guarantor or any Holder with respect to any request that it they may make pursuant to Section 4(b) above.
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Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (Vycom Corp.), Registration Rights Agreement (Vycom Corp.)
Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The Staff of the SEC has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “Participating Broker-Dealer”), may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities 1933 Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. The Issuer understands Company and any Guarantor understand that it is the Staff’s position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities 1933 Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act.
(b) In light of the above, notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Issuer agrees Company and any Guarantor agree that the provisions of this Agreement as they relate to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an Exchange Offer Registration to the extent, and with such reasonable modifications thereto as may be, reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers or by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in each case as provided in clause (ii) below, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a) above; provided that:
(i) the Issuer Company and any Guarantor shall not be required to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i)3(j) hereof, for a period exceeding 180 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement) and Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Issuer Company to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; and
(ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff of the SEC or the Securities 1933 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request to the Issuer Company and any Guarantor by the Initial Purchasers or with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer Company by one or more broker-dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers and the Issuer Company and any Guarantor in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and provided further that, in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 to an Exchange Offer Registration, the Issuer Company shall be obligated (x) to deal only with the Representatives as representatives of one entity representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. LLC unless it elects not to act as such representative, (y) to pay the fees and expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers unless such counsel elects not to so act and (z) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “cold comfort” letter with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (i) above.
(c) The Initial Purchasers shall have no liability to the Issuer Company, any Guarantor or any Holder with respect to any request that it may make pursuant to Section 4(b) above.
Appears in 2 contracts
Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (Micron Technology Inc), Registration Rights Agreement (Micron Technology Inc)
Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The Staff of the SEC has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “Participating Broker-Dealer”), may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities 1933 Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. The Issuer understands and the Guarantors understand that it is the Staff’s position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities 1933 Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act.
(b) In light of the above, notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Issuer agrees and the Guarantors agree that the provisions of this Agreement as they relate to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an Exchange Offer Registration to the extent, and with such reasonable modifications thereto as may be, reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers or by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in each case as provided in clause (ii) below, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a) above; provided that:
(i) the Issuer and the Guarantors shall not be required to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i), for a period exceeding 180 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement) and Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Issuer and the Guarantors to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; and
(ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff of the SEC or the Securities 1933 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request to the Issuer and the Guarantors by the Initial Purchasers or with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer and the Guarantors by one or more broker-dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers Purchasers, the Issuer and the Issuer Guarantors in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and provided further that, in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 to an Exchange Offer Registration, the Issuer and the Guarantors shall be obligated (x) to deal only with the Representatives as representatives of one entity representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be Mxxxxx Sxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated unless it elects not to act as such representative, (y) to pay the fees and expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers unless such counsel elects not to so act and (z) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “cold comfort” letter with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (i) above.
(c) The Initial Purchasers shall have no liability to the Issuer Issuer, the Guarantors or any Holder with respect to any request that it may make pursuant to Section 4(b) above.
Appears in 2 contracts
Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (Elan Corp PLC), Registration Rights Agreement (Elan Corp PLC)
Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The Staff staff of the SEC (the “Staff”) has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “Participating Broker-Dealer”), may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities 1933 Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. The Issuer understands Issuers and the Guarantors understand that it is the Staff’s position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities 1933 Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act.
(b) In light of the above, notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Issuer agrees Issuers and the Guarantors agree that the provisions of this Agreement as they relate to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an Exchange Offer Registration to the extent, and with such reasonable modifications thereto as may be, reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers or by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in each case as provided in clause (ii) below, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a) above; provided that:
(i) the Issuer Issuers and the Guarantors shall not be required to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i), for a period exceeding 180 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement) and Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Issuer Issuers or the Guarantors to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; and
(ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff of the SEC or the Securities 1933 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request to the Issuer Issuers and the Guarantors by the Initial Purchasers or with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer Issuers and the Guarantors by one or more broker-dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers Purchasers, on one hand, and the Issuer Issuers and the Guarantors, on the other hand, in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and provided further that, in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 to an Exchange Offer Registration, the Issuer Issuers and the Guarantors shall be obligated (x) to deal only with the Representatives as representatives of one entity representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated unless it elects not to act as such representative, (y) to pay the fees and expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers unless such counsel elects not to so act and (z) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “cold comfort” letter from the independent certified public accountants of the Company (and, if necessary, one “cold comfort” letter from each of the other certified public accountants of the Co-Issuer and any subsidiary of the Issuers, or of any business acquired by the Issuers for which financial statements and financial data are or are required to be included in the Registration Statement) with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (i) above.
(c) The Initial Purchasers shall have no liability to the Issuer Issuers, the Guarantors or any Holder with respect to any request that it they may make pursuant to Section 4(b) above.
Appears in 2 contracts
Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (American Fiber Systems, Inc.), Registration Rights Agreement (American Fiber Systems, Inc.)
Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The Staff of the SEC has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “"Participating Broker-Dealer”"), may be deemed to be an “"underwriter” " within the meaning of the Securities 1933 Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. The Issuer understands that it is the Staff’s 's position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities 1933 Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act.
(b) In light of the above, notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Issuer agrees that the provisions of this Agreement as they relate to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an Exchange Offer Registration to the extent, and with such reasonable modifications thereto as may be, reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers Purchaser or by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in each case as provided in clause (ii) below, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a) above; provided that:
(i) the Issuer shall not be required to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i), for a period exceeding 180 120 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement) and Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Issuer to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; and
(ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff of the SEC or the Securities 1933 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request to the Issuer by the Initial Purchasers Purchaser or with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer by one or more broker-dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers Purchaser and the Issuer in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and provided further that, in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 to an Exchange Offer Registration, the Issuer shall be obligated (x) to deal only with the Representatives as representatives of one entity representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be Credit Suisse First Boston (the "Representative") unless it elects not to act as such representative, (y) to pay the fees and expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers Purchaser unless such counsel elects not to so act and (z) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “"cold comfort” " letter with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (i) above.
(c) The Initial Purchasers Purchaser shall have no liability to the Issuer or any Holder with respect to any request that it may make pursuant to Section 4(b) above.
Appears in 2 contracts
Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (Centennial Communications Corp /De), Registration Rights Agreement (Centennial Communications Corp /De)
Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The Staff has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “Participating Broker-Dealer”), ) may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. The Issuer Company understands that it is the Staff’s position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities Act.
(b) In light of the above, and notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Issuer Company agrees that to amend or supplement the provisions of this Agreement as they relate to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement for a period of up to 180 days after the extentlast Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to Section 3(d) of this Agreement), and with such reasonable modifications thereto as may be, reasonably if requested by the Initial Purchasers or by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in each case as provided in clause (ii) below, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a) above; provided that:
(i) that any Participating Broker-Dealer shall further notify the Issuer shall not be required to amend or supplement Company when the Prospectus contained in the disposition of any Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated Securities by Section 3(i), for a period exceeding 180 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement) and Participating Broker-Dealer has been completed. The Company further agrees that Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Issuer to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after during such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; and
(ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff or the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request to the Issuer by the Initial Purchasers or with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer by one or more broker-dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers and the Issuer in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and provided further that, in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 to an Exchange Offer Registration, the Issuer shall be obligated (x) to deal only with the Representatives as representatives of the Participating Broker-Dealers, (y) to pay the fees and expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers unless such counsel elects not to so act and (z) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “cold comfort” letter with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (i) above.
(c) The Initial Purchasers shall have no liability to the Issuer Company or any Holder with respect to any request that it they may make pursuant to Section 4(b) above.
Appears in 2 contracts
Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (Community Health Systems Inc), Purchase Agreement (Community Health Systems Inc)
Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The Staff of the SEC has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “Participating Broker-Dealer”), may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities 1933 Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. The Issuer understands Company and the Guarantors understand that it is the Staff’s position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities 1933 Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act.
(b) In light of the above, notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Issuer agrees Company and the Guarantors agree that the provisions of this Agreement as they relate to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an Exchange Offer Registration to the extent, and with such reasonable modifications thereto as may be, reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers or by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in each case as provided in clause (ii) below, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a) above; provided that:
(i) the Issuer Company and the Guarantors shall not be required to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i), (A) after the Participating Broker-Dealers shall have disposed of the Registrable Securities or (B) for a period exceeding 180 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement) and Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Issuer Company and the Guarantors to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; and
(ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff of the SEC or the Securities 1933 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request to the Issuer Company and the Guarantors by the Initial Purchasers or with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer Company and the Guarantors by one or more broker-dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers and the Issuer Company and the Guarantors in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and provided further that, in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 to an Exchange Offer Registration, the Issuer Company and the Guarantors shall be obligated (x) to deal only with the Representatives as representatives of one entity representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated unless it elects not to act as such representative, (y) to pay the fees and expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers unless such counsel elects not to so act and (z) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “cold comfort” letter with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (i) above.
(c) The Initial Purchasers shall have no liability to the Issuer Company, any Guarantor or any Holder with respect to any request that it may make pursuant to Section 4(b) above.
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Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (Steel Dynamics Inc), Registration Rights Agreement (Steel Dynamics Inc)
Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The parties hereto acknowledge that the Staff has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities Notes that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “Participating Broker-Dealer”), may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. The Issuer understands that it is the Staff’s 's position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities Act.
(b) In light of the above, notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Issuer agrees that to take all actions necessary to ensure the provisions effectiveness of this Agreement as they relate the Registration Statement referred to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an Exchange Offer Registration to the extent, and with such reasonable modifications thereto in Section 2 as may be, be reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers Purchaser or by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in each case as provided in clause (ii) below, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a) above; above provided that:
(i) the The Issuer shall not be required to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i), Statement for a period exceeding 180 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement) and Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Issuer to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; and
(ii) the any application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff or the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request to the Issuer by the Initial Purchasers Purchaser or with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer by one or more broker-dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers Purchaser and the Issuer in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and provided further that, in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration any procedures set forth in Section 3 to an Exchange Offer Registration, the Issuer shall be obligated (x) to deal only with the Representatives as representatives of one entity representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be the Initial Purchaser unless it elects not to act as such representative, (y) to pay the reasonable fees and expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers Purchaser unless such counsel elects not to so act and (z) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “cold comfort” letter with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (i) aboveconnection therewith.
(c) The Initial Purchasers Purchaser shall have no liability to the Issuer or any Holder with respect to any request that it they may make pursuant to Section 4(b) above.
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Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (Brasil Telecom Holding Co), Registration Rights Agreement (Brasil Telecom Sa)
Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The Staff parties hereto understand that the staff of the SEC has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “Participating Broker-Dealer”), may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities 1933 Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. The Issuer Company understands that it is currently the Staffstaff’s position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities 1933 Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act.
(b) In light of the above, notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Issuer Company agrees that the provisions of this Agreement as they relate to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an Exchange Offer Registration to the extent, and with such reasonable modifications thereto as may be, reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers or by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in each case as provided in clause (ii) below, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a) above; provided that:
(i) the Issuer Company shall not be required to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i3(j), for a period exceeding 180 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement) and Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Issuer Company to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; and
(ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff staff of the SEC or the Securities 1933 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer Company by the Initial Purchasers or with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer Company by one or more broker-dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers and the Issuer Company in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and provided further that, in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 to an Exchange Offer Registration, the Issuer Company shall be obligated (x) to deal only with the Representatives as representatives of one entity representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be Banc of America Securities LLC unless it elects not to act as such representative, (y) to pay the fees and expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers unless such counsel elects not to so act and (z) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “cold comfort” letter with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (i) above.
(c) The Initial Purchasers shall have no liability to the Issuer Company, other than as Holders in accordance with the terms hereof, or to any other Holder with respect to any request that it they may make pursuant to Section 4(b) above.
Appears in 2 contracts
Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (Southern Natural Gas Co), Registration Rights Agreement (El Paso Natural Gas Co)
Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The Staff of the SEC has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “Participating Broker-Dealer”), may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities 1933 Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. The Issuer understands Company and the Guarantors understand that it is the Staff’s position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities 1933 Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act.
(b) In the light of the above, notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Issuer agrees Company and the Guarantors agree that the provisions of this Agreement as they relate to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an Exchange Offer Registration to the extent, and with such reasonable modifications thereto as may be, be reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers Placement Agents or by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in each case as provided in clause (ii) below, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a) above; provided that:
(i) the Issuer Company and the Guarantors shall not be required to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i), for a period exceeding 180 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement) and Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Issuer Company and the Guarantors to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after such date or such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; and
(ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff of the SEC or the Securities 1933 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request to the Issuer Company by the Initial Purchasers Placement Agents or with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer Company by one or more broker-dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers Placement Agents and the Issuer Company in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and provided further that, in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 to an Exchange Offer Registration, the Issuer Company and the Guarantors shall be obligated (x) to deal only with the Representatives as representatives of one entity representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated unless it elects not to act as such representative, (y) to pay the fees and expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers Placement Agents unless such counsel elects not to so act and (z) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “cold comfort” letter with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (i) above.
(c) The Initial Purchasers Placement Agents shall have no liability to the Issuer Company, any Guarantor or any Holder with respect to any request that it may make pursuant to Section 4(b) above.
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Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (NCO Teleservices, Inc.), Registration Rights Agreement (NCO Teleservices, Inc.)
Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The Staff has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “Participating Broker-Dealer”), may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities 1933 Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. The Issuer Company understands that it is the Staff’s position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities 1933 Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act.
(b) In light of the above, notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Issuer Company agrees that the provisions of this Agreement as they relate to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an Exchange Offer Registration to the extent, and with such reasonable modifications thereto as may be, reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers or by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in each case as provided in clause (ii) below, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a) above; provided that:
(i) the Issuer Company shall not be required to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i), (A) after the Participating Broker-Dealers shall have disposed of the Registrable Securities or (B) for a period exceeding 180 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement) and Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Issuer Company to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; and
(ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff or the Securities 1933 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request to the Issuer Company by the Initial Purchasers or with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer Company by one or more broker-dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers and the Issuer Company in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and provided further that, in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 to an Exchange Offer Registration, the Issuer Company shall be obligated (x) to deal only with the Representatives as representatives of one entity representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be Xxxxxxx Xxxxx unless it elects not to act as such representative, (y) to pay the fees and expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers unless such counsel elects not to so act and (z) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “cold comfort” letter with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (i) above.
(c) The Initial Purchasers shall have no liability to the Issuer Company, any Guarantor or any Holder with respect to any request that it they may make pursuant to Section 4(b) above.
Appears in 2 contracts
Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (Aar Corp), Registration Rights Agreement (Aar Corp)
Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The Staff has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “Participating Broker-Dealer”), ) may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. The Issuer understands Company and the Guarantors understand that it is the Staff’s position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities Act.
(b) In light of the above, and notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Issuer agrees that Company and the provisions of this Agreement as they relate Guarantors agree to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement for a period of up to 180 days after the extentlast Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to Section 3(d) of this Agreement), and with such reasonable modifications thereto as may be, reasonably if requested by the Initial Purchasers or by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in each case as provided in clause (ii) below, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a) above; provided that:
(i) . The Company and the Issuer shall not be required to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i), for a period exceeding 180 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement) and Guarantors further agree that Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Issuer to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after during such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; and
(ii) , subject to the application right of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Company to suspend use of any Prospectus pursuant to Section 3 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff or the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request to the Issuer by the Initial Purchasers or with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer by one or more broker-dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers and the Issuer in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and provided further that, in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 to an Exchange Offer Registration, the Issuer shall be obligated (x3(c) to deal only with the Representatives as representatives of the Participating Broker-Dealers, (y) to pay the fees and expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers unless such counsel elects not to so act and (z) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “cold comfort” letter with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (i) abovehereof.
(c) The Initial Purchasers shall have no liability to the Issuer Company, any Guarantor or any Holder with respect to any request that it they may make pursuant to Section 4(b) above.
Appears in 2 contracts
Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (Davita Inc), Registration Rights Agreement (Davita Inc)
Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The Staff of the SEC has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “Participating Broker-Dealer”), may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities 1933 Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. The Issuer Company understands that it is the Staff’s position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities 1933 Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act.
