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EXHIBIT 4.2
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
Dated as of April 17, 1997
by and among
PACKAGED ICE, INC.
THE SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS
named herein
and
XXXXXXXXX & COMPANY, INC.,
as Initial Purchaser
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$50,000,000
12% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2004
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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1. Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
2. Exchange Offer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3. Shelf Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
4. Additional Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
5. Registration Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
6. Registration Expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
7. Indemnification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
8. Rules 144 and 144A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
9. Underwritten Registrations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
10. Miscellaneous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
(a) No Inconsistent Agreements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
(b) Adjustments Affecting Registrable Notes . . . . . . . 21
(c) Amendments and Waivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
(d) Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
(e) Successors and Assigns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
(f) Counterparts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
(g) Headings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
(h) Governing Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
(i) Severability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
(j) Notes Held by the Issuers or Their Affiliates . . . . 24
(k) Third Party Beneficiaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
(l) Entire Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
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REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
This Registration Rights Agreement (the "Agreement") is made and
entered into as of April 17, 1997, by and among Packaged Ice, Inc., a Texas
corporation (the "Company"), each of the subsidiaries of the Company listed on
the signature pages hereto (collectively, the "Subsidiary Guarantors"), and
Xxxxxxxxx & Company, Inc. (the "Initial Purchaser").
This Agreement is entered into in connection with the Purchase
Agreement, dated as of April 11, 1997, by and among the Company, the Subsidiary
Guarantors and the Initial Purchaser (the "Purchase Agreement") which provides
for, among other things, the issuance and sale to the Initial Purchaser of
50,000 units (the "Units") consisting of an aggregate of $50,000,000 aggregate
principal amount of the Company's 12% Senior Notes due 2004, Series A (the
"Notes"), and 50,000 warrants to purchase an aggregate of 511,885 shares of
common stock, par value $ .01 per share, of the Company. In order to induce the
Initial Purchaser to enter into the Purchase Agreement, the Company and the
Subsidiary Guarantors have agreed to provide the registration rights set forth
in this Agreement for the benefit of the Initial Purchaser and their direct and
indirect transferees and assigns. The execution and delivery of this Agreement
is a condition to the Initial Purchaser's obligation to purchase the Units
under the Purchase Agreement. The Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors are
collectively referred to herein as the "Issuers."
The parties hereby agree as follows:
1. Definitions
As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the
following meanings:
Additional Interest: See Section 4(a).
Advice: See the last paragraph of Section 5.
Agreement: See the first introductory paragraph to this Agreement.
Applicable Period: See Section 2(b).
Business Day: A day that is not a Saturday, a Sunday, or a day on
which banking institutions in New York, New York are required to be closed.
Company: See the first introductory paragraph to this Agreement.
Effectiveness Date: The 120th day after the Issue Date.
Effectiveness Period: See Section 3(a).
Event Date: See Section 4(b).
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Exchange Act: The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the
rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.
Exchange Notes: See Section 2(a).
Exchange Offer: See Section 2(a).
Exchange Registration Statement: See Section 2(a).
Filing Date: The 60th day after the Issue Date.
Holder: Any registered holder of Registrable Notes.
Indemnified Person: See Section 7(c).
Indemnifying Person: See Section 7(c).
Indenture: The Indenture, dated as of April 17, 1997, by and among the
Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and U.S. Trust Company of Texas, N.A., as
trustee, pursuant to which the Notes are being issued, as amended or
supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.
Initial Purchaser: See the first introductory paragraph to this
Agreement.
Initial Shelf Registration: See Section 3(a).
Inspectors: See Section 5(o).
Issue Date: The date on which the Units were sold to the Initial
Purchaser pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.
Issuers: See the second introductory paragraph to this Agreement.
NASD: National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
Notes: See the second introductory paragraph to this Agreement.
Participant: See Section 7(a).
Participating Broker-Dealer: See Section 2(b).
Person: An individual, trustee, corporation, partnership, limited
liability company, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association,
union, business association, firm or other legal entity.
Private Exchange: See Section 2(b).
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Private Exchange Notes: See Section 2(b).
Prospectus: The prospectus included in any Registration Statement
(including, without limitation, any prospectus subject to completion and a
prospectus that includes any information previously omitted from a prospectus
filed as part of an effective registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A
promulgated under the Securities Act), as amended or supplemented by any
prospectus supplement, with respect to the terms of the offering of any portion
of the Registrable Notes covered by such Registration Statement, and all other
amendments and supplements to such prospectus, including post-effective
amendments, and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be
incorporated by reference in such prospectus.
Purchase Agreement: See the second introductory paragraph to this
Agreement.
Records: See Section 5(o).
Registrable Notes: Each Note upon original issuance thereof and at all
times subsequent thereto, each Exchange Note as to which Section 2(c)(iv)
hereof is applicable upon original issuance thereof and at all times subsequent
thereto and each Private Exchange Note upon original issuance thereof and at
all times subsequent thereto, until, in the case of any such Note, Exchange
Note or Private Exchange Note, as the case may be, the earliest to occur of (i)
a Registration Statement (other than, with respect to any Exchange Note as to
which Section 2(c)(iv) hereof is applicable, the Exchange Registration
Statement) covering such Note, Exchange Note or Private Exchange Note, as the
case may be, has been declared effective by the SEC and such Note, Exchange
Note or Private Exchange Note, as the case may be, has been disposed of in
accordance with such effective Registration Statement, (ii) such Note, Exchange
Note or Private Exchange Note, as the case may be, is sold in compliance with
Rule 144, (iii) in the case of any Note, such Note has been exchanged pursuant
to the Exchange Offer for an Exchange Note or Exchange Notes which may be
resold without restriction under state and federal securities laws, or (iv)
such Note, Exchange Note or Private Exchange Note, as the case may be, ceases
to be outstanding for purposes of the Indenture.
Registration Statement: Any registration statement of the Issuers
filed with the SEC under the Securities Act, including, but not limited to, the
Exchange Registration Statement, that covers any of the Registrable Notes
pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, including the Prospectus,
amendments and supplements to such registration statement, including
post-effective amendments, all exhibits, and all material incorporated by
reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such registration
statement.
Rule 144: Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, as such Rule
may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule (other than Rule 144A) or
regulation hereafter adopted by the SEC providing for offers and sales of
securities made in compliance therewith resulting in offers and sales by
subsequent holders that are not affiliates of an issuer of such securities
being free of the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the
Securities Act.
Rule 144A: Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act, as such
Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule (other than Rule
144) or regulation hereafter adopted by the SEC.
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Rule 415: Rule 415 promulgated under the Securities Act, as such Rule
may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter
adopted by the SEC.
SEC: The Securities and Exchange Commission.
Securities Act: The Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules
and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.
Shelf Notice: See Section 2(c).
Shelf Registration: See Section 3(b).
Subsequent Shelf Registration: See Section 3(b).
Subsidiary Guarantors: See the first introductory paragraph to this
Agreement.
TIA: The Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.
Trustee: The trustee under the Indenture and, if existent, the trustee
under any indenture governing the Exchange Notes and Private Exchange Notes (if
any).
Underwritten registration or underwritten offering: A registration in
which securities of one or more of the issuers are sold to an underwriter for
reoffering to the public.
2. Exchange Offer
(a) Each of the Issuers agrees to file with the SEC no later than
the Filing Date, an offer to exchange (the "Exchange Offer") any and all of the
Registrable Notes (other than Private Exchange Notes, if any) for a like
aggregate principal amount of debt securities of the Company, guaranteed by the
Subsidiary Guarantors, which are identical in all material respects to the
Notes (the "Exchange Notes") (and which are entitled to the benefits of the
Indenture or a trust indenture which is identical in all material respects to
the Indenture (other than such changes to the Indenture or any such identical
trust indenture as are necessary to comply with any requirements of the SEC to
effect or maintain the qualification thereof under the TIA) and which, in
either case, has been qualified under the TIA), except that the Exchange Notes
shall have been registered pursuant to an effective Registration Statement
under the Securities Act and shall contain no restrictive legend thereon. The
Exchange Offer shall be registered under the Securities Act on the appropriate
form (the "Exchange Registration Statement") and shall comply with all
applicable tender offer rules and regulations under the Exchange Act. Each of
the Issuers agrees to use its best efforts to (x) cause the Exchange
Registration Statement to be declared effective under the Securities Act on or
before the Effectiveness Date; (y) keep the Exchange Offer open for at least 30
calendar days (or longer if required by applicable law) after the date that
notice of the Exchange Offer is mailed to Holders; and (z) consummate the
Exchange Offer on or prior to the 45th day following the date on which the
Exchange Registration Statement is declared effective. If after such Exchange
Registration Statement is initially declared effective by the SEC, the Exchange
Offer or the issuance of the Exchange Notes thereunder is interfered with by
any stop order, injunction or other order or
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requirement of the SEC or any other governmental agency or court, such Exchange
Registration Statement shall be deemed not to have become effective for
purposes of this Agreement. Each Holder who participates in the Exchange Offer
will be required to represent that any Exchange Notes received by it will be
acquired in the ordinary course of its business, that at the time of the
consummation of the Exchange Offer such Holder will have no arrangement or
understanding with any Person to participate in the distribution of the
Exchange Notes in violation of the provisions of the Securities Act, and that
such Holder is not an affiliate of any of the Issuers within the meaning of the
Securities Act. Upon consummation of the Exchange Offer in accordance with this
Section 2, the provisions of this Agreement shall continue to apply, mutatis
mutandis, solely with respect to Registrable Notes that are Private Exchange
Notes and Exchange Notes held by Participating Broker-Dealers, and the Issuers
shall have no further obligation to register Registrable Notes (other than
Private Exchange Notes and other than in respect of any Exchange Notes as to
which clause 2(c)(iv) hereof applies) pursuant to Section 3 of this Agreement.
(b) The Issuers shall include within the Prospectus contained in
the Exchange Registration Statement a section entitled "Plan of Distribution,"
reasonably acceptable to the Initial Purchaser, which shall contain a summary
statement of the positions taken or policies made by the staff of the SEC with
respect to the potential "underwriter" status of any broker-dealer that is the
beneficial owner (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of Exchange
Notes received by such broker-dealer in the Exchange Offer (a "Participating
Broker-Dealer"), whether such positions or policies have been publicly
disseminated by the staff of the SEC or such positions or policies, in the
judgment of the Initial Purchaser, represent the prevailing views of the staff
of the SEC. Such "Plan of Distribution" section shall also allow, to the extent
permitted by applicable policies and regulations of the SEC, the use of the
Prospectus by all Persons subject to the prospectus delivery requirements of
the Securities Act, including, to the extent so permitted, all Participating
Broker-Dealers, and include a statement describing the manner in which
Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Notes.
Each of the Issuers shall use its best efforts to keep the Exchange
Registration Statement effective and to amend and supplement the Prospectus
contained therein, in order to permit such Prospectus to be lawfully delivered
by all Persons subject to the prospectus delivery requirements of the
Securities Act for such period of time as such Persons must comply with such
requirements in order to resell the Exchange Notes (the "Applicable Period").
If, upon consummation of the Exchange Offer, any Initial Purchaser
holds any Notes acquired by it and having the status of an unsold allotment in
the initial distribution, the Company upon the request of such Initial
Purchaser shall, simultaneously with the delivery of the Exchange Notes in the
Exchange Offer, issue and deliver to such Initial Purchaser, in exchange (the
"Private Exchange") for the Notes held by such Initial Purchaser, a like
principal amount of debt securities of the Company, guaranteed by the
Subsidiary Guarantors, that are identical in all material respects to the
Exchange Notes except for the existence of restrictions on transfer thereof
under the Securities Act and securities laws of the several states of the U.S.
(the "Private Exchange Notes") (and which are issued pursuant to the same
indenture as the Exchange Notes); provided, however, the Issuers shall not be
required to effect such exchange if, in the written opinion of counsel for the
Issuers (a copy of which shall be delivered to the Initial Purchaser and any
Holder affected thereby), such exchange
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cannot be effected without registration under the Securities Act. The Private
Exchange Notes shall bear the same CUSIP number as the Exchange Notes.
Interest on the Exchange Notes and the Private Exchange Notes will
accrue from (A) the later of (i) the last interest payment date on which
interest was paid on the Notes surrendered in exchange therefor or (ii) if the
Notes are surrendered for exchange on a date in a period which includes the
record date for an interest payment date to occur on or after the date of such
exchange and as to which interest will be paid, the date of such interest
payment date or (B) if no interest has been paid on the Notes, from the date of
the original issuance of the Notes.
In connection with the Exchange Offer, the Issuers shall:
(1) mail to each Holder a copy of the Prospectus forming
part of the Exchange Registration Statement, together with an
appropriate letter of transmittal and related documents;
(2) utilize the services of a depositary for the Exchange
Offer with an address in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New
York, which may be the Trustee or an affiliate thereof;
(3) permit Holders to withdraw tendered Registrable Notes
at any time prior to the close of business, New York time, on the last
business day on which the Exchange Offer shall remain open; and
(4) otherwise comply in all material respects with all
applicable laws.
As soon as practicable after the close of the Exchange Offer or the
Private Exchange, as the case may be, the Issuers shall:
(1) accept for exchange all Registrable Notes validly
tendered and not validly withdrawn pursuant to the Exchange Offer or
the Private Exchange, as the case may be;
(2) deliver to the Trustee for cancellation all
Registrable Notes so accepted for exchange; and
(3) cause the Trustee to authenticate and deliver
promptly to each Holder tendering such Registrable Notes, Exchange
Notes or Private Exchange Notes, as the case may be, equal in
principal amount to the Notes of such Holder so accepted for exchange.
The Exchange Offer and the Private Exchange shall be subject to the
following conditions: (i) the Exchange Offer or the Private Exchange, as the
case may be, does not violate applicable law or any applicable interpretation
of the staff of the SEC, (ii) no action or proceeding is instituted or
threatened in any court or by any governmental agency which might materially
impair the ability of the Issuers to proceed with the Exchange Offer or the
Private Exchange and no material adverse development has occurred in any
existing action or proceeding with respect to the Issuers and (iii) all
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governmental approvals have been obtained, which approvals the Issuers deem
necessary for the consummation of the Exchange Offer or Private Exchange.
The Exchange Notes and the Private Exchange Notes may be issued under
(i) the Indenture or (ii) an indenture identical in all material respects to
the Indenture, which in either event will provide that the Exchange Notes will
not be subject to the transfer restrictions set forth in the Indenture and that
the Exchange Notes, the Private Exchange Notes and the Notes, if any, will vote
and consent together on all matters as one class and that none of the Exchange
Notes, the Private Exchange Notes or the Notes, if any, will have the right to
vote or consent as a separate class on any matter.