(b) In light of the above, notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Issuer Company agrees that the provisions of this Agreement as they relate to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an Exchange Offer Registration to the extent, and with such reasonable modifications thereto as may be, reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers Placement Agent or by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in each case as provided in clause (ii) below, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a) above; provided that:
(i) the Issuer Company shall not be required to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i), for a period exceeding 180 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement) and Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Issuer Company to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; and
(ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff of the SEC or the Securities 1933 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request to the Issuer Company by the Initial Purchasers Placement Agent or with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer Company by one or more broker-dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers Placement Agent and the Issuer Company in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and provided further that, in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 to an Exchange Offer Registration, the Issuer Company shall be obligated (x) be obligated to deal only with the Representatives as representatives of one entity representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated unless it elects not to act as such representative, (y) be obligated to pay the fees and expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers Placement Agent unless such counsel elects not to so act and (z) shall not be obligated to cause to be delivered only one, if any, any (A) “cold comfort” letter letters with respect to any applicable Prospectus or otherwise as provided in section 3(p)(iii) above, or (B) any opinions of counsel to the Prospectus Company as otherwise provided in the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (isection 3(p)(ii) above.
(c) The Initial Purchasers Placement Agent shall have no liability to the Issuer Company or any Holder with respect to any request that it may make pursuant to Section 4(b) above.
Appears in 2 contracts
Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (Da-Lite Screen Co Inc), Registration Rights Agreement (Da Lite Screen Company Inc)
Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The Staff has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “"Participating Broker-Dealer”), ") may be deemed to be an “"underwriter” " within the meaning of the Securities Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. The Issuer understands Company and the Guarantors understand that it is the Staff’s 's position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities Act.
(b) In light of the above, and notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Issuer agrees that Company and the provisions of this Agreement as they relate Guarantors agree to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement for a period of up to 180 days after the extentlast Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to Section 3(d) of this Agreement), and with such reasonable modifications thereto as may be, reasonably if requested by the Initial Purchasers or by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in each case as provided in clause (ii) below, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a) above; provided that:
(i) . The Company and the Issuer shall not be required to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i), for a period exceeding 180 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement) and Guarantors further agree that Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Issuer to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after during such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; and
(ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff or the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request to the Issuer by the Initial Purchasers or with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer by one or more broker-dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers and the Issuer in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and provided further that, in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 to an Exchange Offer Registration, the Issuer shall be obligated (x) to deal only with the Representatives as representatives of the Participating Broker-Dealers, (y) to pay the fees and expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers unless such counsel elects not to so act and (z) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “cold comfort” letter with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (i) above.
(c) The Initial Purchasers shall have no liability to the Issuer Company, any Guarantor or any Holder with respect to any request that it they may make pursuant to Section 4(b) above.
Appears in 2 contracts
Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (Autotote Interactive, Inc.), Registration Rights Agreement (Res Care Inc /Ky/)
Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The Staff of the SEC has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “Participating Broker-Dealer”), may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities 1933 Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. The Issuer Company understands that it is the Staff’s position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities 1933 Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act.
(b) In light of the above, notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Issuer Company agrees that the provisions of this Agreement as they relate to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an Exchange Offer Registration to the extent, and with such reasonable modifications thereto as may be, reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers or by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in each case as provided in clause (ii) below, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a) above; provided that:
(i) the Issuer Company shall not be required to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i)) of this Agreement, for a period exceeding 180 60 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement) and Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Issuer Company to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; and
(ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff of the SEC or the Securities 1933 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request to the Issuer Company by the Initial Purchasers or with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer Company by one or more broker-dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers and the Issuer Company in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and provided further that, in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 to an Exchange Offer Registration, the Issuer Company shall be obligated (x) to deal only with the Representatives as representatives of one entity representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated unless it elects not to act as such representative, (y) to pay the fees and expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers unless such counsel elects not to so act act, and (z) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “cold comfort” letter with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (i) above.
(c) The Initial Purchasers shall have no liability to the Issuer Company or any Holder with respect to any request that it may make pursuant to Section 4(b) above.
Appears in 2 contracts
Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (Silgan Holdings Inc), Registration Rights Agreement (Silgan Holdings Inc)
Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The Staff of the SEC has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities Notes for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities Notes that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “Participating Broker-Dealer”), ) may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange SecuritiesNotes. The Issuer Company understands that it is the Staff’s position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange SecuritiesNotes, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities Notes owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities Notes for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities Act.
(b) In light of the above, and notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Issuer Company agrees that the provisions of this Agreement as they relate to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an Exchange Offer Registration to the extent, and with such reasonable modifications thereto as may be, reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers or by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in each case as provided in clause (ii) below, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a) above; provided that:
(i) the Issuer shall not be required to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i)3(k) hereof, for a period exceeding 180 of up to 120 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 hereof), if requested by the Initial Purchasers or by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of this Agreementany Exchange Notes by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a) and hereof. The Company further agrees that Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Issuer to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after during such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; and
(ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff or the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request to the Issuer by the Initial Purchasers or with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer by one or more broker-dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers and the Issuer in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and provided further that, in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 to an Exchange Offer Registration, the Issuer shall be obligated (x) to deal only with the Representatives as representatives of the Participating Broker-Dealers, (y) to pay the fees and expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers unless such counsel elects not to so act and (z) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “cold comfort” letter with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (i) above.
(c) The Initial Purchasers shall have no liability to the Issuer Company or any Holder with respect to any request that it they may make pursuant to Section 4(b) abovehereof.
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Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (Coca Cola Femsa Sab De Cv), Registration Rights Agreement (Telefonos De Mexico S a B De C V)
Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The Staff parties hereto understand that the staff of the SEC has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “Participating Broker-Dealer”), may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities 1933 Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. The Issuer Company understands that it is currently the Staffstaff’s position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities 1933 Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act.
(b) In light of the above, notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Issuer Company agrees that the provisions of this Agreement as they relate to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an Exchange Offer Registration to the extent, and with such reasonable modifications thereto as may be, reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers or by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in each case as provided in clause (ii) below, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a) above; provided that:
(i) the Issuer Company shall not be required to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i), for a period exceeding 180 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement) and Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Issuer Company to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; and
(ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff staff of the SEC or the Securities 1933 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer Company by the Initial Purchasers or with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer Company by one or more broker-dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers and the Issuer Company in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and provided further that, in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 to an Exchange Offer Registration, the Issuer Company shall be obligated (x) to deal only with the Representatives as representatives of one entity representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be Citigroup Global Markets Inc. unless it elects not to act as such representative, (y) to pay the fees and expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers unless such counsel elects not to so act and (z) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “cold comfort” letter with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (i) above.
(c) The Initial Purchasers shall have no liability to the Issuer Company, other than as Holders in accordance with the terms hereof, or to any other Holder with respect to any request that it they may make pursuant to Section 4(b) above.
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Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (Colorado Interstate Gas Co), Registration Rights Agreement (Colorado Interstate Gas Co)
Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The Staff of the SEC has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “"Participating Broker-Dealer”"), may be deemed to be an “"underwriter” " within the meaning of the Securities 1933 Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. The Issuer Company understands that it is the Staff’s 's position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities 1933 Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act.
(b) In light of the above, notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Issuer Company agrees that the provisions of this Agreement as they relate to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an Exchange Offer Registration to the extent, and with such reasonable modifications thereto as may be, reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers Placement Agents or by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in each case as provided in clause (ii) below, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a) above; provided that:
(i) the Issuer Company shall not be required to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i), for a period exceeding 180 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement) and Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Issuer Company to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; and
(ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff of the SEC or the Securities 1933 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request to the Issuer Company by the Initial Purchasers Placement Agents or with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer Company by one or more broker-dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers Placement Agents and the Issuer Company in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and provided further that, in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 to an Exchange Offer Registration, the Issuer Company shall be obligated (x) to deal only with the Representatives as representatives of one entity representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be Morgxx Xxxnxxx & Xo. Incorporated unless it elects not to act as such representative, (y) to pay the fees and expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers Placement Agents unless such counsel elects not to so act and (z) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “"cold comfort” " letter with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (i) above.
(c) The Initial Purchasers Placement Agents shall have no liability to the Issuer Company or any Holder with respect to any request that it may make pursuant to Section 4(b) above.
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Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (Buckeye Technologies Inc), Registration Rights Agreement (Acme Metals Inc /De/)
Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The Company has been advised that the Staff has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “Participating Broker-Dealer”), ) may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. The Issuer understands Company has been advised that it is the Staff’s position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers (or, to the extent permitted by law, made available to purchasers) to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities Act.
(b) In light of the above, and notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Issuer agrees that the provisions of this Agreement as they relate to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an Exchange Offer Registration to the extentCompany agrees, and with such reasonable modifications thereto as may be, reasonably if so requested by the Initial Purchasers or by one or more Holders who is a Participating Broker-DealersDealer, in each case as provided in clause (ii) below, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a) above; provided that:
(i) the Issuer shall not be required use its reasonable best efforts to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i), Statement for a period exceeding ending on the earlier of (i) 180 days after the last date the Exchange Date Offer Registration Statement becomes effective (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement3(d) hereof) and (ii) the date on which each Participating Broker-Dealer is no longer required to deliver a prospectus in connection with market making or other trading activities, in each case to the extent necessary to ensure that the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is available for resale of the Registrable Securities acquired by the Participating Broker-Dealers. The Company further consents to the delivery of (or, to the extent permitted by law, agree to make available) such Prospectus by Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Issuer to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after during such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; and
(ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff or the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request to the Issuer by the Initial Purchasers or with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer by one or more broker-dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers and the Issuer in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and provided further that, in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 to an Exchange Offer Registration, the Issuer shall be obligated (x) to deal only with the Representatives as representatives of the Participating Broker-Dealers, (y) to pay the fees and expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers unless such counsel elects not to so act and (z) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “cold comfort” letter with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (i) above.
(c) The Initial Purchasers shall have no liability to the Issuer Company or any Holder with respect to any request that it a Holder may make pursuant to Section 4(b) abovehereof.
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Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (FirstEnergy Transmission, LLC), Registration Rights Agreement (FirstEnergy Transmission, LLC)
Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The Staff of the SEC has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “Participating Broker-Dealer”), may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities 1933 Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. The Issuer understands Company and the Guarantors understand that it is the Staff’s position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities 1933 Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act.
(b) In light of the above, notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Issuer agrees Company and the Guarantors agree that the provisions of this Agreement as they relate to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an Exchange Offer Registration to the extent, and with such reasonable modifications thereto as may be, reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers or by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in each case as provided in clause (ii) below, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a) above; provided that:
(i) the Issuer Company and the Guarantors shall not be required to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration StatementStatement with respect to Registrable Securities, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i), (A) after the Participating Broker-Dealers shall have disposed of such Registrable Securities or (B) for a period exceeding 180 days after the last Exchange Date with respect to such Registrable Securities (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement) and Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Issuer Company and the Guarantors to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; and
(ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff of the SEC or the Securities 1933 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request to the Issuer Company and the Guarantors by the Initial Purchasers or with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer Company and the Guarantors by one or more broker-dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers and the Issuer Company and the Guarantors in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and provided further that, in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 to an Exchange Offer Registration, the Issuer Company and the Guarantors shall be obligated (x) to deal only with the Representatives as representatives of one entity representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated unless it elects not to act as such representative, (y) to pay the fees and expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers unless such counsel elects not to so act and (z) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “cold comfort” letter with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (i) above.
(c) The Initial Purchasers shall have no liability to the Issuer Company, any Guarantor or any Holder with respect to any request that it may make pursuant to Section 4(b) above.
Appears in 2 contracts
Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (Steel Dynamics Inc), Registration Rights Agreement (Steel Dynamics Inc)
Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The Staff of the SEC has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities Notes for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities Notes that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “Participating Broker-Dealer”), may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange SecuritiesNotes. The Issuer understands Company and the Guarantors understand that it is the Staff’s position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange SecuritiesNotes, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities Notes owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities Notes for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities Act.
(b) In light of the aboveSection 4(a), notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Issuer agrees Company and the Guarantors agree that the provisions of this Agreement as they relate to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an Exchange Offer Registration to the extent, and with such reasonable modifications thereto as may be, reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers or by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in each case as provided in clause (ii) below, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities Notes by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a) above; provided that:
(i) the Issuer Company and the Guarantors shall not be required to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i), (A) after the Participating Broker-Dealers shall have disposed of the Registrable Notes or (B) for a period exceeding 180 90 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement) and Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Issuer Company and the Guarantors to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; and
(ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff of the SEC or the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request to the Issuer Company and the Guarantors by the Initial Purchasers or with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer Company and the Guarantors by one or more broker-dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers and the Issuer Company and the Guarantors in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and provided further that, in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration shelf registration procedures set forth in Section 3 to an Exchange Offer Registration, the Issuer Company shall be obligated (x) to deal only with the Representatives as representatives of entity representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be Mizuho Securities USA LLC, unless it elects not to act as such representative, (y) to pay the fees and expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers unless such counsel elects not to so act and (z) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “cold comfort” letter with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (i) above.
(c) The Initial Purchasers shall have no liability to the Issuer Company, any Guarantor or any Holder with respect to any request that it may make pursuant to Section 4(b) above.
Appears in 2 contracts
Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc.), Registration Rights Agreement (Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc.)
Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The Staff staff of the SEC has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “Participating Broker-Dealer”), may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities 1933 Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. The Issuer Company understands that it is the Staffstaff of the SEC’s position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities 1933 Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act.
(b) In light of the above, notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Issuer Company agrees that the provisions of this Agreement as they relate to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an Exchange Offer Registration to the extent, and with such reasonable modifications thereto as may be, reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers or by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in each case as provided in clause (ii) below, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff staff of the SEC recited in Section 4(a) above; provided that:
(i) the Issuer Company shall not be required to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i), for a period exceeding 180 90 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement) and Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Issuer Company to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; and
(ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff staff of the SEC or the Securities 1933 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request to the Issuer Company by the Initial Purchasers or with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer Company by one or more broker-dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers and the Issuer Company in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and provided further that, in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 to an Exchange Offer Registration, the Issuer Company shall be obligated (x) to deal only with the Representatives as representatives of one entity representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. unless it elects not to act as such representative, (y) to pay the reasonable fees and expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers unless such counsel elects not to so act and (z) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “cold comfort” letter with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (i) above.
(c) The Initial Purchasers shall have no liability to the Issuer Company or any Holder with respect to any request that it may make pursuant to Section 4(b) above.
Appears in 2 contracts
Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (Amkor Technology Inc), Registration Rights Agreement (Amkor Technology Inc)
Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The GST Funding, GST USA and GST understand that the Staff of the SEC has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities Notes for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities Notes that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “"Participating Broker-Dealer”"), may be deemed to be an “"underwriter” " within the meaning of the Securities 1933 Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange SecuritiesNotes. The Issuer understands GST Funding, GST USA and GST understand that it is the Staff’s 's position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange SecuritiesNotes, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities Notes owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities 1933 Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities Notes for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act.
(b) In light of the above, notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Issuer agrees GST Funding, GST USA and GST agree that the provisions of this Agreement as they relate to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an Exchange Offer Registration to the extent, and with such reasonable modifications thereto as may be, reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers Placement Agent or by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in each case as provided in clause (ii) below, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities Notes by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a) above; provided PROVIDED that:
(i) the Issuer GST Funding, GST USA and GST shall not be required to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i)) hereof, for a period exceeding 180 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreementhereof) and Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Issuer GST Funding, GST USA or GST to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; and
(ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement hereof to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff of the SEC or the Securities 1933 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request to the Issuer GST Funding, GST USA and GST by the Initial Purchasers Placement Agents or with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer GST Funding, GST USA and GST by one or more broker-dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers Placement Agents, GST Funding, GST USA and the Issuer GST in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and provided further PROVIDED FURTHER that, in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 hereof to an Exchange Offer Registration, the Issuer GST Funding, GST USA and GST shall be obligated (xA) to deal only with the Representatives as representatives of one entity representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorpxxxxxx xxxxxx it elects not to act as such representative, (yB) to pay the fees and expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers Placement Agents unless such counsel elects not to so act and (zC) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “"cold comfort” " letter with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (i) above.
(c) The Initial Purchasers Placement Agents shall have no liability to the Issuer GST Funding, GST USA, GST or any Holder with respect to any request that it may make pursuant to Section 4(b) above.
Appears in 2 contracts
Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (GST Usa Inc), Registration Rights Agreement (GST Telecommunications Inc)
Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The Staff of the SEC has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities Certificates for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities Certificates that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “Participating Broker-Dealer”), may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities 1933 Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange SecuritiesCertificates. The Issuer Company understands that it is the Staff’s position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange SecuritiesCertificates, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities Certificates owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities 1933 Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities Certificates for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act.