(c) If, (i) because of any change in law or in currently
prevailing interpretations of the staff of the SEC, the Issuers are not
permitted to effect an Exchange Offer, (ii) the Exchange Offer is not
consummated within 150 days of the Issue Date, (iii) any holder of Private
Exchange Notes so requests in writing to the Issuers within 120 days after the
consummation of the Exchange Offer or (iv) in the case of any Holder that
participates in the Exchange Offer, such Holder does not receive Exchange Notes
on the date of the exchange that may be sold without restriction under state
and federal securities laws (other than due solely to the status of such Holder
as an affiliate of any of the Issuers within the meaning of the Securities Act)
and so notifies the Company within 60 days after such Holder first becomes
aware of such restrictions and providing a reasonable basis for its
conclusions, in the case of each of clauses (i)-(iv), then the Issuers shall
promptly deliver to the Holders and the Trustee written notice thereof (the
"Shelf Notice") and shall file a Shelf Registration pursuant to Section 3.
3. Shelf Registration
If a Shelf Notice is delivered as contemplated by Section 2(c), then:
(a) Shelf Registration. The Issuers shall as promptly as
reasonably practicable file with the SEC a Registration Statement for an
offering to be made on a continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 covering all of
the Registrable Notes (the "Initial Shelf Registration"). If the Issuers shall
not have yet filed the Exchange Registration Statement, each of the Issuers
shall use its best efforts to file with the SEC the Initial Shelf Registration
on or prior to the Filing Date and shall use its best efforts to cause such
Initial Shelf Registration to be declared effective under the Securities Act on
or prior to the Effectiveness Date. Otherwise, each of the Issuers shall use
its best efforts to file with the SEC the Initial Shelf Registration within 30
days of the delivery of the Shelf Notice and shall use its best efforts to
cause such Shelf Registration to be declared effective under the Securities Act
as promptly as practicable thereafter. The Initial Shelf Registration shall be
on Form S-l or another appropriate form permitting registration of such
Registrable Notes for resale by Holders in the manner or manners designated by
them (including, without limitation, one or more underwritten offerings). The
Issuers shall not permit any securities other than the Registrable Notes to be
included in any Shelf Registration (as defined below). The Issuers shall use
their best efforts to keep the Initial Shelf Registration continuously
effective under the Securities Act until the date which is 36 months from the
effective date of such Initial Shelf Registration (subject to extension
pursuant to the last paragraph of Section 5 hereof) (the "Effectiveness
Period"), or such shorter period ending when (i) all Registrable Notes covered
by the Initial Shelf Registration have been sold in the manner
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set forth and as contemplated in the Initial Shelf Registration or (ii) a
Subsequent Shelf Registration (as defined below) covering all of the
Registrable Notes has been declared effective under the Securities Act.
(b) Subsequent Shelf Registrations. If the Initial Shelf
Registration or any Subsequent Shelf Registration ceases to be effective for
any reason at any time during the Effectiveness Period (other than because of
the sale of all of the securities registered thereunder), each of the Issuers
shall use its best efforts to obtain the prompt withdrawal of any order
suspending the effectiveness thereof, and in any event shall within 45 days of
such cessation of effectiveness amend such Shelf Registration in a manner to
obtain the withdrawal of the order suspending the effectiveness thereof, or
file an additional "shelf" Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 415 covering
all of the Registrable Notes (a "Subsequent Shelf Registration"). If a
Subsequent Shelf Registration is filed, each of the Issuers shall use its best
efforts to cause the Subsequent Shelf Registration to be declared effective as
soon as practicable after such filing and to keep such Subsequent Shelf
Registration continuously effective for a period equal to the number of days in
the Effectiveness Period less the aggregate number of days during which the
Initial Shelf Registration or any Subsequent Shelf Registrations was previously
continuously effective. As used herein the term "Shelf Registration" means the
Initial Shelf Registration and any Subsequent Shelf Registration.
(c) Supplements and Amendments. The Issuers shall promptly
supplement and amend any Shelf Registration if required by the rules,
regulations or instructions applicable to the registration form used for such
Shelf Registration, if required by the Securities Act, or if reasonably
requested by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Registrable Notes covered by such Shelf Registration or by any underwriter of
such Registrable Notes.
4. Additional Interest
(a) The Issuers and the Initial Purchaser agree that the Holders
of Registrable Notes will suffer damages if the Issuers fail to fulfill their
obligations under Section 2 or Section 3 hereof and that it would not be
feasible to ascertain the extent of such damages with precision. Accordingly,
the Issuers, jointly and severally, agree to pay, as liquidated damages,
additional interest on the Notes ("Additional Interest") under the
circumstances and to the extent set forth below (each of which shall be given
independent effect):
(i) if the Exchange Registration Statement has not been
filed on or prior to the Filing Date, then commencing on the day after
the Filing Date, Additional Interest shall accrue on the Notes over
and above the stated interest at a rate of 0.50% per annum for the
first 90 days immediately following the Filing Date, such Additional
Interest rate increasing by an additional 0.50% per annum at the
beginning of each subsequent 90-day period;
(ii) if the Exchange Registration Statement is not
declared effective on or prior to the Effectiveness Date, then
commencing on the day after the Effectiveness Date, Additional
Interest shall accrue on the Notes over and above the stated interest
at a rate of 0.50% per annum for the first 90 days immediately
following the day after the Effectiveness Date, such Additional
Interest rate increasing by an additional 0.50% per annum at the
beginning of each subsequent 90-day period; and
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(iii) if (A) the Issuers have not exchanged Exchange Notes
for all Notes validly tendered in accordance with the terms of the
Exchange Offer on or prior to the 60th day after the date on which the
Exchange Registration Statement is declared effective or (B) the
Initial Shelf Registration, if required to be filed hereunder, is not
declared effective on or prior to the 120th day after the Issue Date
or (C) if applicable, a Shelf Registration has been declared effective
and such Shelf Registration ceases to be effective at any time during
the Effectiveness Period, then Additional Interest shall accrue on the
Notes over and above the stated interest at a rate of 0.50% per annum
for the first 90 days commencing on the (x) 60th day after the date on
which the Exchange Registration Statement is declared effective, in
the case of (A) or (B) above, or (y) the day such Shelf Registration
ceases to be effective in the case of (C) above, such Additional
Interest rate increasing by an additional 0.50% per annum at the
beginning of each such subsequent 90-day period;
provided, however, that the Additional Interest rate on the Notes may not
exceed at any one time in the aggregate 1.5% per annum; and provided further,
that (1) upon the filing of the Exchange Registration Statement (in the case of
(i) above), (2) upon the effectiveness of the Exchange Registration Statement
(in the case of (ii) above), or (3) upon the exchange of Exchange Notes for all
Notes tendered (in the case of (iii)(A) above), upon the effectiveness of the
Initial Shelf Registration (in the case of (iii)(B) above) or upon the
effectiveness of a Shelf Registration which had ceased to remain effective (in
the case of (iii)(C) above), Additional Interest on the Notes as a result of
such clause (or the relevant subclause thereof), as the case may be, shall
cease to accrue.
(b) The Issuers shall notify the Trustee within one business day
after each and every date on which an event occurs in respect of which
Additional Interest is required to be paid (an "Event Date"). Any amounts of
Additional Interest due pursuant to (a)(i), (a)(ii) or (a)(iii) of this Section
4 will be payable semi-annually by wire transfer of immediately available funds
or by federal funds check on each regular interest payment date specified in
the Indenture (to the Holders of record on the regular record date therefor
(specified in the Indenture) immediately preceding such dates), commencing with
the first such regular interest payment date occurring after any such
Additional Interest commences to accrue, subject to Section 2.17 of the
Indenture with respect to defaulted interest. The amount of Additional Interest
will be determined by multiplying the applicable Additional Interest rate by
the principal amount of the Notes, multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of
which is the number of days such Additional Interest rate was applicable during
such period (determined on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve
30-day months and, in the case of a partial month, the actual number of days
elapsed), and the denominator of which is 360.
5. Registration Procedures
In connection with the filing of any Registration Statement pursuant
to Section 2 or 3 hereof, the Issuers shall effect such registrations to permit
the sale of such securities covered thereby in accordance with the intended
method or methods of disposition thereof, and pursuant thereto and in
connection with any Registration Statement filed by the Issuers hereunder, the
Issuers shall:
(a) Prepare and file with the SEC prior to the Filing
Date, the Exchange Registration Statement or if the Exchange
Registration Statement is not filed because of the circumstances
contemplated by Section 2(c)(i), a Shelf Registration as prescribed by
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Section 2 or 3, and use their best efforts to cause each such
Registration Statement to become effective and remain effective as
provided herein; provided that, if (1) a Shelf Registration is filed
pursuant to Section 3, or (2) a Prospectus contained in an Exchange
Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2 is required to be
delivered under the Securities Act by any Participating Broker-Dealer
who seeks to sell Exchange Notes during the Applicable Period, before
filing any Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendments or
supplements thereto, the Issuers shall, if requested, furnish to and
afford the Holders of the Registrable Notes to be registered pursuant
to such Shelf Registration or each such Participating Broker-Dealer,
as the case may be, covered by such Registration Statement, their
counsel and the managing underwriters, if any, a reasonable
opportunity to review copies of all such documents (including copies
of any documents to be incorporated by reference therein and all
exhibits thereto) proposed to be filed (in each case at least five
business days prior to such filing). The Issuers shall not file any
such Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendments or
supplements thereto if the Holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Registrable Notes covered by such Registration
Statement, or any such Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may
be, their counsel, or the managing underwriters, if any, shall
reasonably object.
(b) Prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and
post-effective amendments to each Shelf Registration or Exchange
Registration Statement, as the case may be, as may be necessary to
keep such Registration Statement continuously effective for the
Effectiveness Period or the Applicable Period, as the case may be;
cause the related Prospectus to be supplemented by any Prospectus
supplement required by applicable law, and as so supplemented to be
filed pursuant to Rule 424 (or any similar provisions then in force)
promulgated under the Securities Act; and comply with the provisions
of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act applicable to it with
respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such
Registration Statement as so amended or in such Prospectus as so
supplemented and with respect to the subsequent resale of any
securities being sold by a Participating Broker-Dealer covered by any
such Prospectus. The Company shall be deemed not to have used its best
efforts to keep a Registration Statement effective during the
Applicable Period if it voluntarily takes any action that would result
in selling Holders of the Registrable Notes covered thereby or
Participating Broker-Dealers seeking to sell Exchange Notes not being
able to sell such Registrable Notes or such Exchange Notes during that
period unless such action is required by applicable law or unless the
Company complies with this Agreement, including, without limitation,
the provisions of paragraph 5(k) hereof and the last paragraph of this
Section 5.
(c) If (1) a Shelf Registration is filed pursuant to
Section 3, or (2) a Prospectus contained in an Exchange Registration
Statement filed pursuant to Section 2 is required to be delivered
under the Securities Act by any Participating Broker-Dealer who seeks
to sell Exchange Notes during the Applicable Period from whom the
Company has received written notice that it will be a Participating
Broker-Dealer in the Exchange Offer, notify the selling Holders of
Registrable Notes, or each such Participating Broker-Dealer, as the
case may be, their counsel and the managing underwriters, if any,
promptly (but in any event within two business days), and confirm such
notice in writing, (i) when a Prospectus or any Prospectus supplement
or post-effective amendment has been filed, and, with respect to a
Registration
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Statement or any posteffective amendment, when the same has become
effective (including in such notice a written statement that any
Holder may, upon request, obtain, without charge, one conformed copy
of such Registration Statement or post-effective amendment including
financial statements and schedules, documents incorporated or deemed
to be incorporated by reference and exhibits), (ii) of the issuance by
the SEC of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of a
Registration Statement or of any order preventing or suspending the
use of any Prospectus or the initiation of any proceedings for that
purpose, (iii) if at any time when a prospectus is required by the
Securities Act to be delivered in connection with sales of the
Registrable Notes the representations and warranties of the Issuers
contained in any agreement (including any underwriting agreement)
contemplated by Section 5(n) hereof cease to be true and correct, (iv)
of the receipt by the Issuers of any notification with respect to the
suspension of the qualification or exemption from qualification of a
Registration Statement or any of the Registrable Notes or the Exchange
Notes to be sold by any Participating Broker-Dealer for offer or sale
in any jurisdiction, or the initiation or threatening of any
proceeding for such purpose, (v) of the happening of any event, the
existence of any condition or any information becoming known that
makes any statement made in such Registration Statement or related
Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated
therein by reference untrue in any material respect or that requires
the making of any changes in, or amendments or supplements to, such
Registration Statement, Prospectus or documents so that, in the case
of the Registration Statement, it will not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading, and that in the case of the Prospectus, it
will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading, and (vi) of any of the Issuers'
reasonable determination that a post-effective amendment to a
Registration Statement would be appropriate.
(d) If (1) a Shelf Registration is filed pursuant to
Section 3, or (2) a Prospectus contained in an Exchange Registration
Statement filed pursuant to Section 2 is required to be delivered
under the Securities Act by any Participating Broker-Dealer who seeks
to sell Exchange Notes during the Applicable Period, use their best
efforts to prevent the issuance of any order suspending the
effectiveness of a Registration Statement or of any order preventing
or suspending the use of a Prospectus or suspending the qualification
(or exemption from qualification) of any of the Registrable Notes or
the Exchange Notes to be sold by any Participating Broker-Dealer, for
sale in any jurisdiction, and, if any such order is issued, to use
their best efforts to obtain the withdrawal of any such order at the
earliest possible date.
(e) If a Shelf Registration is filed pursuant to Section
3 and if requested by the managing underwriters, if any, or the
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Registrable
Notes being sold in connection with an underwritten offering, (i)
promptly as practicable incorporate in a prospectus supplement or
post-effective amendment such information or revisions to information
therein relating to such underwriters or selling Holders as the
managing underwriters, if any, or such Holders or their counsel
reasonably request to be included or made therein and (ii) make all
required filings of such prospectus
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supplement or such post-effective amendment as soon as practicable
after the Issuers have received notification of the matters to be
incorporated in such prospectus supplement or post-effective
amendment.
(f) If (1) a Shelf Registration is filed pursuant to
Section 3, or (2) a Prospectus contained in an Exchange Registration
Statement filed pursuant to Section 2 is required to be delivered
under the Securities Act by any Participating Broker-Dealer who seeks
to sell Exchange Notes during the Applicable Period, furnish to each
selling Holder of Registrable Notes and to each such Participating
Broker-Dealer who so requests and to counsel and each managing
underwriter, if any, without charge, one conformed copy of the
Registration Statement or Registration Statements and each
post-effective amendment thereto, including financial statements and
schedules, and, if requested, all documents incorporated or deemed to
be incorporated therein by reference and all exhibits.