(b) In light of the aboveSection 4(a), notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Issuer Company agrees that the provisions of this Agreement as they relate to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an Exchange Offer Registration to the extent, and with such reasonable modifications thereto as may be, reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers or by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in each case as provided in clause (ii) below, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities Certificates by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a) above; provided that:
(i) the Issuer Company shall not be required to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i), (A) after the Participating Broker-Dealers shall have disposed of the Registrable Certificates or (B) for a period exceeding 180 90 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement) and Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Issuer Company to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; and
(ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff of the SEC or the Securities 1933 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request to the Issuer Company by the Initial Purchasers or with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer Company by one or more broker-dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers and the Issuer Company in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and provided further that, in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration shelf registration procedures set forth in Section 3 to an Exchange Offer Registration, the Issuer Company shall be obligated (x) to deal only with the Representatives as representatives of entity representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be Citigroup unless it elects not to act as such representative, (y) to pay the fees and expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers unless such counsel elects not to so act and (z) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “cold comfort” letter with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (i) above.
(c) The Initial Purchasers shall have no liability to the Issuer Company or any Holder with respect to any request that it may make pursuant to Section 4(b) above.
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Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (Latam Airlines Group S.A.), Registration Rights Agreement (Latam Airlines Group S.A.)
Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The Staff of the SEC has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities Certificates for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities Certificates that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-market making or other trading activities (a “"Participating Broker-Dealer”), ") may be deemed to be an “"underwriter” " within the meaning of the Securities 1933 Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange SecuritiesCertificates. The Issuer Company understands that it is the Staff’s 's position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange SecuritiesCertificates, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities Certificates owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities 1933 Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities Certificates for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act.
(b) In light of the Section 4(a) above, notwithstanding the other provisions of this Registration Rights Agreement, the Issuer Company agrees that the provisions of this Registration Rights Agreement as they relate to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an Exchange Offer Registration to the extent, and with such reasonable modifications thereto as may be, be reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers Placement Agents or by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in each case as provided in clause (ii) below, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities Certificates by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a) above; provided that:
(i) the Issuer Company shall not be required to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i), for a period exceeding 180 90 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement) and Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Issuer Company to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; and
(ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 of this Registration Rights Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff of the SEC or the Securities 1933 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request to the Issuer Company by the Initial Purchasers Placement Agents or with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer Company by one or more broker-dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers Placement Agents and the Issuer Company in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and provided further that, that in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 to an Exchange Offer Registration, the Issuer Company shall be obligated (x) to deal only with the Representatives as representatives of one entity representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated unless it elects not to act as such representative, (y) to pay the fees and expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers Placement Agents unless such counsel elects not to so act act, and (z) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “"cold comfort” " letter with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (i) above.
(c) The Initial Purchasers Placement Agents shall have no liability to the Issuer Company or any Holder with respect to any request that it may make pursuant to Section 4(b) above.
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Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (Midway Airlines Corp), Purchase Agreement (Midway Airlines Corp)
Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The Staff of the SEC has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities Notes for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities Notes that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “Participating Broker-Dealer”), may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities 1933 Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange SecuritiesExchanges Notes. The Issuer understands Operating Partnership and the Guarantors understand that it is the Staff’s 's position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange SecuritiesNotes, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities Notes owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities 1933 Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities Notes for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act.
(b) In light of the above, notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Issuer agrees Operating Partnership and the Guarantors agree that the provisions of this Agreement as they relate to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an Exchange Offer Registration to the extent, and with such reasonable modifications thereto as may be, reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers or by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in each case as provided in clause (ii) below, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities Notes by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a) above; provided that:
(i) None of the Issuer Company, the Operating Partnership or any Subsidiary Guarantor shall not be required to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i), for a period exceeding 180 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement) and Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Issuer Operating Partnership or the Guarantors to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; and
(ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff of the SEC or the Securities 1933 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request to the Issuer Operating Partnership by the Initial Purchasers or with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer Operating Partnership by one or more broker-dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers Purchasers, the Operating Partnership and the Issuer Guarantors in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and provided further that, in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 to an Exchange Offer Registration, the Issuer Operating Partnership and the Guarantors shall be obligated (x) to deal only with the Representatives as representatives of one entity representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC unless it elects not to act as such representative, (y) to pay the fees and expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers unless such counsel elects not to so act and (z) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “cold comfort” letter with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (i) above.
(c) The Initial Purchasers shall have no liability to the Issuer Company, the Operating Partnership or the Subsidiary Guarantors or any Holder with respect to any request that it may make pursuant to Section 4(b) above.
Appears in 2 contracts
Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (FelCor Lodging LP), Registration Rights Agreement (FelCor Lodging Trust Inc)
Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The Staff has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “Participating Broker-Dealer”), may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities 1933 Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. The Issuer understands Company and the Guarantors understand that it is the Staff’s position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities 1933 Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act.
(b) In light of the above, and notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Issuer Company and each Guarantor agrees that to amend or supplement the provisions of this Agreement as they relate to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement for a period of up to 180 days after the extentlast Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to Section 3(c)), and with such reasonable modifications thereto as may be, reasonably if requested by the Initial Purchasers or by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in each case as provided in clause (ii) belowDealer, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a) above; provided that:
(i) the Issuer shall not be required to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i), for a period exceeding 180 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement) . The Company and each Guarantor further agrees that Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Issuer to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after (or, to the extent permitted by law, make available) during such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; and
(ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff or the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request to the Issuer by the Initial Purchasers or with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer by one or more broker-dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers and the Issuer in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and provided further that, in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 to an Exchange Offer Registration, the Issuer shall be obligated (x) to deal only with the Representatives as representatives of the Participating Broker-Dealers, (y) to pay the fees and expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers unless such counsel elects not to so act and (z) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “cold comfort” letter with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (i) above.
(c) The Initial Purchasers shall have no liability to the Issuer Company, the Guarantors or any Holder with respect to any request that it they may make pursuant to Section 4(b) above.
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Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc), Registration Rights Agreement (American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc)
Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The Staff staff of the SEC has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “Participating Broker-Dealer”), ) may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. The Issuer understands Issuers understand that it is the Staffstaff of the SEC’s position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers (or, to the extent permitted by law, made available to purchasers) or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities Act.
(b) In light of the above, and notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Issuer agrees that the provisions of this Agreement as they relate Issuers agree to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an Exchange Offer Registration to the extent, and with such use their commercially reasonable modifications thereto as may be, reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers or by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in each case as provided in clause (ii) below, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a) above; provided that:
(i) the Issuer shall not be required best efforts to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i), for a period exceeding of up to 180 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement), if requested by the Initial Purchasers or by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the staff of the SEC recited in Section 4(a) and above. The Issuers further agree that Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Issuer to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after (or, to the extent permitted by law, make available) during such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; and
(ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff or the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request to the Issuer by the Initial Purchasers or with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer by one or more broker-dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers and the Issuer in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and provided further that, in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 to an Exchange Offer Registration, the Issuer shall be obligated (x) to deal only with the Representatives as representatives of the Participating Broker-Dealers, (y) to pay the fees and expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers unless such counsel elects not to so act and (z) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “cold comfort” letter with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (i) above.
(c) The Initial Purchasers shall have no liability to the Issuer any Issuer, any Guarantor or any Holder with respect to any request that it they may make pursuant to Section 4(b) above.
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Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (American Midstream Partners, LP), Registration Rights Agreement (American Midstream Partners, LP)
Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The Staff has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “"Participating Broker-Dealer”), ") may be deemed to be an “"underwriter” " within the meaning of the Securities Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. The Issuer Company understands that it is the Staff’s 's position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities Act.
(b) In light of the above, and notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Issuer Company agrees that to amend or supplement the provisions of this Agreement as they relate to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement for a period of up to 180 days after the extentlast Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to Section 3(d) of this Agreement), and with such reasonable modifications thereto as may be, reasonably if requested by the Initial Purchasers or by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in each case as provided in clause (ii) below, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a) above; provided that:
(i) the Issuer shall not be required to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i), for a period exceeding 180 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement) and . The Company further agrees that Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Issuer to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after during such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; and
(ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff or the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request to the Issuer by the Initial Purchasers or with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer by one or more broker-dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers and the Issuer in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and provided further that, in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 to an Exchange Offer Registration, the Issuer shall be obligated (x) to deal only with the Representatives as representatives of the Participating Broker-Dealers, (y) to pay the fees and expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers unless such counsel elects not to so act and (z) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “cold comfort” letter with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (i) above.
(c) The Initial Purchasers shall have no liability to the Issuer Company or any Holder with respect to any request that it they may make pursuant to Section 4(b) above.
Appears in 2 contracts
Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (Forest Oil Corp), Registration Rights Agreement (Stena Ab)
Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The Staff of the SEC has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “"Participating Broker-Dealer”"), may be deemed to be an “"underwriter” " within the meaning of the Securities 1933 Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. The Issuer Company understands that it is the Staff’s 's position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities 1933 Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act.
(b) In light of the above, notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Issuer Company agrees that the provisions of this Agreement as they relate to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an Exchange Offer Registration to the extent, and with such reasonable modifications thereto as may be, reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers or by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in each case as provided in clause (ii) below, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a) above; provided that:
(i) the Issuer Company shall not be required to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i), for a period exceeding 180 90 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement) and Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Issuer Company to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; and
(ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff of the SEC or the Securities 1933 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request to the Issuer Company by the Initial Purchasers or with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer Company by one or more broker-dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers and the Issuer Company in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and provided further that, in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 to an Exchange Offer Registration, the Issuer Company shall be obligated (x) to deal only with the Representatives as representatives of one entity representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated unless it elects not to act as such representative, (y) to pay the fees and expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers unless such counsel elects not to so act and (z) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “"cold comfort” " letter with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (i) above.
(c) The Initial Purchasers shall have no liability to the Issuer Company or any Holder with respect to any request that it may make pursuant to Section 4(b) above.
Appears in 2 contracts
Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (Empresa Nacional De Electricidad S A), Registration Rights Agreement (Empresa Nacional De Electricidad S A)
Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The Staff of the SEC has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “"Participating Broker-Dealer”"), may be deemed to be an “"underwriter” " within the meaning of the Securities 1933 Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. The Issuer understands Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors understand that it is the Staff’s 's position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities 1933 Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act.
(b) In light of the above, notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Issuer agrees Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors agree that the provisions of this Agreement agreement as they relate to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an Exchange Offer Registration to the extent, and with such reasonable modifications thereto as may be, reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers or by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in each case as provided in clause (ii) below, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a) above; provided that:
(i) the Issuer Company shall not be required to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i), for a period exceeding 180 90 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement) and Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Issuer Company to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; and
(ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff of the SEC or the Securities 1933 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request to the Issuer Company by the Initial Purchasers or with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer Company by one or more broker-dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers and the Issuer Company in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and provided further that, in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 to an Exchange Offer Registration, the Issuer Company shall be obligated (x) to deal only with the Representatives as representatives of one entity representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be Morgxx Xxxnxxx & Xo. Incorporated unless it elects not to act as such representative, (y) to pay the fees and expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers unless such counsel elects not to so act and (z) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “"cold comfort” " letter with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (i) above.
(c) The Initial Purchasers shall have no liability to the Issuer Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors or any Holder with respect to any request that it may make pursuant to Section 4(b) above.
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Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (Taco Bueno West Inc), Registration Rights Agreement (Taco Bueno West Inc)
Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The Staff of the SEC has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “Participating Broker-Dealer”), may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities 1933 Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. The Issuer understands Issuers and the Guarantors understand that it is the Staff’s position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities 1933 Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act.
(b) In light of the above, notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Issuer agrees Issuers and the Guarantors agree that the provisions of this Agreement as they relate to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an Exchange Offer Registration to the extent, and with such reasonable modifications thereto as may be, be reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers or by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in each case as provided in clause (ii) below, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a) above; provided that:
(i) the Issuer Issuers and the Guarantors shall not be required to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i), (A) after the Participating Broker-Dealers shall have disposed of the Registrable Securities or (B) for a period exceeding 180 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement) and Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Issuer Issuers and the Guarantors to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after such date or period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; and
(ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff or the Securities 1933 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request to the Issuer Issuers and the Guarantors by the Initial Purchasers or with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer Issuers by one or more broker-dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers and the Issuer Issuers and the Guarantors in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and provided further that, in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 to an Exchange Offer Registration, the Issuer Issuers and the Guarantors shall be obligated (x) to deal only with the Representatives as representatives of one entity representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated unless it elects not to act as such representative, (y) to pay the fees and expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers unless such counsel elects not to so act and (z) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “cold comfort” letter with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (i) above.
(c) The Initial Purchasers shall have no liability to the Issuer Issuers, the Guarantors or any Holder with respect to any request that it may make pursuant to Section 4(b) above.
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Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (Infosat Communications LP), Registration Rights Agreement (Infosat Communications LP)
Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The Staff of the SEC has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “Participating Broker-Dealer”), ) may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. The Issuer understands Issuers understand that it is the Staff’s position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities Act.
(b) In light of the above, and notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Issuer agrees that Issuers agree to amend or supplement the provisions of this Agreement as they relate to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i), for a period of up to 180 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the extentpenultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement), and with such reasonable modifications thereto as may be, reasonably if requested by the Initial Purchasers Purchaser or by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in each case as provided in clause (ii) below, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a) above; provided that:
(i) the Issuer shall not be required to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i), for a period exceeding 180 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement) and . The Issuers further agree that Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Issuer to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after during such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; and
(ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff or the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request to the Issuer by the Initial Purchasers or with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer by one or more broker-dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers and the Issuer in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and provided further that, in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 to an Exchange Offer Registration, the Issuer shall be obligated (x) to deal only with the Representatives as representatives of the Participating Broker-Dealers, (y) to pay the fees and expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers unless such counsel elects not to so act and (z) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “cold comfort” letter with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (i) above.
(c) The Initial Purchasers Purchaser shall have no liability to the Issuer Issuers or any Holder with respect to any request that it they may make pursuant to Section 4(b) above.
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Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (Star Gas Partners Lp), Registration Rights Agreement (Star Gas Partners Lp)
Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The Staff of the SEC has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “Participating Broker-Dealer”), may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities 1933 Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. The Issuer Company understands that it is the Staff’s position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities 1933 Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act.
(b) In light of the above, notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Issuer agrees Company and the Guarantors agree that the provisions of this Agreement as they relate to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an Exchange Offer Registration to the extent, and with such reasonable modifications thereto as may be, reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers Placement Agents or by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in each case as provided in clause (ii) below, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a) above; provided that:
(i) the Issuer Company and the Guarantors shall not be required to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i), (A) after the Participating Broker-Dealers shall have disposed of the Registrable Securities or (B) for a period exceeding 180 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement) and Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Issuer Company to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after such date or such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; and
(ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff of the SEC or the Securities 1933 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request to the Issuer Company and the Guarantors by the Initial Purchasers Placement Agents or with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer Company by one or more broker-dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers Placement Agents and the Issuer Company and the Guarantors in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and provided further that, in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 to an Exchange Offer Registration, the Issuer Company and the Guarantors shall be obligated (x) to deal only with the Representatives as representatives of one entity representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated unless it elects not to act as such representative, (y) to pay the fees and expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers Placement Agents unless such counsel elects not to so act and (z) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “cold comfort” letter with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (i) above.
(c) The Initial Purchasers Placement Agents shall have no liability to the Issuer Company, the Guarantors or any Holder with respect to any request that it may make pursuant to Section 4(b) above.
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Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (Sensata Technologies Holland, B.V.), Registration Rights Agreement (Sensata Technologies Holland, B.V.)
Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The Staff of the SEC has taken the position that any broker-broker- dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “Participating Broker-Dealer”), may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities 1933 Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. The Issuer understands Company and the Parent understand that it is the Staff’s position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities 1933 Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act.
(b) In light of the above, notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Issuer agrees Company and the Parent agree that the provisions of this Agreement as they relate to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an Exchange Offer Registration to the extent, and with such reasonable modifications thereto as may be, reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers or by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in each case as provided in clause (ii) below, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a) above; provided that:
(i) the Issuer Company and the Parent shall not be required to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i)3(j) hereof, for a period exceeding 180 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement) and Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Issuer Company to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; and
(ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff of the SEC or the Securities 1933 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request to the Issuer Company and the Parent by the Initial Purchasers or with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer Company by one or more broker-dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers and the Issuer Company and the Parent in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and provided further that, in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 to an Exchange Offer Registration, the Issuer Company shall be obligated (x) to deal only with the Representatives as representatives of one entity representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. LLC, unless it elects not to act as such representative, (y) to pay the fees and expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers unless such counsel elects not to so act and (z) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “cold comfort” letter with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (i) above.
(c) The Initial Purchasers shall have no liability to the Issuer Company or any Holder with respect to any request that it may make pursuant to Section 4(b) above.
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Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (Seagate Technology PLC), Registration Rights Agreement (Seagate Technology PLC)
Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The Staff of the SEC has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “Participating Broker-Dealer”), may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities 1933 Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. The Issuer understands that it is the Staff’s position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities 1933 Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act.
(b) In light of the above, notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Issuer agrees that the provisions of this Agreement as they relate to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an Exchange Offer Registration to the extent, and with such reasonable modifications thereto as may be, reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers or by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in each case as provided in clause (ii) below, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a) above; provided that:
(i) the Issuer shall not be required to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i), for a period exceeding 180 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement) and Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Issuer to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; and
(ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff of the SEC or the Securities 1933 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request to the Issuer by the Initial Purchasers or with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer by one or more broker-dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers and the Issuer in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and provided further that, in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 to an Exchange Offer Registration, the Issuer shall be obligated (x) to deal only with the Representatives as representatives of one entity representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated unless it elects not to act as such representative, (y) to pay the fees and expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers unless such counsel elects not to so act and (z) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “cold comfort” letter with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (i) above.
(c) The Initial Purchasers shall have no liability to the Issuer or any Holder with respect to any request that it may make pursuant to Section 4(b) above.
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Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (DPL Inc), Registration Rights Agreement (DPL Inc)
Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The Staff of the SEC has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities Notes for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities Notes that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities and not directly from an Issuer or Guarantor (a “"Participating Broker-Dealer”"), may be deemed to be an “"underwriter” " within the meaning of the Securities 1933 Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange SecuritiesNotes. The Issuer understands Issuers and the Guarantors understand that it is the Staff’s 's position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange SecuritiesNotes, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities Notes owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities 1933 Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities Notes for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act.
(b) In light of the above, notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Issuer agrees Issuers and the Guarantors agree that the provisions of this Agreement as they relate to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an Exchange Offer Registration to the extent, and with such reasonable modifications thereto as may be, reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers Placement Agents or by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in each case as provided in clause (ii) below, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities Notes by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a) above; provided that:
(i) the Issuer Issuers and the Guarantors shall not be required to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i), for a period exceeding 180 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement) and Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Issuer Issuers and the Guarantors to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; and
(ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff of the SEC or the Securities 1933 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request to the Issuer Issuers and the Guarantors by the Initial Purchasers Placement Agents or with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer Issuers and the Guarantors by one or more broker-dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers Placement Agents, the Issuers and the Issuer Guarantors in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and provided further that, in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 to an Exchange Offer Registration, the Issuer Issuers and the Guarantors shall be obligated (x) to deal only with the Representatives as representatives of one entity representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated unless it elects not to acx xx xuxx xxxxesentative, (y) to pay the fees and expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers Placement Agents unless such counsel elects not to so act and (z) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “"cold comfort” " letter with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (i) above.
(c) The Initial Purchasers Placement Agents shall have no liability to the Issuer Issuers, the Guarantors or any Holder with respect to any request that it they may make pursuant to Section 4(b) above.
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Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (Triarc Companies Inc), Registration Rights Agreement (Rc Arbys Corp)
Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The Staff of the SEC has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “Participating Broker-Dealer”), ) may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. The Issuer understands Issuers understand that it is the Staff’s position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities Act.
(b) In light of the above, and notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Issuer agrees that Issuers agree to amend or supplement the provisions of this Agreement as they relate to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i), for a period of up to 180 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the extentpenultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement), and with such reasonable modifications thereto as may be, reasonably if requested by the Initial Purchasers Purchaser or by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in each case as provided in clause (ii) below, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a) above; provided that:
(i) the Issuer shall not be required to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i), for a period exceeding 180 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement) and . The Issuers further agree that Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Issuer to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after during such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; and
(ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff or the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request to the Issuer by the Initial Purchasers or with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer by one or more broker-dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers and the Issuer in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and provided further that, in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 to an Exchange Offer Registration, the Issuer shall be obligated (x) to deal only with the Representatives as representatives of the Participating Broker-Dealers, (y) to pay the fees and expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers unless such counsel elects not to so act and (z) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “cold comfort” letter with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (i) above.
(c) The Initial Purchasers Purchaser shall have no liability to the Issuer Company, Finance Co. or any Holder with respect to any request that it they may make pursuant to Section 4(b) above.
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Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) (a) The Staff has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “Participating Broker-Dealer”), ) may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. The Issuer understands Issuers understand that it is the Staff’s position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities Act.
(b) In light of the above, and notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Issuer agrees that Issuers agree to amend or supplement the provisions of this Agreement as they relate to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i), for a period of up to 180 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the extentpenultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement), and with such reasonable modifications thereto as may be, reasonably if requested by the Initial Purchasers or by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in each case as provided in clause (ii) below, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a) above; provided that:
(i) . The Issuers further agree that Participating Broker-Dealers shall be authorized to deliver such Prospectus during such period in connection with the Issuer resales contemplated by this Section 4. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Issuers shall not be required obligated to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration StatementStatement if the Company determines, in its reasonable judgment, that there is a material event as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i), for a period exceeding 180 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement) and Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Issuer to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; and
(ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth described in Section 3 of this Agreement 2(d) hereof, provided that the failure to an keep the Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff or the Securities Act Registration Statement effective and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be usable for such business reason shall last no longer than 30 days in conformity with the reasonable request to the Issuer by the Initial Purchasers or with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer by one or more broker-dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers and the Issuer in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and provided further that, in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 to an Exchange Offer Registration, the Issuer shall be obligated (x) to deal only with the Representatives as representatives of the Participating Broker-Dealers, (y) to pay the fees and expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers unless such counsel elects not to so act and (z) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “cold comfort” letter with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (i) aboveany twelve month period.
(c) The Initial Purchasers shall have no liability to the Issuer Company, any Guarantor or any Holder with respect to any request that it they may make pursuant to Section 4(b) above.
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Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The Staff of the SEC has taken the position that any broker-broker- dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “Participating Broker-Dealer”), may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities 1933 Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. The Issuer understands Company and the Guarantors understand that it is the Staff’s position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities 1933 Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act.
(b) In light of the above, notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Issuer agrees Company and the Guarantors agree that the provisions of this Agreement as they relate to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an Exchange Offer Registration to the extent, and with such reasonable modifications thereto as may be, reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers or by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in each case as provided in clause (ii) below, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a) above; provided that:
(i) the Issuer Company and the Guarantors shall not be required to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i)3(j) hereof, for a period exceeding 180 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement) and Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Issuer Company to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; and
(ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff of the SEC or the Securities 1933 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request to the Issuer Company and the Guarantors by the Initial Purchasers or with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer Company by one or more broker-dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers and the Issuer Company and the Guarantors in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and provided further that, in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 to an Exchange Offer Registration, the Issuer Company shall be obligated (x) to deal only with the Representatives as representatives of one entity representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be Morgan Sxxxxxx & Xx. XLC, unless it elects not to act as such representative, (y) to pay the fees and expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers unless such counsel elects not to so act and (z) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “cold comfort” letter with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (i) above.
(c) The Initial Purchasers shall have no liability to the Issuer Company or any Holder with respect to any request that it may make pursuant to Section 4(b) above.
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Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (Seagate Technology Holdings PLC)
Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The Staff of the SEC has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “"Participating Broker-Dealer”"), may be deemed to be an “"underwriter” " within the meaning of the Securities 1933 Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. The Issuer understands Company and the Guarantors understand that it is the Staff’s 's position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities 1933 Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act.
(b) In light of the above, notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Issuer agrees Company and the Guarantors agree that the provisions of this Agreement as they relate to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an Exchange Offer Registration to the extent, and with such reasonable modifications thereto as may be, reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers Placement Agents or by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in each case as provided in clause (ii) below, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a) above; provided PROVIDED that:
(i) the Issuer Company and the Guarantors shall not be required to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i), for a period exceeding 180 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement) and Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Issuer Company or the Guarantors to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; and
(ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff of the SEC or the Securities 1933 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request to the Issuer Company by the Initial Purchasers Placement Agents or with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer Company by one or more broker-dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers Placement Agents and the Issuer Company in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and provided further PROVIDED FURTHER that, in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 to an Exchange Offer Registration, the Issuer Company and the Guarantors shall be obligated (x) to deal only with the Representatives as representatives of the Participating Broker-Dealers, (y) to pay the fees and expenses of only one counsel entity representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated unless such counsel it elects not to so act and (z) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “cold comfort” letter with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (i) aboveas such representative.
(c) The Initial Purchasers Placement Agents shall have no liability to the Issuer Company, the Guarantors or any Holder with respect to any request that it may make pursuant to Section 4(b) above.
(d) Each Holder who wishes to exchange Securities for Exchange Securities in the Exchange Offer and who is not a Broker-Dealer shall represent that it is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, the distribution of the Exchange Securities.
(e) Each Holder who wishes to exchange Securities for Exchange Securities in the Exchange Offer and who is a Broker-Dealer that will receive Exchange Securities for its own account in exchange for Securities that were acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities shall acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities.
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Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (Protection One Alarm Monitoring Inc)
Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The Company understands that the Staff of the SEC has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “"Participating Broker-Dealer”"), may be deemed to be an “"underwriter” " within the meaning of the Securities 1933 Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. The Issuer Company understands that it is the Staff’s 's position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers -13- 15 or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities 1933 Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act.
(b) In light of the above, notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Issuer Company agrees that the provisions of this Agreement as they relate to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an Exchange Offer Registration to the extent, and with such reasonable modifications thereto as may be, reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers Placement Agents or by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in each case as provided in clause (ii) below, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a) above; provided that:
(i) the Issuer Company shall not be required to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i), for a period exceeding 180 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement) and Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Issuer Company to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; and
(ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff of the SEC or the Securities 1933 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request to the Issuer Company by the Initial Purchasers Placement Agents or with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer Company by one or more broker-dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers Placement Agents and the Issuer Company in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and provided further that, in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 to an Exchange Offer Registration, the Issuer Company shall be obligated (x) to deal only with the Representatives as representatives of one entity representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be Morgxx Xxxnxxx & Xo. Incorporated unless it elects not to act as such representative, (y) to pay the fees and expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers Placement Agents unless such counsel elects not to so act act, and (z) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “"cold comfort” " letter with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (i) above.
(c) The Initial Purchasers Placement Agents shall have no liability to the Issuer Company or any Holder with respect to any request that it may make pursuant to Section 4(b) above.
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Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (Knology Holdings Inc /Ga)
Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The Staff of the SEC has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “"Participating Broker-Dealer”"), may be deemed to be an “"underwriter” " within the meaning of the Securities 1933 Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. The Issuer understands and the Guarantors understand that it is the Staff’s 's position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities 1933 Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act.
(b) In light of the above, notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Issuer agrees and the Guarantors agree that the provisions of this Agreement as they relate to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an Exchange Offer Registration to the extent, and with such reasonable modifications thereto as may be, reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers or by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in each case as provided in clause (ii) below, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a) above; provided that:
(i) the Issuer and the Guarantors shall not be required to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i), for a period exceeding 180 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement) and Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Issuer and the Guarantors to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; and
(ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff of the SEC or the Securities 1933 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request to the Issuer and the Guarantors by the Initial Purchasers or with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer and the Guarantors by one or more broker-dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers Purchasers, the Issuer and the Issuer Guarantors in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and provided further that, in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 to an Exchange Offer Registration, the Issuer and the Guarantors shall be obligated (x) to deal only with the Representatives as representatives of one entity representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated unless it elects not to act as such representative, (y) to pay the fees and expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers unless such counsel elects not to so act and (z) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “"cold comfort” " letter with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (i) above.
(c) The Initial Purchasers shall have no liability to the Issuer Issuer, the Guarantors or any Holder with respect to any request that it may make pursuant to Section 4(b) above.
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Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The Staff SEC staff has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “"Participating Broker-Dealer”), ") may be deemed to be an “"underwriter” " within the meaning of the Securities Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. The Issuer Company understands that it is the Staff’s SEC staff's position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers and other Persons, if any, subject to similar prospectus delivery requirements to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities Act.
(b) In light of the above, notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Issuer Company agrees that the provisions of this Agreement as they relate to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an Exchange Offer Registration to the extent, and with such reasonable modifications thereto as may be, reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers or by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in each case as provided in clause (ii) below, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff SEC staff recited in Section 4(a3(a) above; provided that:
(i) the Issuer shall not be required to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i), for a period exceeding 180 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement) and Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Issuer to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; and
(ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff or the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request to the Issuer by the Initial Purchasers or with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer by one or more broker-dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers and the Issuer in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and provided further that, in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 to an Exchange Offer Registration, the Issuer shall be obligated (x) to deal only with the Representatives as representatives of the Participating Broker-Dealers, (y) to pay the fees and expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers unless such counsel elects not to so act and (z) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “cold comfort” letter with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (i) above.
(c) The Initial Purchasers shall have no liability to the Issuer or any Holder with respect to any request that it may make pursuant to Section 4(b) above.
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Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The Staff of the SEC has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “"Participating Broker-Dealer”"), may be deemed to be an “"underwriter” " within the meaning of the Securities 1933 Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. The Issuer understands Companies understand that it is the Staff’s 's position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities 1933 Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act.
(b) In light of the above, notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Issuer agrees Companies agree that the provisions of this Agreement as they relate to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an Exchange Offer Registration to the extent, and with such reasonable modifications thereto as may be, reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers or by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in each case as provided in clause (ii) below, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a) above; provided that:
(i) the Issuer Companies shall not be required to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i), for a period exceeding 180 120 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement) and Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Issuer Issuers to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; and
(ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff of the SEC or the Securities 1933 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request to the Issuer Issuers by the Initial Purchasers or with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer Issuers by one or more broker-dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers and the Issuer Issuers in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and provided further that, in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 to an Exchange Offer Registration, the Issuer Companies shall be obligated (x) to deal only with the Representatives as representatives of one entity representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be Xxxxxx Brothers Inc. and Credit Suisse First Boston (the "Representatives") unless it elects not to act as such representative, (y) to pay the fees and expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers unless such counsel elects not to so act and (z) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “"cold comfort” " letter with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (i) above.
(c) The Initial Purchasers shall have no liability to the Issuer Companies or any Holder with respect to any request that it may make pursuant to Section 4(b) above.
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Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (Centennial Communications Corp /De)
Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The Staff of the SEC has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “"Participating Broker-Dealer”"), may be deemed to be an “"underwriter” " within the meaning of the Securities 1933 Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. The Issuer understands Company and Guarantor understand that it is the Staff’s 's position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities 1933 Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act.
(b) In light of the above, notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Issuer agrees Company and Guarantor each agree that the provisions of this Agreement as they relate to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an Exchange Offer Registration to the extent, and with such reasonable modifications thereto as may be, reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers Placement Agents or by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in each case as provided in clause (ii) below, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a) above; provided that:
(i) the Issuer Company shall not be required to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i), for a period exceeding 180 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement) and Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Issuer Company and Guarantor to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; and
(ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff of the SEC or the Securities 1933 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request to the Issuer Company and Guarantor by the Initial Purchasers Placement Agents or with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer Company and Guarantor by one or more broker-dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers Placement Agents and the Issuer Company and Guarantor in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and provided further that, in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 to an Exchange Offer Registration, the Issuer Company and Guarantor shall be obligated (x) to deal only with the Representatives as representatives of one entity representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be Morgxx Xxxnxxx & Xo. Incorporated unless it elects not to act as such representative, in which case it shall be designated by Participating Broker-Dealers holding a majority in principal amount at maturity of all Securities held by Participating Broker-Dealers (y) to pay the fees and expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers Placement Agents unless such counsel elects not to so act and (z) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “"cold comfort” " letter with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (i) above.
(c) The Initial Purchasers shall have no liability to the Issuer or any Holder with respect to any request that it may make pursuant to Section 4(b) above.respect
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Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (Leap Wireless International Inc)
Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The Staff staff of the SEC (the “Staff”) has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “Participating Broker-Dealer”), may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities 1933 Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. The Issuer understands Issuers and the Guarantors understand that it is the Staff’s position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities 1933 Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act.