(g) If (1) a Shelf Registration is filed pursuant to
Section 3, or (2) a Prospectus contained in an Exchange Registration
Statement filed pursuant to Section 2 is required to be delivered
under the Securities Act by any Participating Broker-Dealer who seeks
to sell Exchange Notes during the Applicable Period, deliver to each
selling Holder of Registrable Notes or each such Participating
Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, their respective counsel, and the
underwriters, if any, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus
and each amendment or supplement thereto and any documents
incorporated by reference therein as such Persons may reasonably
request; and, subject to the last paragraph of this Section 5, each
Issuer hereby consents to the use of such Prospectus and each
amendment or supplement thereto by each of the selling Holders of
Registrable Notes or each such Participating Broker-Dealer, as the
case may be, and the underwriters or agents, if any, and dealers (if
any), in connection with the offering and sale of the Registrable
Notes covered by, or the sale by Participating Broker-Dealers of the
Exchange Notes pursuant to, such Prospectus and any amendment or
supplement thereto.
(h) Prior to any public offering of Registrable Notes or
any delivery of a Prospectus contained in the Exchange Registration
Statement by any Participating Broker-Dealer who seeks to sell
Exchange Notes during the Applicable Period, to use their best efforts
to register or qualify, and to cooperate with the selling Holders of
Registrable Notes or each such Participating Broker-Dealer, as the
case may be, the underwriters, if any, and their respective counsel in
connection with the registration or qualification (or exemption from
such registration or qualification) of such Registrable Notes or
Exchange Notes, as the case may be, for offer and sale under the
securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions within the United
States as any selling Holder, Participating Broker-Dealer, or the
managing underwriter or underwriters, if any, reasonably request in
writing; provided that where Exchange Notes held by Participating
Broker-Dealers or Registrable Notes are offered other than through an
underwritten offering, the Issuers agree to cause their counsel to
perform Blue Sky investigations and file registrations and
qualifications required to be filed pursuant to this Section 5(h);
keep each such registration or qualification (or exemption therefrom)
effective during the period such Registration Statement is required to
be kept effective and do any and all other acts or things reasonably
necessary or advisable to enable the disposition in such jurisdictions
of the Exchange Notes held by Participating Broker-Dealers or the
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Registrable Notes covered by the applicable Registration Statement;
provided that none of the Issuers shall be required to (A) qualify
generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not then so
qualified, (B) take any action that would subject it to general
service of process in any such jurisdiction where it is not then so
subject or (C) subject itself to taxation in excess of a nominal
dollar amount in any such jurisdiction where it is not then so
subject.
(i) If a Shelf Registration is filed pursuant to Section
3, cooperate with the selling Holders of Registrable Notes and the
managing underwriter or underwriters, if any, to facilitate the timely
preparation and delivery of certificates representing Registrable
Notes to be sold, which certificates shall not bear any restrictive
legends and shall be in a form eligible for deposit with The
Depository Trust Company; and enable such Registrable Notes to be in
such denominations and registered in such names as the managing
underwriter or underwriters, if any, or Holders may reasonably
request.
(j) Use their best efforts to cause the Registrable Notes
covered by any Registration Statement to be registered with or
approved by such governmental agencies or authorities as may be
necessary to enable the seller or sellers thereof or the underwriters,
if any, to consummate the disposition of such Registrable Notes,
except as may be required solely as a consequence of the nature of
such selling Holder's business, in which case each of the Issuers will
cooperate in all reasonable respects with the filing of such
Registration Statement and the granting of such approvals.
(k) If (1) a Shelf Registration is filed pursuant to
Section 3, or (2) a Prospectus contained in an Exchange Registration
Statement filed pursuant to Section 2 is required to be delivered
under the Securities Act by any Participating Broker-Dealer who seeks
to sell Exchange Notes during the Applicable Period, upon the
occurrence of any event contemplated by paragraph 5(c)(v) or 5(c)(vi)
hereof, as promptly as practicable prepare and (subject to Section
5(a) hereof) file with the SEC, at the joint and several expense of
each of the Issuers, a supplement or post-effective amendment to the
Registration Statement or a supplement to the related Prospectus or
any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by
reference, or file any other required document so that, as thereafter
delivered to the purchasers of the Registrable Notes being sold
thereunder or to the purchasers of the Exchange Notes to whom such
Prospectus will be delivered by a Participating Broker-Dealer, any
such Prospectus will not contain an untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(l) Use their best efforts to cause the Registrable Notes
covered by a Registration Statement to be rated with the appropriate
rating agencies, if so requested by the Holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of Registrable Notes covered by such
Registration Statement or the managing underwriter or underwriters, if
any.
(m) Prior to the effective date of the first Registration
Statement relating to the Registrable Notes, (i) provide the Trustee
with printed certificates for the Registrable Notes
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in a form eligible for deposit with The Depository Trust Company and
(ii) provide a CUSIP number for the Registrable Notes.
(n) In connection with an underwritten offering of
Registrable Notes pursuant to a Shelf Registration, enter into an
underwriting agreement as is customary in underwritten offerings of
debt securities similar to the Notes and take all such other actions
as are reasonably requested by the managing underwriter or
underwriters in order to expedite or facilitate the registration or
the disposition of such Registrable Notes and, in such connection, (i)
make such representations, warranties to, and covenants with, the
underwriters, with respect to the business of the Issuers and their
respective subsidiaries and the Registration Statement, Prospectus and
documents, if any, incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by
reference therein, in each case, as are customarily made by issuers to
underwriters in underwritten offerings of debt securities similar to
the Notes, and confirm the same in writing if and when requested; (ii)
obtain the opinion of counsel to the Issuers and updates thereof in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the managing underwriter
or underwriters, addressed to the underwriters covering the matters
customarily covered in opinions requested in underwritten offerings of
debt securities similar to the Notes and such other matters as may be
reasonably requested by underwriters; (iii) obtain "cold comfort"
letters and updates thereof in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the managing underwriter or underwriters from the
independent certified public accountants of the Issuers (and, if
necessary, any other independent certified public accountants of any
subsidiary of any of the Issuers or of any business acquired by any of
the Issuers for which financial statements and financial data are, or
are required to be, included in the Registration Statement), addressed
to each of the underwriters, such letters to be in customary form and
covering matters of the type customarily covered in "cold comfort"
letters in connection with underwritten offerings of debt securities
similar to the Notes and such other matters as reasonably requested by
the managing underwriter or underwriters; and (iv) if an underwriting
agreement is entered into, the same shall contain indemnification
provisions and procedures no less favorable than those set forth in
Section 7 hereof (or such other provisions and procedures acceptable
to Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of Registrable
Notes covered by such Registration Statement and the managing
underwriter or underwriters or agents) with respect to all parties to
be indemnified pursuant to said Section. The above shall be done at
each closing under such underwriting agreement, or as and to the
extent required thereunder.