(b) In light of the above, notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Issuer agrees Issuers and the Guarantors agree that the provisions of this Agreement as they relate to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an Exchange Offer Registration to the extent, and with such reasonable modifications thereto as may be, reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers or by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in each case as provided in clause (ii) below, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a) above; provided that:
(i) the Issuer Issuers and the Guarantors shall not be required to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i), for a period exceeding 180 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement) and Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Issuer Issuers or the Guarantors to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; and
(ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff of the SEC or the Securities 1933 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request to the Issuer Issuers and the Guarantors by the Initial Purchasers or with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer Issuers and the Guarantors by one or more broker-dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers Purchasers, on one hand, and the Issuer Issuers and the Guarantors, on the other hand, in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and provided further that, in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 to an Exchange Offer Registration, the Issuer Issuers and the Guarantors shall be obligated (x) to deal only with the Representatives as representatives of one entity representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. LLC unless it elects not to act as such representative, (y) to pay the fees and expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers unless such counsel elects not to so act and (z) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “cold comfort” letter from the independent certified public accountants of the Company (and, if necessary, one “comfort” letter from each of the other certified public accountants of the Co-Issuer and any subsidiary of the Issuers, or of any business acquired by the Issuers for which financial statements and financial data are or are required to be included in the Registration Statement) with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (i) above.
(c) The Initial Purchasers shall have no liability to the Issuer Issuers, the Guarantors or any Holder with respect to any request that it they may make pursuant to Section 4(b) above.
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Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The Staff staff of the SEC (the “Staff”) has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “Participating Broker-Dealer”), may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities 1933 Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. The Issuer understands that it is the Staff’s position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities 1933 Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act.
(b) In light of the above, notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Issuer agrees that the provisions of this Agreement as they relate to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an Exchange Offer Registration to the extent, and with such reasonable modifications thereto as may be, reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers or by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in each case as provided in clause (ii) below, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a) above; provided that:
(i) the Issuer shall not be required to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i)) hereof, for a period exceeding 180 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreementhereof) and Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Issuer to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; and
(ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement hereof to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff of the SEC or the Securities 1933 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request to the Issuer by the Initial Purchasers or with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer by one or more broker-dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers Purchasers, on one hand, and the Issuer on the other hand, in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and provided further that, in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 hereof to an Exchange Offer Registration, the Issuer shall be obligated (x) to deal only with the Representatives as representatives of one entity representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be the Representative unless it elects not to act as such representative, (y) to pay the fees and expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers unless such counsel elects not to so act and (z) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “cold comfort” letter from the independent certified public accountants of the Issuer (and, if necessary, one “cold comfort” letter from each of the other certified public accountants of any parent of the Issuer, or of any business acquired by the Issuer for which financial statements and financial data are or are required to be included in the Registration Statement) with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (i) above.
(c) The Initial Purchasers shall have no liability to the Issuer or any Holder with respect to any request that it they may make pursuant to Section 4(b) above.
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Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The Issuer understands that the Staff of the SEC has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “Participating Broker"PARTICIPATING BROKER-Dealer”DEALER"), may be deemed to be an “"underwriter” " within the meaning of the Securities Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. The Issuer understands that it is the Staff’s 's position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their its prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities 1933 Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act.
(b) In light of the above, notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Issuer agrees that the provisions of this Agreement as they relate to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an Exchange Offer Registration to the extentRegistration, and with such reasonable modifications thereto as may be, be reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers or by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in each case as provided in Dealers pursuant to clause (ii4(b)(ii) below, below in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a) above; provided that:
(i) the Issuer shall not be required to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i), for a period exceeding 180 days after the last Exchange Offer Termination Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement3) and Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Issuer to deliver deliver, and shall not deliver deliver, such Prospectus after such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4Section; and
(ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff staff of the SEC or the Securities 1933 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request to the Issuer by the Initial Purchasers or with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer by one or more the broker-dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers and the Issuer in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and provided further that, in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 to an Exchange Offer Registration, the Issuer shall be obligated (x) to deal only with a single representative of the Representatives Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc., unless it elects not to act as representatives such representative, in which case, the representative shall be selected by a majority of the Participating Broker-Dealers, (y) to pay the reasonable fees and expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers unless such counsel elects not another nationally recognized law firm is selected by the Issuer and is reasonably acceptable to so act the Majority Holders, and (z) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “"cold comfort” " letter with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange Offer Termination Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplementsupplement thereof, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (iSection 4(b)(i) above.
(c) The Initial Purchasers shall have no liability to the Issuer or any Holder with respect to any request that it may make pursuant to Section 4(b) above.
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Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (Cingular Wireless LLC)
Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The Staff staff of the SEC has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “Participating Broker-Dealer”), may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities 1933 Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. The Issuer Company understands that it is the Staffstaff of the SEC’s position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities 1933 Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act.
(b) In light of the above, notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Issuer Company agrees that the provisions of this Agreement as they relate to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an Exchange Offer Registration to the extent, and with such reasonable modifications thereto as may be, reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers or by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in each case as provided in clause (ii) below, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff staff of the SEC recited in Section 4(a) above; provided that:
(i) the Issuer Company shall not be required to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i), for a period exceeding 180 90 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement) and Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Issuer Company to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; and
(ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff staff of the SEC or the Securities 1933 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request to the Issuer Company by the Initial Purchasers or with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer Company by one or more broker-dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers and the Issuer Company in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and provided further that, in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 to an Exchange Offer Registration, the Issuer Company shall be obligated (x) to deal only with the Representatives as representatives of one entity representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated unless it elects not to act as such representative, (y) to pay the reasonable fees and expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers unless such counsel elects not to so act and (z) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “cold comfort” letter with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (i) above.
(c) The Initial Purchasers shall have no liability to the Issuer Company or any Holder with respect to any request that it may make pursuant to Section 4(b) above.
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Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc.)
Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The Staff staff of the Commission has taken the position that any brokerBroker-dealer Dealer that receives Exchange Securities Notes for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities Senior Notes that were acquired by such brokerBroker-dealer Dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “"Participating Broker-Dealer”"), may be deemed to be an “"underwriter” " within the meaning of the Securities Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange SecuritiesNotes. The Issuer understands Company and the Purchasers understand that it is the Staff’s Commission staff's position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange SecuritiesNotes, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities Notes owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities Notes for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities Act.
(b) In light of the Section 5(a) above, notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Issuer Company agrees that that, to the extent applicable, the provisions of Section 4(a) of this Agreement as they relate to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an Exchange Offer Registration to the extent, and with such reasonable modifications thereto as may be, if reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers a Purchaser or by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in each case as provided in clause (ii) below, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities Notes by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff Commission staff recited in Section 4(a5(a) above; provided that:
(i) the Issuer Company shall not be required to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i7(b), for a period exceeding 180 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended due to the suspension of the disposition of Senior Notes as contemplated in Section 4(a) hereof (during which suspension Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Company to resell and shall not resell Transfer Restricted Notes pursuant to the penultimate paragraph Registration Statement) resulting from the determination in good faith of Section 3 the Board of this Agreement) Directors of the Company that there is a valid purpose for such suspension and Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Issuer Company to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 45; and
(ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 7 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff Commission staff or the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request to the Issuer Company by the Initial Purchasers at the request of a Participating Broker-Dealer or with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer Company by one or more brokerBroker-dealers Dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers and the Issuer Company in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; provided, however, that if no Broker-Dealer who provides such notice becomes a Participating Broker-Dealer, then the obligations of the Company pursuant to this Section 5(b) shall cease; and provided further that, in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 7 to an Exchange Offer Registration, the Issuer Company shall be obligated (x) to deal only with the Representatives as representatives of the Participating Broker-Dealers, (y) to pay the fees and expenses of only one counsel entity representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to either of the Initial Purchasers unless such counsel elects both elect not to so act as such representative and (zy) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “"cold comfort” " letter with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each subsequent post-effective amendment or supplementto the Registration Statement required to be filed pursuant to Item 512(a)(1)(ii) of Regulation S-K, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (i) above; provided, however, that any Participating Broker-Dealer that desires to be an addressee of such "cold comfort" letter must provide at its expense an opinion of counsel that it is an "underwriter" entitled to the statutory due diligence defense under Section 11 of the Securities Act or provide such letters of representation to the accountants requested to prepare such "cold comfort" letter as are acceptable in form and substance to such accountants.
(c) The Initial Purchasers shall have no liability In addition to the Issuer foregoing, if the Company is required to comply with the provisions of Section 5(b) hereof, the Company shall include a "Plan of Distribution" section in the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and indicate therein that any Participating Broker-Dealer who holds Transfer Restricted Notes that were acquired for the account of such Broker-Dealer as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, must acknowledge that it may exchange such Transfer Restricted Notes (other than Transfer Restricted Notes acquired directly from the Company or any Holder affiliate thereof) pursuant to the Exchange Offer provided that such Participating Broker-Dealer further acknowledges that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange Notes. Such "Plan of Distribution" section shall also contain all other information with respect to such sales of Broker-Dealer Exchange Notes by Participating Broker-Dealers that the Commission may require in order to permit such sales pursuant thereto, but such "Plan of Distribution" shall not name any request that it may make pursuant such Participating Broker-Dealer or disclose the amount of Exchange Notes held by any such Participating Broker-Dealer, except to Section 4(b) abovethe extent required by the Commission as a result of a change in policy after the date of this Agreement.
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Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The Company has been advised that the Staff has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “Participating Broker-Dealer”), ) may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. The Issuer understands Company has been advised that it is the Staff’s position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers (or, to the extent permitted by law, made available to purchasers) to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities Act.
(b) In light of the above, and notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Issuer agrees that the provisions of this Agreement as they relate to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an Exchange Offer Registration to the extentCompany agrees, and with such reasonable modifications thereto as may be, reasonably if so requested by the Initial Purchasers or by one or more Holders who is a Participating Broker-DealersDealer, in each case as provided in clause (ii) below, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a) above; provided that:
(i) the Issuer shall not be required use commercially reasonable efforts to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i), Statement for a period exceeding ending on the earlier of (i) 180 days after the last date the Exchange Date Offer Registration Statement becomes effective (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement3(d) hereof) and (ii) the date on which each Participating Broker-Dealer is no longer required to deliver a prospectus in connection with market making or other trading activities, in each case to the extent necessary to ensure that the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is available for resale of the Registrable Securities acquired by the Participating Broker-Dealers. The Company further consents to the delivery of (or, to the extent permitted by law, agree to make available) such Prospectus by Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Issuer to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after during such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; and
(ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff or the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request to the Issuer by the Initial Purchasers or with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer by one or more broker-dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers and the Issuer in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and provided further that, in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 to an Exchange Offer Registration, the Issuer shall be obligated (x) to deal only with the Representatives as representatives of the Participating Broker-Dealers, (y) to pay the fees and expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers unless such counsel elects not to so act and (z) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “cold comfort” letter with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (i) above.
(c) The Initial Purchasers shall have no liability to the Issuer Company or any Holder with respect to any request that it a Holder may make pursuant to Section 4(b) abovehereof.
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Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The Staff of the SEC has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “Participating Broker-Dealer”), may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities 1933 Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. The Issuer Each of the Company and the Guarantors understands that it is the Staff’s position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities 1933 Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act.
(b) In light of the above, notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, each of the Issuer Company and the Guarantors agrees that the provisions of this Agreement as they relate to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an Exchange Offer Registration to the extent, and with such reasonable modifications thereto as may be, reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers or by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in each case as provided in clause (ii) below, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a) above; provided that:
(i) neither the Issuer Company nor the Guarantors shall not be required to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i), for a period exceeding 180 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement) and Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Issuer Company or any Guarantor to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; and
(ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff of the SEC or the Securities 1933 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request to the Issuer Company and the Guarantors by the Initial Purchasers or with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer Company and the Guarantors by one or more broker-dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers and the Issuer Company and the Guarantors in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and provided further that, in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 to an Exchange Offer Registration, each of the Issuer Company and the Guarantors shall be obligated (x) to deal only with the Representatives as representatives of one entity representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be Mxxxxx Sxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated unless it elects not to act as such representative, (y) to pay the fees and expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers unless such counsel elects not to so act and (z) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “cold comfort” letter with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (i) above.
(c) The Initial Purchasers shall have no liability to the Issuer Company, the Guarantors or any Holder with respect to any request that it may make pursuant to Section 4(b) above.
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Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (Maxcom SF, S.A. De C.V.)
Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The Staff of the SEC has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “"Participating Broker-Dealer”"), may be deemed to be an “"underwriter” " within the meaning of the Securities 1933 Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. The Issuer Company understands that it is the Staff’s 's position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities 1933 Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act.
(b) In light of the above, notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Issuer Company agrees that the provisions of this Agreement as they relate to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an Exchange Offer Registration to the extent, and with such reasonable modifications thereto as may be, reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers Placement Agents or by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in each case as provided in clause (ii) below, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a) above; provided that:
(i) the Issuer Company shall not be required to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i), for a period exceeding 180 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement) and Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Issuer Company to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; and
(ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff of the SEC or the Securities 1933 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request to the Issuer Company by the Initial Purchasers Placement Agents or with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer Company by one or more broker-dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers Placement Agents and the Issuer Company in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and provided further that, in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 to an Exchange Offer Registration, the Issuer Company shall be obligated (x) to deal only with the Representatives as representatives of one entity representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated unless it elects not to act xx xxcx xxxxxsentative, (y) to pay the fees and expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers Placement Agents unless such counsel elects not to so act and (z) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “"cold comfort” " letter with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (i) above.
(c) The Initial Purchasers Placement Agents shall have no liability to the Issuer Company or any Holder with respect to any request that it may make pursuant to Section 4(b) above.
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Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (Pacificare Health Systems Inc /De/)
Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The Staff of the SEC has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “"Participating Broker-Dealer”"), may be deemed to be an “"underwriter” " within the meaning of the Securities 1933 Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. The Issuer Company understands that it is the Staff’s 's position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Broker- Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities 1933 Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act.
(b) In light of the above, notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Issuer Company agrees that the provisions of this Agreement as they relate to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an Exchange Offer Registration to the extent, and with such reasonable modifications thereto as may be, reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers Placement Agents or by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in each case as provided in clause (ii) below, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a) above; provided PROVIDED that:
(i) the Issuer Company shall not be required to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i), for a period exceeding 180 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement) and Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Issuer Company to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; and
(ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff of the SEC or the Securities 1933 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request to the Issuer Company by the Initial Purchasers Placement Agents or with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer Company by one or more broker-dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers Placement Agents and the Issuer Company in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and provided further PROVIDED FURTHER that, in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 to an Exchange Offer Registration, the Issuer Company shall be obligated (x) to deal only with the Representatives as representatives of one entity representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be Morgxx Xxxnxxx & Xo. Incorporated unless it elects not to act as such representative, (y) to pay the fees and expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers Placement Agents unless such counsel elects not to so act and (z) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “"cold comfort” " letter with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (i) above.
(c) The Initial Purchasers Placement Agents shall have no liability to the Issuer Company or any Holder with respect to any request that it may make pursuant to Section 4(b) above.
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Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The Staff has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “Participating Broker-Dealer”), ) may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. The Issuer understands Company and the Guarantors understand that it is the Staff’s position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities Act.
(b) In light of the above, and notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Issuer agrees that Company and the provisions of this Agreement as they relate Guarantors agree to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement for a period of up to 180 days after the extentlast Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to Section 3(d) of this Agreement), and with such reasonable modifications thereto as may be, reasonably if requested by the Initial Purchasers Purchaser or by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in each case as provided in clause (ii) below, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a) above; provided that:
(i) . The Company and the Issuer shall not be required to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i), for a period exceeding 180 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement) and Guarantors further agree that Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Issuer to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after during such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; and
(ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff or the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request to the Issuer by the Initial Purchasers or with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer by one or more broker-dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers and the Issuer in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and provided further that, in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 to an Exchange Offer Registration, the Issuer shall be obligated (x) to deal only with the Representatives as representatives of the Participating Broker-Dealers, (y) to pay the fees and expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers unless such counsel elects not to so act and (z) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “cold comfort” letter with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (i) above.
(c) The Initial Purchasers Purchaser shall have no liability to the Issuer Company, any Guarantor or any Holder with respect to any request that it may make pursuant to Section 4(b) above.
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Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (Clayton Williams Energy Inc /De)
Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The Staff staff of the SEC has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “"Participating Broker-Dealer”), ") may be deemed to be an “"underwriter” " within the meaning of the Securities 1933 Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. The Issuer Company understands that it is the Staff’s staff's position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities 1933 Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act.
(b) In light of the above, notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Issuer Company agrees that the provisions of this Agreement as they relate to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an Exchange Offer Registration to the extent, and with such reasonable modifications thereto as may be, reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers Placement Agents or by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in each case as provided in clause (ii) below, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff staff of the SEC recited in Section 4(a) above; provided that:
(i) the Issuer Company shall not be required to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i), for a period exceeding 180 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement) and Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Issuer Company to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; and
(ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff staff of the SEC or the Securities 1933 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request to the Issuer Company by the Initial Purchasers Placement Agents or with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer Company by one or more broker-dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers Placement Agents and the Issuer Company in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and provided further that, in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 to an Exchange Offer Registration, the Issuer Company shall be obligated (x) to deal only with the Representatives as representatives of two entities representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be Banc of America Securities LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co. Inxxxxxxaxxx xxxess both elect not to act as such representative, in which case representation shall be designated by Participating Broker-Dealers holding a majority in principal amount of all Securities held by Participating Broker-Dealers (y) to pay the fees and expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers Placement Agents unless such counsel elects not to so act and (z) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “"cold comfort” " letter with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (i) above.
(c) The Initial Purchasers Placement Agents shall have no liability to the Issuer Company or any Holder with respect to any request that it may make pursuant to Section 4(b) above.
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Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (Coast Hotels & Casinos Inc)
Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The Staff of the Commission has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities Notes for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities Notes that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “Participating Broker"PARTICIPATING BROKER-Dealer”DEALER"), may be deemed to be an “"underwriter” " within the meaning of the Securities Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange SecuritiesNotes. The Issuer Each of Company and the Guarantor understands that it is the Staff’s 's position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange SecuritiesNotes, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities Notes owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities Notes for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities Act.
(b) In the light of the above, notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, each of the Issuer Company and the Guarantor agrees that the provisions of this Agreement as they relate to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an Exchange Offer Registration to the extent, and with such reasonable modifications thereto as may be, reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers Purchaser or by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in each case as provided in clause (ii) below, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities Notes by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff of the Commission recited in Section 4(a) above; provided that:
(i) neither the Issuer Company nor the Guarantor shall not be required to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i3(b)(vii), for a period exceeding 180 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate last paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement) and Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Issuer Company or the Guarantor to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; and
(ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff or the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request to the Issuer by the Initial Purchasers or with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer by one or more broker-dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers and the Issuer in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and provided further that, in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 to an Exchange Offer Registration, the Issuer Company and the Guarantor shall be obligated (xA) to deal only with the Representatives as representatives of one entity representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx Securities Corporation unless it elects not to act as such representative, (yB) to pay the fees and expenses expense of only one counsel representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers Special Counsel unless such counsel elects not to so act and (zC) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “"cold comfort” " letter or set of letters, as the case may be, with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (i) above.
(c) The Initial Purchasers shall have no liability to the Issuer or any Holder with respect to any request that it may make pursuant to Section 4(b) above.
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Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (Terra Nova Bermuda Holding LTD)
Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The Company has been advised that the Staff has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “Participating Broker-Dealer”), ) may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. The Issuer understands Company has been advised that it is the Staff’s position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Broker- Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Broker- Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers (or, to the extent permitted by law, made available to purchasers) to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities Act.
(b) In light of the above, and notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Issuer agrees that the provisions of this Agreement as they relate to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an Exchange Offer Registration to the extentCompany agrees, and with such reasonable modifications thereto as may be, reasonably if so requested by the Initial Purchasers or by one or more Holders who is a Participating Broker-DealersDealer, in each case as provided in clause (ii) below, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a) above; provided that:
(i) the Issuer shall not be required use its reasonable best efforts to amend or supplement cause the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise Statement to be contemplated by Section 3(i), amended or supplemented for a period exceeding ending on the earlier of (i) 180 days after the last date the Exchange Date Offer Registration Statement becomes effective (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement3(d) hereof) and (ii) the date on which each Participating Broker-Dealer is no longer required to deliver a prospectus in connection with market making or other trading activities, in each case to the extent necessary to ensure that the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is available for resale of the Registrable Securities acquired by the Participating Broker-Dealers. The Company further consents to the delivery of (or, to the extent permitted by law, agree to make available) such Prospectus by Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Issuer to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after during such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; and
(ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff or the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request to the Issuer by the Initial Purchasers or with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer by one or more broker-dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers and the Issuer in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and provided further that, in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 to an Exchange Offer Registration, the Issuer shall be obligated (x) to deal only with the Representatives as representatives of the Participating Broker-Dealers, (y) to pay the fees and expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers unless such counsel elects not to so act and (z) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “cold comfort” letter with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (i) above.
. (c) The Initial Purchasers shall have no liability to the Issuer Company or any Holder with respect to any request that it a Holder may make pursuant to Section 4(b) abovehereof. 5.
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Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The Staff of the SEC has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “"Participating Broker-Dealer”"), may be deemed to be an “"underwriter” " within the meaning of the Securities 1933 Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. The Issuer Company understands that it is the Staff’s 's position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities 1933 Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act.
(b) In light of the above, notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Issuer Company agrees that the provisions of this Agreement as they relate to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an Exchange Offer Registration to the extent, and with such reasonable modifications thereto as may be, reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers Placement Agents or by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in each case as provided in clause (ii) below, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a) above; provided that:
(i) the Issuer Company shall not be required to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i), for a period exceeding 180 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement) and Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Issuer Company to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; and
(ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff of the SEC or the Securities 1933 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request to the Issuer Company by the Initial Purchasers Placement Agents or with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer Company by one or more broker-dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers Placement Agents and the Issuer Company in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and provided further that, in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 to an Exchange Offer Registration, the Issuer Company shall be obligated (x) to deal only with the Representatives as representatives of one entity representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be the Representative unless it elects not to act as such representative, (y) to pay the fees and expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers Placement Agents unless such counsel elects not to so act and (z) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “"cold comfort” " letter with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (i) above.
(c) The Initial Purchasers Placement Agents shall have no liability to the Issuer Company or any Holder with respect to any request that it they may make pursuant to Section 4(b) above.
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Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The Company understands that the Staff of the SEC has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities Notes for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities Notes that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “"Participating Broker-Dealer”"), may be deemed to be an “"underwriter” " within the meaning of the Securities Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. Notes.
(b) The Issuer Company understands that it is the Staff’s 's position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange SecuritiesNotes, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities Notes owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities Notes for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities Act.
(bc) In light of the above, notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Issuer Company agrees that the provisions of this Agreement as they relate to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an Exchange Offer Registration to the extent, and with such reasonable modifications thereto as may be, reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers or by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in each case as provided in clause (ii) below, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities Notes by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a) above; provided that:
(i) the Issuer Company shall not be required to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i), for a period exceeding 180 days two years after the last Exchange Offer Termination Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement3) and Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Issuer Company to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; and
(ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff of the SEC or the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request to the Issuer by the Initial Purchasers or with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer Company by one or more broker-dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers and the Issuer Company in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and provided further that, in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 to an Exchange Offer Registration, the Issuer Company shall be obligated (x) to deal only with the Representatives as representatives of two entities representing the Participating Broker-DealersDealers which shall be Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated ("Morgan Stanley") and Sxxxxxx Xxxxx Xarney Inc. ("Salomon") xx Xxrxxx Xxxnley and Salomon xx requests or otherwise the Paxxxxxxaxxxx Xxoker-Dealer holding the largest aggregate principal amount of Notes, (y) to pay the fees and expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers unless such counsel elects not to so act Dealers and (z) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “cold comfort” comfort letter with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (i) aboveOffer Termination Date.
(c) The Initial Purchasers shall have no liability to the Issuer or any Holder with respect to any request that it may make pursuant to Section 4(b) above.
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Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (International Paper Co /New/)
Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The Staff of the SEC has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “"Participating Broker-Dealer”"), may be deemed to be an “"underwriter” " within the meaning of the Securities 1933 Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. The Issuer Company understands that it is the Staff’s 's position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities 1933 Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act.
(b) In light of the above, notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Issuer Company agrees that the provisions of this Agreement as they relate to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an Exchange Offer Registration to the extent, and with such reasonable modifications thereto as may be, reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers Placement Agents or by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in each case as provided in clause (ii) below, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a) above; provided that:
(i) the Issuer Company shall not be required to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i)) of this Agreement, for a period exceeding 180 90 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement) and Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Issuer Company to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; and;
(ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff of the SEC or the Securities 1933 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request to the Issuer Company by the Initial Purchasers Placement Agents or with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer Company by one or more broker-dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers Placement Agents and the Issuer Company in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and provided further that, in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, the Issuer Company shall be obligated (x) to deal only with the Representatives as representatives of the Participating Broker-Dealers, (y) to pay the fees and expenses of only one counsel entity representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers Morgxx Xxxnxxx & Xo. Incorporated unless such counsel it elects not to so act as such representative and (zy) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “"cold comfort” " letter with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (i) above; and
(iii) on a weekly basis, the representative of the Participating Broker-Dealers will confirm with the Company that the Shelf Registration Statement is available.
(c) The Initial Purchasers Placement Agents shall have no liability to the Issuer Company or any Holder with respect to any request that it may make pursuant to Section 4(b) above.
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Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (Nextel International Inc)
Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The Staff of the SEC has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired by such broker-dealer for its own account as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “"Participating Broker-Dealer”), ") may be deemed to be an “"underwriter” " within the meaning of the Securities 1933 Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. The Issuer Parent understands that it is the Staff’s 's position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities 1933 Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act.
(b) In light of the above, notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Issuer agrees and the Parent agree that the provisions of this Agreement as they relate to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an Exchange Offer Registration to the extent, and with such reasonable modifications thereto as may be, be reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers Representatives or by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in each case as provided in clause (ii) below, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a) above; provided that:
(i) the Issuer Parent shall not be required to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i), for a period exceeding 180 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement) and Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Issuer Parent to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; and
(ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff of the SEC or the Securities 1933 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request to the Issuer Parent by the Initial Purchasers Representatives or with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer Parent by one or more broker-dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers Representatives and the Issuer Parent in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and provided further that, in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 to an Exchange Offer Registration, the Issuer Parent shall be obligated (x) to deal only with the Representatives as representatives one of two entities representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc. or Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated unless either entity elects not to act as such representative, (y) to pay the fees and expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers unless such counsel elects not to so act and (z) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “"cold comfort” " or similar letter relating to the Parent (plus only one, if any, "cold comfort" or similar letter with respect to any other Person or businesses whose financial statements are included or incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement) with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (i) above.
(c) The Initial Purchasers Representatives shall have no liability to the Issuer and the Guarantors or any Holder with respect to any request that it may make pursuant to Section 4(b) above.
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Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (Coors Worldwide Inc)
Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The Staff of the SEC has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “Participating Broker-Dealer”” ), may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities 1933 Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. The Issuer Each of the Company and the Guarantors understands that it is the Staff’s position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities 1933 Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act.
(b) In light of the above, and notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, each of the Issuer Company and the Guarantors agrees that the provisions of this Agreement as they relate to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an Exchange Offer Registration to the extent, and with such reasonable modifications thereto as may be, reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers or by one or more Participating Broker-Broker Dealers, in each case as provided in clause (ii) below, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a) above; provided that:
(i) neither the Issuer Company nor the Guarantors shall not be required to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i), for a period exceeding 180 days after the last Exchange Effective Date of the Registration Statement (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement) and Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Issuer Company or any Guarantor to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; and
(ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff of the SEC or the Securities 1933 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request to the Issuer Company and the Guarantors by the Initial Purchasers or with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer Company and the Guarantors by one or more broker-dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers and the Issuer Company and the Guarantors in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and provided further that, in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 to an Exchange Offer Registration, each of the Issuer Company and the Guarantors shall be obligated (x) to deal only with the Representatives as representatives of one entity representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. unless it elects not to act as such representative, (y) to pay the fees and expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers unless such counsel elects not to so act and (z) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “cold comfort” letter with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (i) above.
(c) The Initial Purchasers shall have no liability to the Issuer Company, the Guarantors or any Holder with respect to any request that it may make pursuant to Section 4(b) above.
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Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The Company understands that the Staff of the SEC has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “"Participating Broker-Dealer”"), may be deemed to be an “"underwriter” " within the meaning of the Securities 1933 Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. The Issuer Company understands that it is the Staff’s 's position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities 1933 Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act.
(b) In light of the above, notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Issuer Company agrees that the provisions of this Agreement as they relate to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an Exchange Offer Registration to the extent, and with such reasonable modifications thereto as may be, reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers or by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in each case as provided in clause (ii) below, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a) above; provided that:
(i) the Issuer Company shall not be required to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i), for a period exceeding 180 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement) and Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Issuer Company to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; andand 15 14
(ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff of the SEC or the Securities 1933 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request to the Issuer Company by the Initial Purchasers or with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer Company by one or more broker-dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers and the Issuer Company in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and provided further that, in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 to an Exchange Offer Registration, the Issuer Company shall be obligated (x) to deal only with the Representatives as representatives of one entity representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be Morgxx Xxxnxxx & Xo. Incorporated unless it elects not to act as such representative, (y) to pay the fees and expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers unless such counsel elects not to so act and (z) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “"cold comfort” " letter with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (i) above.
(c) The Initial Purchasers shall have no liability to the Issuer Company or any Holder with respect to any request that it may make pursuant to Section 4(b) above.
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Samples: Notes Registration Rights Agreement (Allegiance Telecom Inc)
Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The Staff of the SEC has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “Participating Broker-Dealer”), ) may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. The Issuer understands Issuers understand that it is the Staff’s position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities Act.
(b) In light of the above, and notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Issuer agrees that Issuers agree to amend or supplement the provisions of this Agreement as they relate to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i), for a period of up to 180 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the extentpenultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement), and with such reasonable modifications thereto as may be, reasonably if requested by the Initial Purchasers Purchaser or by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in each case as provided in clause (ii) below, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a) above; provided that:
(i) the Issuer shall not be required to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i), for a period exceeding 180 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement) and . The Issuers further agree that Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Issuer to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after during such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; and
(ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff or the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request to the Issuer by the Initial Purchasers or with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer by one or more broker-dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers and the Issuer in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and provided further that, in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 to an Exchange Offer Registration, the Issuer shall be obligated (x) to deal only with the Representatives as representatives of the Participating Broker-Dealers, (y) to pay the fees and expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers unless such counsel elects not to so act and (z) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “cold comfort” letter with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (i) above.
(c) The Initial Purchasers Purchaser shall have no liability to the Issuer any Issuer, any Guarantor or any Holder with respect to any request that it they may make pursuant to Section 4(b) above.
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Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (Atlas Pipeline Partners Lp)
Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The Staff of the SEC has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “Participating Broker-Dealer”), may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities 1933 Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. The Issuer Company understands that it is the Staff’s position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities 1933 Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act.
(b) In light of the above, notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Issuer agrees Company and the Guarantors agree that the provisions of this Agreement as they relate to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an Exchange Offer Registration to the extent, and with such reasonable modifications thereto as may be, reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers Placement Agents or by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in each case as provided in clause (ii) below, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a) above; provided that:
(i) the Issuer Company and the Guarantors shall not be required to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i), (A) after the Participating Broker-Dealers shall have disposed of the Registrable Securities or (B) for a period exceeding 180 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement) and Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Issuer Company to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after such date or such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; and
(ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff of the SEC or the Securities 1933 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request to the Issuer Company and the Guarantors by the Initial Purchasers Placement Agents or with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer Company by one or more broker-dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers Placement Agents and the Issuer Company and the Guarantors in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and provided further that, in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 to an Exchange Offer Registration, the Issuer Company and the Guarantors shall be obligated (x) to deal only with the Representatives as representatives of one entity representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be Mxxxxx Sxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated unless it elects not to act as such representative, (y) to pay the fees and expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers Placement Agents unless such counsel elects not to so act and (z) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “cold comfort” letter with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (i) above.
(c) The Initial Purchasers Placement Agents shall have no liability to the Issuer Company, the Guarantors or any Holder with respect to any request that it may make pursuant to Section 4(b) above.