(o) If (1) a Shelf Registration is filed pursuant to
Section 3, or (2) a Prospectus contained in an Exchange Registration
Statement filed pursuant to Section 2 is required to be delivered
under the Securities Act by any Participating Broker-Dealer who seeks
to sell Exchange Notes during the Applicable Period, make available
for inspection by any selling Holder of such Registrable Notes being
sold, or each such Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be,
any underwriter participating in any such disposition of Registrable
Notes, if any, and any attorney, accountant or other agent retained by
any such selling Holder or each such Participating Broker-Dealer, as
the case may be, or underwriter (collectively, the "Inspectors"), at
the offices where normally kept, during reasonable business hours, all
financial and other records and pertinent corporate documents of the
Issuers and their respective subsidiaries (collectively, the
"Records") as shall be reasonably necessary to
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enable them to exercise any applicable due diligence responsibilities,
and cause the officers, directors and employees of the Issuers and
their respective subsidiaries to supply all information reasonably
requested by any such Inspector in connection with such Registration
Statement. Such Records shall be kept confidential by each Inspector
and shall not be disclosed by the Inspectors unless (i) the disclosure
of such Records is necessary to avoid or correct a material
misstatement or omission in such Registration Statement or (ii) the
release of such Records is ordered pursuant to a subpoena or other
order from a court of competent jurisdiction. Each selling Holder of
such Registrable Notes and each such Participating Broker-Dealer will
be required to agree that information obtained by it as a result of
such inspections shall be deemed confidential and shall not be used by
it as the basis for any market transactions in the securities of the
Issuers unless and until such is made generally available to the
public. Each selling Holder of such Registrable Notes and each such
Participating Broker-Dealer will be required to further agree that it
will, upon learning that disclosure of such Records is sought in a
court of competent jurisdiction, give notice to the Issuers and allow
the Issuers to undertake appropriate action to prevent disclosure of
the Records deemed confidential at their expense.
(p) Provide an indenture trustee for the Registrable
Notes or the Exchange Notes, as the case may be, and cause the
Indenture or the trust indenture provided for in Section 2(a), as the
case may be, to be qualified under the TIA not later than the
effective date of the Exchange Offer or the first Registration
Statement relating to the Registrable Notes; and in connection
therewith, cooperate with the trustee under any such indenture and the
Holders of the Registrable Notes, to effect such changes to such
indenture as may be required for such indenture to be so qualified in
accordance with the terms of the TIA; and execute, and use its best
efforts to cause such trustee to execute, all documents as may be
required to effect such changes, and all other forms and documents
required to be filed with the SEC to enable such indenture to be so
qualified in a timely manner.
(q) Comply with all applicable rules and regulations of
the SEC and make generally available to its securityholders earnings
statements satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the
Securities Act and Rule 158 thereunder (or any similar rule
promulgated under the Securities Act) no later than 45 days after the
end of any 12-month period (or 90 days after the end of any 12-month
period if such period is a fiscal year) (i) commencing at the end of
any fiscal quarter in which Registrable Notes are sold to underwriters
in a firm commitment or best efforts underwritten offering and (ii) if
not sold to underwriters in such an offering, commencing on the first
day of the first fiscal quarter of the Company after the effective
date of a Registration Statement, which statements shall cover said
12-month periods.
(r) Upon consummation of the Exchange Offer or a Private
Exchange, obtain an opinion of counsel to the Issuers, in a form
customary for underwritten transactions, addressed to the Trustee for
the benefit of all Holders of Registrable Notes participating in the
Exchange Offer or the Private Exchange, as the case may be, that the
Exchange Notes or the Private Exchange Notes, as the case may be, and
the related indenture constitute legally valid and binding obligations
of each of the Issuers, enforceable against each of the Issuers in
accordance with their respective terms subject to customary exceptions
and qualifications.
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(s) If the Exchange Offer or a Private Exchange is to be
consummated, upon delivery of the Registrable Notes by Holders to the
Issuers (or to such other Person as directed by the Issuers) in
exchange for the Exchange Notes or the Private Exchange Notes, as the
case may be, the Issuers shall xxxx, or caused to be marked, on such
Registrable Notes that such Registrable Notes are being canceled in
exchange for the Exchange Notes or the Private Exchange Notes, as the
case may be; in no event shall such Registrable Notes be marked as
paid or otherwise satisfied.
(t) Cooperate with each seller of Registrable Notes
covered by any Registration Statement and each underwriter, if any,
participating in the disposition of such Registrable Notes and their
respective counsel in connection with any filings required to be made
with the NASD.
(u) Use their best efforts to take all other steps
reasonably necessary to effect the registration of the Registrable
Notes covered by a Registration Statement contemplated hereby.
The Issuers may require each seller of Registrable Notes as to which
any registration is being effected to furnish to the Issuers such information
regarding such seller and the distribution of such Registrable Notes as the
Issuers may, from time to time, reasonably request. The Issuers may exclude
from such registration the Registrable Notes of any seller who fails to furnish
such information within a reasonable time after receiving such request. Each
seller as to which any Shelf Registration Statement is being effected agrees to
furnish promptly to the Issuers all information required to be disclosed in
order to make the information previously furnished to the Issuers by such
seller not materially misleading.
Each Holder of Registrable Notes and each Participating Broker-Dealer
agrees by acquisition of such Registrable Notes or Exchange Notes to be sold by
such Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, that, upon receipt of any
notice from the Issuers of the happening of any event of the kind described in
Section 5(c)(ii), 5(c)(iv), 5(c)(v), or 5(c)(vi), such Holder will forthwith
discontinue disposition of such Registrable Notes covered by a Registration
Statement and such Participating Broker Dealer will forthwith discontinue
disposition of such Exchange Notes pursuant to any Prospectus and, in each
case, forthwith discontinue dissemination of such Prospectus until such
Holder's or Participating Broker-Dealer's receipt of the copies of the
supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 5(k), or until it is
advised in writing (the "Advice") by the Issuers that the use of the applicable
Prospectus may be resumed, and has received copies of any amendments or
supplements thereto and, if so directed by the Issuers, such Holder or
Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, will deliver to the Issuers
all copies, other than permanent file copies, then in such Holder's or
Participating Broker-Dealer's possession, of the Prospectus covering such
Registrable Securities current at the time of the receipt of such notice. In
the event the Issuers shall give any such notice, each of the Effectiveness
Period and the Applicable Period shall be extended by the number of days during
such periods from and including the date of the giving of such notice to and
including the date when each seller of Registrable Notes covered by such
Registration Statement or Exchange Notes to be sold by such Participating
Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, shall have received (x) the copies of the
supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 5(k) or (y) the
Advice.
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6. Registration Expenses
(a) All fees and expenses incident to the performance of or
compliance with this Agreement by the Issuers shall be borne by the Issuers,
jointly and severally, whether or not the Exchange Offer or a Shelf
Registration is filed or becomes effective, including, without limitation, (i)
all registration and filing fees (including, without limitation, (A) fees with
respect to filings required to be made with the NASD in connection with an
underwritten offering and (B) fees and expenses of compliance with state
securities or Blue Sky laws (including, without limitation, reasonable fees and
disbursements of counsel in connection with Blue Sky qualifications of the
Registrable Notes or Exchange Notes and determination of the eligibility of the
Registrable Notes or Exchange Notes for investment under the laws of such
jurisdictions (x) where the holders of Registrable Notes are located, in the
case of the Exchange Notes, or (y) as provided in Section 5(h) hereof, in the
case of Registrable Notes or Exchange Notes to be sold by a Participating
Broker-Dealer during the Applicable Period)), (ii) printing expenses,
including, without limitation, expenses of printing certificates for
Registrable Notes or Exchange Notes in a form eligible for deposit with The
Depository Trust Company and of printing prospectuses if the printing of
prospectuses is requested by the managing underwriter or underwriters, if any,
or by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Registrable Notes included in any Registration Statement or by any
Participating Broker-Dealer during the Applicable Period, as the case may be,
(iii) reasonable messenger, telephone and delivery expenses incurred in
connection with the Exchange Registration Statement and any Shelf Registration,
(iv) fees and disbursements of counsel for the Issuers and reasonable fees and
disbursements of special counsel for the sellers of Registrable Notes (subject
to the provisions of Section 6(b)), (v) fees and disbursements of all
independent certified public accountants referred to in Section 5(n)(iii)
(including, without limitation, the expenses of any special audit and "cold
comfort" letters required by or incident to such performance), (vi) rating
agency fees, (vii) Securities Act liability insurance, if the Issuers desire
such insurance, (viii) fees and expenses of all other Persons retained by the
Issuers, (ix) internal expenses of the Issuers (including, without limitation,
all salaries and expenses of officers and employees of the Issuers performing
legal or accounting duties), (x) the expense of any annual audit, (xi) the fees
and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the securities to be
registered on any securities exchange and (xii) the expenses relating to
printing, word processing and distributing all Registration Statements,
underwriting agreements, securities sales agreements, indentures and any other
documents necessary in order to comply with this Agreement.