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Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The Staff of the SEC has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “"Participating Broker-Dealer”"), may be deemed to be an “"underwriter” " within the meaning of the Securities 1933 Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. The Issuer understands Companies understand that it is the Staff’s 's position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities 1933 Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act.
(b) In light of the above, notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Issuer agrees Companies agree that the provisions of this Agreement as they relate to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an Exchange Offer Registration to the extent, and with such reasonable modifications thereto as may be, reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers Placement Agents or by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in each case as provided in clause (ii) below, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a) above; provided that:
(i) the Issuer neither Company shall not be required to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i), for a period exceeding 180 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement) and Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Issuer Companies to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; and
(ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff of the SEC or the Securities 1933 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request to the Issuer Companies by the Initial Purchasers Placement Agents or with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer Companies by one or more broker-dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers Placement Agents and the Issuer Companies in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and provided further that, in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 to an Exchange Offer Registration, the Issuer Companies shall be obligated (x) to deal only with the Representatives as representatives of one entity representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated unless it elects not to act as xxxx rxxxxxxxtative and (y) to pay the fees and expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers Placement Agents unless such counsel elects not to so act and (z) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “cold comfort” letter with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (i) aboveact.
(c) The Initial Purchasers Placement Agents shall have no liability to the Issuer Companies or any Holder with respect to any request that it may make pursuant to Section 4(b) above.
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Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The Staff of the SEC has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “Participating Broker-Dealer”), may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities 1933 Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. The Issuer understands Company and the Parent understand that it is the Staff’s position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities 1933 Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act.
(b) In light of the above, notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Issuer agrees Company and the Parent agree that the provisions of this Agreement as they relate to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an Exchange Offer Registration to the extent, and with such reasonable modifications thereto as may be, reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers or by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in each case as provided in clause (ii) below, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a) above; provided that:
(i) the Issuer Company and the Parent shall not be required to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i3(j), for a period exceeding 180 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement) and Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Issuer Company to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; and
(ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff of the SEC or the Securities 1933 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request to the Issuer Company and the Parent by the Initial Purchasers or with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer Company by one or more broker-dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers and the Issuer Company and the Parent in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and provided further that, in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 to an Exchange Offer Registration, the Issuer Company shall be obligated (x) to deal only with the Representatives as representatives of one entity representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. LLC unless it elects not to act as such representative, (y) to pay the fees and expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers unless such counsel elects not to so act and (z) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “cold comfort” letter with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (i) above.
(c) The Initial Purchasers shall have no liability to the Issuer Company or any Holder with respect to any request that it may make pursuant to Section 4(b) above.
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Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (Seagate Technology PLC)
Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The Staff of the SEC has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “Participating Broker-Dealer”), may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities 1933 Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. The Issuer Each of the Company and the Guarantors understands that it is the Staff’s position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities 1933 Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act.
(b) In light of the above, notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, each of the Issuer Company and the Guarantors agrees that the provisions of this Agreement as they relate to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an Exchange Offer Registration to the extent, and with such reasonable modifications thereto as may be, reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers Purchaser or by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in each case as provided in clause (ii) below, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a) above; provided that:
(i) neither the Issuer Company nor the Guarantors shall not be required to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i), for a period exceeding 180 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement) and Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Issuer Company or any Guarantor to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; and
(ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff of the SEC or the Securities 1933 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request to the Issuer Company and the Guarantors by the Initial Purchasers Purchaser or with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer Company and the Guarantors by one or more broker-dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers Purchaser and the Issuer Company and the Guarantors in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and provided further that, in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 to an Exchange Offer Registration, each of the Issuer Company and the Guarantors shall be obligated (x) to deal only with the Representatives as representatives of one entity representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be Mxxxxx Sxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated unless it elects not to act as such representative,
(y) to pay the fees and expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers Purchaser unless such counsel elects not to so act and (z) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “cold comfort” letter with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (i) above.
(c) The Initial Purchasers Purchaser shall have no liability to the Issuer Company, the Guarantors or any Holder with respect to any request that it may make pursuant to Section 4(b) above.
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Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (Maxcom SF, S.A. De C.V.)
Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The Staff SEC staff has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities Notes for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities Initial Notes that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “Participating Broker"PARTICIPATING BROKER-Dealer”DEALER"), may be deemed to be an “"underwriter” " within the meaning of the Securities 1933 Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange SecuritiesNotes. The Issuer Company understands that it is the Staff’s SEC staff's position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange SecuritiesNotes, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities Notes owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities 1933 Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities Notes for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act.
(b) In light of the aboveSection 4(a) hereof, notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Issuer Company agrees that the provisions of this Agreement as they relate to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an Exchange Offer Registration to the extent, and with such reasonable modifications thereto as may be, reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers or by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in each case as provided in clause (ii) below, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities Notes by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff SEC staff recited in Section 4(a) abovehereof; provided that:
(i) the Issuer Company shall not be required to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i)) hereof, for a period exceeding 180 90 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreementhereof) and Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Issuer Company to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; and;
(ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement hereof to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff SEC staff or the Securities 1933 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request to the Issuer by the Initial Purchasers or with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer Company by one or more broker-dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers and the Issuer Company in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and provided further that, in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 hereof to an Exchange Offer Registration, the Issuer Company shall be obligated (x) to deal only with the Representatives as representatives of Initial Purchasers representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, unless the Initial Purchasers elect not to act as such representatives, (y) to pay the fees and expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers unless such counsel elects not to so act act, and (z) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “"cold comfort” " letter with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (i) above.
(c) The None of the Initial Purchasers shall have no any liability to the Issuer Company or any Holder with respect to any request that it may make pursuant to Section 4(b) above.
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Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (RPM International Inc/De/)
Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The Staff of the SEC has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities Notes for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities Notes that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “"Participating Broker-Dealer”"), may be deemed to be an “"underwriter” " within the meaning of the Securities 1933 Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange SecuritiesNotes. The Issuer understands Holdings and ICG understand that it is the Staff’s 's position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange SecuritiesNotes, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities Notes owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities 1933 Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities Notes for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act.
(b) In light of the above, notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Issuer agrees that the provisions of this Agreement as they relate to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an Exchange Offer Registration to the extent, and with such reasonable modifications thereto as may be, reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers or by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in each case as provided in clause (ii) below, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a) above; provided that:
(i) the Issuer Holdings and ICG shall not be required to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i)) of this Agreement, for a period exceeding 180 60 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement) and Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Issuer Holdings and ICG to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; and
(ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff of the SEC or the Securities 1933 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request to the Issuer Holdings and ICG by the Initial Purchasers Placement Agent or with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer Holdings and ICG by one or more broker-dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers Placement Agent, Holdings and the Issuer ICG in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Broker- Dealers; and provided further that, in connection with such -------- ------- application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, the Issuer Holdings and ICG shall be obligated (x) to deal only with the Representatives as representatives of one entity representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be the Placement Agent unless it elects not to act as such representative, (y) to pay the fees and expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers Placement Agent unless such counsel elects not to so act and (z) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “"cold comfort” " letter with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (i) above.
(c) The Initial Purchasers Placement Agent shall have no liability to the Issuer Holdings, ICG or any Holder with respect to any request that it may make pursuant to Section 4(b) above.
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Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (Icg Communications Inc)
Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The parties hereto acknowledge that the Staff has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities Notes that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “"Participating Broker-Dealer”"), may be deemed to be an “"underwriter” " within the meaning of the Securities Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. The Issuer understands CBB and AMBEV understand that it is the Staff’s 's position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities Act.
(b) In light of the above, notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, CBB and AMBEV agree to take all actions necessary to ensure the Issuer agrees that effectiveness of the provisions of this Agreement as they relate Registration Statement referred to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an Exchange Offer Registration to the extent, and with such reasonable modifications thereto in Section 2 as may be, be reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers or by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in each case as provided in clause (ii) below, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a) above; , provided that:
(i) the Issuer neither CBB nor AMBEV shall not be required to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i), Statement for a period exceeding 180 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement) and Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Issuer CBB or AMBEV to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; and
(ii) the any application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff or the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request to the Issuer CBB and AMBEV by the Initial Purchasers or with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer CBB and AMBEV by one or more broker-dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers and the Issuer CBB and AMBEV in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and provided further that, in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration any procedures set forth in Section 3 to an Exchange Offer Registration, the Issuer CBB and AMBEV shall be obligated (x) to deal only with the Representatives as representatives of one entity representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be Citigroup Global Markets Inc. unless it elects not to act as such representative, (y) to pay the reasonable fees and expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers unless such counsel elects not to so act and (z) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “"cold comfort” " letter with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (i) aboveconnection therewith.
(c) The Initial Purchasers shall have no liability to the Issuer Companies or any Holder with respect to any request that it they may make pursuant to Section 4(b) above.
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Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (American Beverage Co Ambev)
Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The Staff staff of the SEC has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “Participating Broker-Dealer”), may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities 1933 Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. The Issuer understands Company and the Guarantors understand that it is the Staffstaff’s position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Broker- Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities 1933 Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act.
(b) In in light of the above, notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Issuer agrees Company and the Guarantors agree that the provisions of this Agreement as they relate to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an Exchange Offer Registration to the extent, and with such reasonable modifications thereto as may be, be reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers Placement Agents or by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in each case as provided in clause (ii4(b)(ii) below, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff staff recited in Section 4(a) above; provided that:
(i) the Issuer Company and the Guarantors shall not be required to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i), for a period exceeding 180 60 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement) and Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Issuer Company and the Guarantors to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; and
(ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff of the SEC or the Securities 1933 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer Company by the Initial Purchasers Placement Agents or with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer Company by one or more broker-dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers and Placement Agents, the Issuer Company in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and provided further that, in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 to an Exchange Offer Registration, the Issuer Company and the Guarantors shall be obligated (xA) to deal only with the Representatives as representatives of one entity representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated unless it elects not to act as such representative, (yB) to pay the fees and expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers Placement Agents unless such counsel elects not to so act and (zC) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “cold comfort” letter with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (i4(b)(i) above.
(c) The Initial Purchasers Placement Agents shall have no liability to the Issuer Company, any Guarantor or any Holder with respect to any request that it may make pursuant to Section 4(b) above.
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Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings Inc)
Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The Staff staff of the SEC has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “"Participating Broker-Dealer”), ") may be deemed to be an “"underwriter” " within the meaning of the Securities 1933 Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. The Issuer Company understands that it is the Staff’s staff's position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities 1933 Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act.
(b) In light of the above, notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Issuer Company agrees that the provisions of this Agreement as they relate to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an Exchange Offer Registration to the extent, and with such reasonable modifications thereto as may be, reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers Placement Agents or by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in each case as provided in clause (ii) below, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff staff of the SEC recited in Section 4(a) above; provided that:: --------
(i) the Issuer Company shall not be required to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i), for a period exceeding 180 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement) and Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Issuer Company to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; and
(ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff staff of the SEC or the Securities 1933 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request to the Issuer Company by the Initial Purchasers Placement Agents or with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer Company by one or more broker-dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers Placement Agents and the Issuer Company in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and provided -------- further that, in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration ------- procedures set forth in Section 3 to an Exchange Offer Registration, the Issuer Company shall be obligated (x) to deal only with the Representatives as representatives of two entities representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be Banc of America Securities LLC and Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated unless both elect not to act as such representative, in which case representation shall be designated by Participating Broker-Dealers holding a majority in principal amount of all Securities held by Participating Broker-Dealers (y) to pay the fees and expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers Placement Agents unless such counsel elects not to so act and (z) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “"cold comfort” " letter with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (i) above.
(c) The Initial Purchasers Placement Agents shall have no liability to the Issuer Company or any Holder with respect to any request that it may make pursuant to Section 4(b) above.
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Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The Staff of the SEC has taken the position that any broker-broker- dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “Participating Broker-Dealer”), may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities 1933 Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. The Issuer understands Company and the Guarantors understand that it is the Staff’s position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities 1933 Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act.
(b) In light of the above, notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Issuer agrees Company and the Guarantors agree that the provisions of this Agreement as they relate to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an Exchange Offer Registration to the extent, and with such reasonable modifications thereto as may be, reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers or by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in each case as provided in clause (ii) below, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a) above; provided that:
(i) the Issuer Company and the Guarantors shall not be required to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i)3(j) hereof, for a period exceeding 180 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement) and Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Issuer Company to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; and
(ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff of the SEC or the Securities 1933 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request to the Issuer Company and the Guarantors by the Initial Purchasers or with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer Company by one or more broker-dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers and the Issuer Company and the Guarantors in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and provided further that, in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 to an Exchange Offer Registration, the Issuer Company shall be obligated (x) to deal only with the Representatives as representatives of one entity representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. LLC, unless it elects not to act as such representative, (y) to pay the fees and expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers unless such counsel elects not to so act and (z) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “cold comfort” letter with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (i) above.
(c) The Initial Purchasers shall have no liability to the Issuer Company or any Holder with respect to any request that it may make pursuant to Section 4(b) above.
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Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (Seagate Technology Holdings PLC)
Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The Staff of the SEC has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “Participating Broker-Dealer”), may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities 1933 Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. The Issuer understands Company and the Guarantors understand that it is the Staff’s position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities 1933 Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act.
(b) In light of the above, notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Issuer agrees Company and the Guarantors agree that the provisions of this Agreement as they relate to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an Exchange Offer Registration to the extent, and with such reasonable modifications thereto as may be, reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers Dealer Managers or by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in each case as provided in clause (ii) below, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a) above; provided that:
(i) the Issuer Company and the Guarantors shall not be required to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i)3(j) hereof, for a period exceeding 180 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement) and Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Issuer Company to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; and
(ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff of the SEC or the Securities 1933 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request to the Issuer Company and the Guarantors by the Initial Purchasers Dealer Managers or with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer Company by one or more broker-dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers Dealer Managers and the Issuer Company and the Guarantors in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and provided further that, in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 to an Exchange Offer Registration, the Issuer Company shall be obligated (x) to deal only with the Representatives as representatives of entities representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. LLC, MUFG Securities Americas Inc., BofA Securities, Inc., Scotia Capital (USA) Inc., Xxxxx Fargo Securities, LLC and BNP Paribas Securities Corp., unless one or all elect not to act as such representative, (y) to pay the fees and expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers Dealer Managers unless such counsel elects not to so act and (z) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “cold comfort” letter with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (i) above.
(c) The Initial Purchasers Dealer Managers shall have no liability to the Issuer Company or any Holder with respect to any request that it may make pursuant to Section 4(b) above.
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Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (Seagate Technology Holdings PLC)
Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The Staff of the SEC has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “Participating Broker-Dealer”), ) may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. The Issuer understands Issuers understand that it is the Staff’s position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities Act.
(b) In light of the above, and notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Issuer agrees that Issuers agree to amend or supplement the provisions of this Agreement as they relate to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i), for a period of up to 180 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the extentpenultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement), and with such reasonable modifications thereto as may be, reasonably if requested by the Initial Purchasers or by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in each case as provided in clause (ii) below, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a) above; provided that:
(i) the Issuer shall not be required to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i), for a period exceeding 180 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement) and . The Issuers further agree that Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Issuer to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after during such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; and
(ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff or the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request to the Issuer by the Initial Purchasers or with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer by one or more broker-dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers and the Issuer in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and provided further that, in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 to an Exchange Offer Registration, the Issuer shall be obligated (x) to deal only with the Representatives as representatives of the Participating Broker-Dealers, (y) to pay the fees and expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers unless such counsel elects not to so act and (z) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “cold comfort” letter with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (i) above.
(c) The Initial Purchasers shall have no liability to the Issuer Issuers or any Holder with respect to any request that it they may make pursuant to Section 4(b) above.
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Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (Star Gas Finance Co)
Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The Staff of the SEC has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “"Participating Broker-Dealer”"), may be deemed to be an “"underwriter” " within the meaning of the Securities 1933 Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. The Issuer understands Company and the Guarantors understand that it is the Staff’s 's position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities 1933 Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act.
(b) In light of the above, notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Issuer agrees Company and the Guarantors agree that the provisions of this Agreement as they relate to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an Exchange Offer Registration to the extent, and with such reasonable modifications thereto as may be, be reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers Placement Agents or by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in each case as provided in clause (ii) below, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a) above; provided that:: --------
(i) the Issuer Company and the Guarantors shall not be required to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i), for a period exceeding 180 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement) and Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Issuer Company and the Guarantors to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; and
(ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff of the SEC or the Securities 1933 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request to the Issuer Company and the Guarantors by the Initial Purchasers Placement Agents or with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer Company and the Guarantors by one or more broker-dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers Placement Agents and the Issuer Company and the Guarantors in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and provided further that, -------- ------- in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 to an Exchange Offer Registration, the Issuer Company and the Guarantors shall be obligated (x) to deal only with the Representatives as representatives of one entity representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated unless it elects not to act as such representative, (y) to pay the fees and expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers Placement Agents unless such counsel elects not to so act and (z) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “"cold comfort” " letter with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (i) above.
(c) The Initial Purchasers Placement Agents shall have no liability to the Issuer Company, any Guarantor or any Holder with respect to any request that it may make pursuant to Section 4(b) above.
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Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (Marvel Enterprises Inc)
Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The Staff of the SEC has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “Participating Broker-Dealer”), may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities 1933 Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. The Issuer Each of the Company and the Guarantors understands that it is the Staff’s position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities 1933 Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act.
(b) In light of the above, and notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, each of the Issuer Company and the Guarantors agrees that to amend or supplement the provisions of this Agreement as they relate to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement for a period of up to 180 days after the extent, and with date on which the SEC declares such reasonable modifications thereto Exchange Offer Registration Statement effective (as such period may be, reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers or by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in each case as provided in clause (ii) belowbe extended pursuant to this Agreement), in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a) above. The Company and the Guarantors further agree that Participating Broker-Dealers shall be authorized to deliver such Prospectus (or, to the extent permitted by law, make available) during such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; provided that:
(i) neither the Issuer Company nor the Guarantors shall not be required to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i), for a period exceeding 180 days after the last Exchange Effective Date of the Registration Statement (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement) and Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Issuer Company or any Guarantor to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; and
(ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff of the SEC or the Securities 1933 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request to the Issuer Company and the Guarantors by the Initial Purchasers or with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer Company and the Guarantors by one or more broker-dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers and the Issuer Company and the Guarantors in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and provided further that, in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 to an Exchange Offer Registration, each of the Issuer Company and the Guarantors shall be obligated (x) to deal only with the Representatives as representatives of the Participating Broker-Dealers, (y) to pay the fees and expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers unless such counsel elects not to so act and (zy) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “cold comfort” letter with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (i) above.
(c) The Initial Purchasers shall have no liability to the Issuer Company, the Guarantors or any Holder with respect to any request that it may make pursuant to Section 4(b) above.
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Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The Staff of the SEC has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “"Participating Broker-Dealer”"), may be deemed to be an “"underwriter” " within the meaning of the Securities 1933 Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. The Issuer understands Company and the Guarantor understand that it is the Staff’s 's position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities 1933 Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act.
(b) In light of the above, notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Issuer agrees Company and the Guarantor agree that the provisions of this Agreement as they relate to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an Exchange Offer Registration to the extent, and with such reasonable modifications thereto as may be, reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers or by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in each case as provided in clause (ii) below, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a) above; provided PROVIDED that:
(i) neither the Issuer Company nor the Guarantor shall not be required to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i), for a period exceeding 180 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement) and Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Issuer Company or the Guarantor to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; and
(ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff of the SEC or the Securities 1933 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request to the Issuer Company and the Guarantor by the Initial Purchasers or with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer Company and the Guarantor by one or more broker-dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers Purchasers, the Company and the Issuer Guarantor in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and provided further PROVIDED FURTHER that, in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 to an Exchange Offer Registration, the Issuer Company and the Guarantor shall be obligated (x) to deal only with the Representatives as representatives of one entity representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. unless it elects not to act as such representative, (y) to pay the fees and expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers unless such counsel elects not to so act and (z) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “"cold comfort” " letter with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (i) above.
(c) The Initial Purchasers shall have no liability to the Issuer Company, the Guarantor or any Holder with respect to any request that it may make pursuant to Section 4(b) above.
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Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The Staff of the SEC has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “"Participating Broker-Dealer”"), may be deemed to be an “"underwriter” " within the meaning of the Securities 1933 Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. The Issuer understands Company and the Guarantor understand that it is the Staff’s 's position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities 1933 Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act.
(b) In light of the above, notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Issuer agrees Company and the Guarantor agree that the provisions of this Agreement as they relate to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an Exchange Offer Registration to the extent, and with such reasonable modifications thereto as may be, reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers Placement Agents or by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in each case as provided in clause (ii) below, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a) above; provided that:
(i) the Issuer Company and the Guarantor shall not be required to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i), for a period exceeding 180 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement) and Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Issuer Company and the Guarantor to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; andand 16 14
(ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff of the SEC or the Securities 1933 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request to the Issuer Company and the Guarantor by the Initial Purchasers Placement Agents or with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer Company and the Guarantor by one or more broker-dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers Placement Agents, the Company and the Issuer Guarantor in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and provided further that, in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 to an Exchange Offer Registration, the Issuer Company and the Guarantor shall be obligated (x) to deal only with the Representatives as representatives of one entity representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be Morgxx Xxxnxxx & Xo. Incorporated unless it elects not to act as such representative, (y) to pay the fees and expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers Placement Agents unless such counsel elects not to so act and (z) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “"cold comfort” " letter with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (i) above.
(c) The Initial Purchasers Placement Agents shall have no liability to the Issuer Company, the Guarantor or any Holder with respect to any request that it may make pursuant to Section 4(b) above.
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Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The Staff has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “Participating Broker-Dealer”), ) may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. The Issuer Company understands that it is the Staff’s Staffs position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities Act.
(b) In light of the above, and notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Issuer Company agrees that to amend or supplement the provisions of this Agreement as they relate to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i), for a period of up to the extentearlier of 180 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement) and the date on which all Participating Broker-Dealers and Initial Purchaser have sold all Exchange Securities held by them, and with such reasonable modifications thereto as may be, reasonably if requested by the Initial Purchasers Purchaser or by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in each case as provided in clause (ii) below, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a) above; provided that:
(i) the Issuer shall not be required to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i), for a period exceeding 180 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement) and . The Company further agrees that Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Issuer to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after during such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; and
(ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff or the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request to the Issuer by the Initial Purchasers or with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer by one or more broker-dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers and the Issuer in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and provided further that, in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 to an Exchange Offer Registration, the Issuer shall be obligated (x) to deal only with the Representatives as representatives of the Participating Broker-Dealers, (y) to pay the fees and expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers unless such counsel elects not to so act and (z) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “cold comfort” letter with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (i) above.
(c) The Initial Purchasers Purchaser shall have no liability to the Issuer Company or any Holder with respect to any request that it they may make pursuant to Section 4(b) above.
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Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (Polypore International, Inc.)
Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The Staff staff of the SEC (the “Staff”) has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “Participating Broker-Dealer”), may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities 1933 Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. The Issuer understands that it is the Staff’s position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities 1933 Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act.
(b) In light of the above, notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Issuer agrees that the provisions of this Agreement as they relate to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an Exchange Offer Registration to the extent, and with such reasonable modifications thereto as may be, reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers or by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in each case as provided in clause (ii) below, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a) above; provided that:
(i) the Issuer shall not be required to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i)) hereof, for a period exceeding 180 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreementhereof) and Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Issuer to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; and
(ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement hereof to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff of the SEC or the Securities 1933 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request to the Issuer by the Initial Purchasers or with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer by one or more broker-dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers Purchasers, on one hand, and the Issuer on the other hand, in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and provided further that, in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 hereof to an Exchange Offer Registration, the Issuer shall be obligated (x) to deal only with the Representatives as representatives of one entity representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be the Representative unless it elects not to act as such representative, (y) to pay the fees and expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers unless such counsel elects not to so act and (z) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “cold comfort” letter from the independent certified public accountants of the Issuer (and, if necessary, one “cold comfort” letter from each of the other certified public accountants of any subsidiary of the Issuer, or of any business acquired by the Issuer for which financial statements and financial data are or are required to be included in the Registration Statement) with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (i) above.
(c) The Initial Purchasers shall have no liability to the Issuer or any Holder with respect to any request that it they may make pursuant to Section 4(b) above.
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Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (Forest Laboratories Inc)
Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The Staff parties hereto understand that the staff of the SEC has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “Participating Broker-Dealer”), may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities 1933 Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. The Issuer Company understands that it is currently the Staffstaff’s position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities 1933 Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act.
(b) In light of the above, notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Issuer Company agrees that the provisions of this Agreement as they relate to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an Exchange Offer Registration to the extent, and with such reasonable modifications thereto as may be, reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers or by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in each case as provided in clause (ii) below, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a) above; provided that:
(i) the Issuer Company shall not be required to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i3(j), for a period exceeding 180 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement) and Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Issuer Company to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; and
(ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff staff of the SEC or the Securities 1933 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer Company by the Initial Purchasers or with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer Company by one or more broker-dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers and the Issuer Company in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and provided further that, in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 to an Exchange Offer Registration, the Issuer Company shall be obligated (x) to deal only with the Representatives as representatives of one entity representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. unless it elects not to act as such representative, (y) to pay the fees and expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers unless such counsel elects not to so act and (z) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “cold comfort” letter with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (i) above.
(c) The Initial Purchasers shall have no liability to the Issuer Company, other than as Holders in accordance with the terms hereof, or to any other Holder with respect to any request that it they may make pursuant to Section 4(b) above.
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Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co)
Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The Staff of the SEC has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “"Participating Broker-Dealer”"), may be deemed to be an “"underwriter” " within the meaning of the Securities 1933 Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. The Issuer understands Issuers understand that it is the Staff’s 's position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities 1933 Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act.
(b) In light of the above, notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Issuer agrees Issuers agree that the provisions of this Agreement as they relate to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an Exchange Offer Registration to the extent, and with such reasonable modifications thereto as may be, reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers Placement Agents or by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in each case as provided in clause (ii) below, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a) above; provided that:
(i) the Issuer Issuers shall not be required to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i), for a period exceeding 180 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement) and Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Issuer Issuers to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; and
(ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff of the SEC or the Securities 1933 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request to the Issuer Issuers by the Initial Purchasers Placement Agents or with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer Issuers by one or more broker-dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers Placement Agents and the Issuer Issuers in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and provided further that, in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 to an Exchange Offer Registration, the Issuer Issuers shall be obligated (x) to deal only with the Representatives as representatives of one entity representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated unless it elects not to act as such representative, (y) to pay the fees and expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers Placement Agents unless such counsel elects not to so act and (z) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “"cold comfort” " letter with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (i) above.
(ca) The Initial Purchasers Placement Agents shall have no liability to the Issuer Issuers or any Holder with respect to any request that it may make pursuant to Section 4(b) above.
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Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (Dayton Superior Corp)
Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The Staff of the SEC has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “Participating Broker-Dealer”), ) may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. The Issuer Company understands that it is the Staff’s position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities Act.
(ba) In light of the above, and notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Issuer Company agrees that to amend or supplement the provisions of this Agreement as they relate to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i), for a period of up to 180 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the extentpenultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement), and with such reasonable modifications thereto as may be, reasonably if requested by the Initial Purchasers or by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in each case as provided in clause (ii) below, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a) above; provided that:
(i) the Issuer shall not be required to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i), for a period exceeding 180 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement) and . The Company further agrees that Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Issuer to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after during such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; and
(ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff or the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request to the Issuer by the Initial Purchasers or with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer by one or more broker-dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers and the Issuer in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and provided further that, in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 to an Exchange Offer Registration, the Issuer shall be obligated (x) to deal only with the Representatives as representatives of the Participating Broker-Dealers, (y) to pay the fees and expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers unless such counsel elects not to so act and (z) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “cold comfort” letter with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (i) above.
(cb) The Initial Purchasers shall have no liability to the Issuer Company or any Holder with respect to any request that it they may make pursuant to Section 4(b) above.
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Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (Freeport McMoran Copper & Gold Inc)
Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The Staff of the SEC has taken the position that any broker-dealer registered under the 1934 Act that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “Participating Broker-Dealer”), may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities 1933 Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. The Issuer understands Co-Issuers understand that it is the Staff’s position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities 1933 Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act.
(b) In light of the above, notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Issuer agrees Co-Issuers and the Guarantors agree that the provisions of Section 3 of this Agreement as they relate to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an Exchange Offer Registration to the extent, and with such reasonable modifications thereto as may be, extent reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers or by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in each case as provided in clause (ii) belowbelow (but with such reasonable modifications thereto as determined by the Co-Issuers), in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a) above; provided that:
(i) the Issuer Co-Issuers and the Guarantors shall not be required to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i3(a)(ix), (A) after the Participating Broker-Dealers shall have disposed of the Registrable Securities or (B) for a period exceeding 180 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of specified in Section 3 of this Agreement3(a)(ii) and Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Issuer Co-Issuers to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after such date or such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; and
(ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff of the SEC or the Securities 1933 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request to the Issuer Co-Issuers and the Guarantors by the Initial Purchasers or with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer Co-Issuers by one or more broker-dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers and the Issuer in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and provided further that, in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 to an Exchange Offer Registration, the Issuer Co-Issuers and the Guarantors shall be obligated (x) to deal only with the Representatives as representatives of the Participating Broker-Dealers, (y) to pay the fees and expenses of only one counsel entity representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated or such other representative as is designated by a majority in interest of the Initial Purchasers unless such counsel Participating Broker-Dealers if Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated elects not to so act as such representative, and (z) shall not be obligated to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “cold comfort” letter with respect to pay the Prospectus in fees and expenses of any counsel representing the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (i) aboveParticipating Broker-Dealers.
(c) The Initial Purchasers shall have no liability to the Issuer or any Holder with respect to any request that it may make pursuant to Section 4(b) above.
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Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (Stargazer Productions)
Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The Staff has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “"Participating Broker-Dealer”), ") may be deemed to be an “"underwriter” " within the meaning of the Securities Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. The Issuer Company understands that it is the Staff’s 's position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities Act.
(b) In light of the above, and notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Issuer Company agrees that to amend or supplement the provisions of this Agreement as they relate to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(j), for a period of up to 180 days after the extentlast Exchange Date, and with such reasonable modifications thereto as may be, reasonably if requested by the Initial Purchasers or by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in each case as provided in clause (ii) below, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a6(a) above; provided that:
(i) the Issuer shall not be required to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i), for a period exceeding 180 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement) and . The Company further agrees that Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Issuer to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after during such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; and
(ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff or the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request to the Issuer by the Initial Purchasers or with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer by one or more broker-dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers and the Issuer in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and provided further that, in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 to an Exchange Offer Registration, the Issuer shall be obligated (x) to deal only with the Representatives as representatives of the Participating Broker-Dealers, (y) to pay the fees and expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers unless such counsel elects not to so act and (z) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “cold comfort” letter with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (i) above.
6. (c) The Initial Purchasers TIAA shall have no liability to the Issuer Company, other than as Holders in accordance with the terms hereof, or any Holder with respect to any request that it they may make pursuant to Section 4(b6(b) above.
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Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (Gables Realty Limited Partnership)
Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The Staff parties hereto understand that the staff of the SEC has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “Participating Broker"PARTICIPATING BROKER-Dealer”DEALER"), may be deemed to be an “"underwriter” " within the meaning of the Securities 1933 Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. The Issuer Company understands that it is currently the Staff’s staff's position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities 1933 Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities 1933 Act.
(b) In light of the above, notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Issuer Company agrees that the provisions of this Agreement as they relate to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an Exchange Offer Registration to the extent, and with such reasonable modifications thereto as may be, reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers or by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers, in each case as provided in clause (ii) below, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a) above; provided that:
(i) the Issuer Company shall not be required to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i), for a period exceeding 180 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement) and Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Issuer Company to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; and
(ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff staff of the SEC or the Securities 1933 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer Company by the Initial Purchasers or with the reasonable request in writing to the Issuer Company by one or more broker-dealers who certify to the Initial Purchasers and the Issuer Company in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and provided further that, in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 to an Exchange Offer Registration, the Issuer Company shall be obligated (x) to deal only with the Representatives as representatives of one entity representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be Salomon Smith Barney Inc. unless it elects not to axx xx xxxx xxpxxxxxxative, (y) to pay the fees and expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers unless such counsel elects not to so act and (z) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “"cold comfort” " letter with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (i) above.
(c) The Initial Purchasers shall have no liability to the Issuer Company, other than as Holders in accordance with the terms hereof, or to any other Holder with respect to any request that it they may make pursuant to Section 4(b) above.
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