(b) In connection with any Shelf Registration hereunder, the
Issuers, jointly and severally, shall reimburse the Holders of the Registrable
Notes being registered in such registration for the fees and disbursements, not
to exceed $25,000, of not more than one counsel (in addition to appropriate
local counsel) chosen by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the Registrable Notes to be included in such Shelf Registration and
other out-of-pocket expenses of Holders of Registrable Notes incurred in
connection with the registration and sale of Registrable Notes.
7. Indemnification
(a) Each of the Issuers, jointly and severally, agrees to
indemnify and hold harmless each Holder of Registrable Notes and each
Participating Broker-Dealer selling Exchange Notes during the Applicable
Period, the officers and directors of each such Person, and each Person, if
any, who
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controls any such Person within the meaning of either Section 15 of the
Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act (each, a "Participant"), from
and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including,
without limitation, the reasonable legal fees and other reasonable expenses
actually incurred in connection with any suit, action or proceeding or any
claim asserted) caused by, arising out of or based upon (i) any untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any
Registration Statement (as amended or supplemented if the Issuers shall have
furnished any amendments or supplements thereto) or caused by, arising out of
or based upon any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading, or (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact contained in any Prospectus (as amended or supplemented if the
Issuers shall have furnished any amendments or supplements thereto) or caused
by, arising out of or based upon any omission or alleged omission to state
therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading, except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities
are caused by any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or
omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to
any Participant furnished to the Issuers in writing by or on behalf of such
Participant expressly for use therein; provided, however, that the Company will
not be liable if such untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement
or omission was contained or made in any preliminary prospectus and corrected
in the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto and the Prospectus
does not contain any other untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue
statement or omission of a material fact that was the subject matter of the
related proceeding and any such loss, liability, claim, damage or expense
suffered or incurred by the Participants resulted from any action, claim or
suit by any Person who purchased Registrable Notes or Exchange Notes which are
the subject thereof from such Participant and it is established in the related
proceeding that such Participant failed to deliver or provide a copy of the
Prospectus (as amended or supplemented) to such Person with or prior to the
confirmation of the sale of such Registrable Notes or Exchange Notes sold to
such Person if required by applicable law, unless such failure to deliver or
provide a copy of the Prospectus (as amended or supplemented) was a result of
noncompliance by the Company with Section 5 of this Agreement.
(b) Each Participant agrees, severally and not jointly, to
indemnify and hold harmless the Issuers, their respective directors and
officers and each Person who controls any of the Issuers within the meaning of
Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act to the same
extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Issuers to each Participant, but
only with reference to information relating to such Participant furnished to
the Issuers in writing by such Participant expressly for use in any
Registration Statement or Prospectus, any amendment or supplement thereto, or
any preliminary prospectus. The liability of any Participant under this
paragraph shall in no event exceed the proceeds received by such Participant
from sales of Registrable Notes or Exchange Notes giving rise to such
obligations.
(c) If any suit, action, proceeding (including any governmental or
regulatory investigation), claim or demand shall be brought or asserted against
any Person in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to either of
the two preceding paragraphs, such Person (the "Indemnified Person") shall
promptly notify the Person against whom such indemnity may be sought (the
"Indemnifying Person") in writing, and the Indemnifying Person, upon request of
the Indemnified Person, shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the
Indemnified Person to
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represent the Indemnified Person and any others the Indemnifying Person may
reasonably designate in such proceeding and shall pay the reasonable fees and
expenses actually incurred by such counsel related to such proceeding;
provided, however, that the failure to so notify the Indemnifying Person shall
not relieve it of any obligation or liability which it may have hereunder or
otherwise (unless and only to the extent that such failure directly results in
the loss or compromise of any material rights or defenses by the Indemnifying
Person and the Indemnifying Person was not otherwise aware of such action or
claim). In any such proceeding, any Indemnified Person shall have the right to
retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at
the expense of such Indemnified Person unless (i) the Indemnifying Person and
the Indemnified Person shall have mutually agreed in writing to the contrary,
(ii) the Indemnifying Person has failed within a reasonable time to retain
counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person or (iii) the named
parties in any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both
the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person and representation of both
parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential
differing interests between them. It is understood that, unless there is a
conflict among Indemnified Persons, the Indemnifying Person shall not, in
connection with any proceeding or related proceeding in the same jurisdiction,
be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition
to any local counsel) for all Indemnified Persons, and that all such fees and
expenses shall be reimbursed promptly after receipt of the invoice therefor as
they are incurred. Any such separate firm for the Participants and such control
Persons of Participants shall be designated in writing by Participants who sold
a majority in interest of Registrable Notes sold by all such Participants and
any such separate firm for the Issuers, their directors, their officers and
such control Persons of the Issuers shall be designated in writing by the
Company. The Indemnifying Person shall not be liable for any settlement of any
proceeding effected without its prior written consent, but if settled with such
consent or if there is a final non-appealable judgment for the plaintiff for
which the Indemnified Person is entitled to indemnification pursuant to this
Agreement, the Indemnifying Person agrees to indemnify any Indemnified Person
from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or
judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an Indemnified
Person shall have requested an Indemnifying Person to reimburse the Indemnified
Person for reasonable fees and expenses actually incurred by counsel as
contemplated by the third sentence of this paragraph, the Indemnifying Person
agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected
without its prior written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more
than 30 days after receipt by such Indemnifying Person of the aforesaid request
and (ii) such Indemnifying Person shall not have reimbursed the Indemnified
Person in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement;
provided, however, that the Indemnifying Person shall not be liable for any
settlement effected without its consent pursuant to this sentence if the
Indemnifying Person is contesting, in good faith, the request for
reimbursement. No Indemnifying Person shall, without the prior written consent
of the Indemnified Person, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened
proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Person is or could have been a
party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified
Person, unless such settlement (A) includes an unconditional release of such
indemnified Person, in form and substance satisfactory to such Indemnified
Person, from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such
proceeding and (B) does not include any statement as to an admission of fault,
culpability or failure to act by or on behalf of an Indemnified Person.
(d) If the indemnification provided for in the first and second
paragraphs of this Section 7 is unavailable (other than by reason of the
exceptions specifically provided therein) to, or insufficient
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to hold harmless, an Indemnified Person in respect of any losses, claims,
damages or liabilities referred to therein, then each Indemnifying Person under
such paragraphs, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Person thereunder and
in order to provide for just and equitable contribution, shall contribute to
the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Person as a result of such
losses, claims, damages or liabilities in such proportion as is appropriate to
reflect (i) the relative benefits received by the Indemnifying Person or
Persons on the one hand and the Indemnified Person or Persons on the other from
the offering of the Registrable Notes or Exchange Notes, as the case may be or
(ii) if the allocation provided by the foregoing clause (i) is not permitted by
applicable law, not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of
the Indemnifying Person or Persons on the one hand and the Indemnified Person
or Persons on the other in connection with the statements or omissions (or
alleged statements or omissions) that resulted in such losses, claims, damages
or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) as well as any other relevant
equitable considerations. The relative fault of the parties shall be determined
by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a
material fact relates to information supplied by the Issuers on the one hand or
by the Participants or such other Indemnified Person, as the case may be, on
the other, the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to information and
opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission and any other
equitable considerations appropriate under the circumstances.
(e) The parties agree that it would not be just and equitable if
contribution pursuant to this Section 7 were determined by pro rata allocation
(even if the Participants were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by
any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable
considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph. The amount
paid or payable by an Indemnified Person as a result of the losses, claims,
damages and liabilities referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph
shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any
reasonable legal or other expenses actually incurred by such Indemnified Person
in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7, in no event shall a
Participant be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by
which proceeds received by such Participant from sales of Registrable Notes or
Exchange Notes, as the case may be, exceeds the amount of any damages that such
Participant has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or
alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No Person guilty of
fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the
Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not
guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
(f) The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this
Section 7 will be in addition to any liability which the Indemnifying Persons
may otherwise have to the Indemnified Persons referred to above.
8. Rules 144 and 144A
Each of the Issuers covenants that it will file the reports required
to be filed by it under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the rules
and regulations adopted by the SEC thereunder in a timely manner and, if at any
time it is not required to file such reports, it will, upon the request of any
Holder of Registrable Notes, make publicly available other information so long
as necessary to permit sales pursuant to Rule 144 and Rule 144A. Each of the
Issuers further covenants, for so
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long as any Registrable Notes remain outstanding, to make available to any
Holder or beneficial owner of Registrable Notes in connection with any sale
thereof and any prospective purchaser of such Registrable Notes from such
Holder or beneficial owner, the information required by Rule 144A(d)(4) under
the Securities Act in order to permit resales of such Registrable Notes
pursuant to Rule 144A.
9. Underwritten Registrations
If any of the Registrable Notes covered by any Shelf Registration are
to be sold in an underwritten offering, the investment banker or investment
bankers and manager or managers that will manage the offering will be selected
by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of such Registrable
Notes included in such offering and reasonably acceptable to the Issuers.
No Holder of Registrable Notes may participate in any underwritten
registration hereunder unless such Holder (a) agrees to sell such Holder's
Registrable Notes on the basis provided in any underwriting arrangements
approved by the Persons entitled hereunder to approve such arrangements and (b)
completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities,
underwriting agreements and other documents required under the terms of such
underwriting arrangements.
10. Miscellaneous
(a) No Inconsistent Agreements. None of the Issuers has entered,
as of the date hereof, and none of the Issuers shall enter, after the date of
this Agreement, into any agreement with respect to any of its securities that
is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders of Registrable Notes in
this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof. None of the
Issuers has entered and none of the Issuers will enter into any agreement with
respect to any of its securities which will grant to any Person piggy-back
rights with respect to a Registration Statement.
(b) Adjustments Affecting Registrable Notes. Neither the Company
nor the Subsidiary Guarantors shall, directly or indirectly, take any action
with respect to the Registrable Notes as a class that would adversely affect
the ability of the Holders of Registrable Notes to include such Registrable
Notes in a registration undertaken pursuant to this Agreement.
(c) Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement may
not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures
from the provisions hereof may not be given, otherwise than with the prior
written consent of (A) the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the then outstanding Registrable Notes and (B) in
circumstances that would adversely affect Participating Broker-Dealers, the
Participating Broker-Dealers holding not less than a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Exchange Notes held by all Participating
Broker-Dealers; provided, however, that Section 7 and this Section 10(c) may
not be amended, modified or supplemented without the prior written consent of
each Holder and each Participating Broker-Dealer (including any Person who was
a Holder or Participating Broker-Dealer of Registrable Notes or Exchange Notes,
as the case may be, disposed of pursuant to any Registration Statement).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a waiver or consent to depart from the
provisions hereof with respect to a matter that relates exclusively to the
rights of Holders of Registrable Notes whose securities are being tendered
pursuant to the Exchange Offer or sold
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pursuant to a Registration Statement and that does not directly or indirectly
affect, impair, limit or compromise the rights of other Holders of Registrable
Notes may be given by Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the Registrable Notes being tendered or being sold by such Holders
pursuant to such Registration Statement.
(d) Notices. All notices and other communications provided for or
permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand-delivery, registered
first-class mail, next-day air courier or telecopier:
1. if to a Holder of Registrable Notes or any
Participating Broker-Dealer, at the most current address of such
Holder or Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, set forth
on the records of the registrar under the Indenture, with a copy in
like manner to the Initial Purchase s as follows:
XXXXXXXXX & COMPANY, INC.
00000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx.
00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Corporate Finance Department
with a copy to:
Xxxxxx & Xxxxxx L.L.P.
2300 First City Tower
0000 Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000-0000
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
Attention: T. Xxxx Xxxxx
2. if to the Initial Purchaser, at the address specified
in Section 10(d)(1);
3. if to an Issuer, as follows:
Packaged Ice, Inc.
0000 Xxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
Attention: President
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with copies to:
Akin, Gump, Strauss, Xxxxx & Xxxx, L.L.P.
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx 0000
Xxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly
given: when delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five business days
after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed, one business day
after being timely delivered to a next-day air courier guaranteeing overnight
delivery; and when receipt is acknowledged by the addressee, if telecopied.
Copies of all such notices, demands or other communications shall be
concurrently delivered by the Person giving the same to the Trustee under the
Indenture at the address specified in such Indenture.
(e) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the
benefit of and be binding upon the successors and assigns of each of the
parties hereto and the Holders; provided, however, that this Agreement shall
not inure to the benefit of or be binding upon a successor or assign of a
Holder unless such successor or assign holds Registrable Notes.
(f) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which
when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken
together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
(g) Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience
of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
(h) GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AS APPLIED TO
CONTRACTS MADE AND PERFORMED WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO
PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES TO SUBMIT TO
THE JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK IN ANY ACTION OR
PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT.
(i) Severability. If any term, provision, covenant or restriction
of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid,
illegal, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions,
covenants and restrictions set forth herein shall remain in full force and
effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated, and the
parties hereto shall use their best efforts to find and employ an alternative
means to achieve the same or substantially the same result as that contemplated
by such term, provision, covenant or restriction. It is hereby stipulated and
declared to be the intention of the parties that they would have executed the
remaining terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions without including any
of such that may be hereafter declared invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable.
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(j) Notes Held by the Issuers or Their Affiliates. Whenever the
consent or approval of Holders of a specified percentage of Registrable Notes
is required hereunder, Registrable Notes held by the Issuers or their
affiliates (as such term is defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) shall
not be counted in determining whether such consent or approval was given by the
Holders of such required percentage.
(k) Third Party Beneficiaries. Holders of Registrable Notes and
Participating Broker-Dealers are intended third party beneficiaries of this
Agreement and this Agreement may be enforced by such Persons.
(l) Entire Agreement. This Agreement, together with the Purchase
Agreement and the Indenture, is intended by the parties as a final and
exclusive statement of the agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in
respect of the subject matter contained herein and therein and any and all
prior oral or written agreements, representations, or warranties, contracts,
understandings, correspondence, conversations and memoranda between the Initial
Purchaser on the one hand and the Issuers on the other, or between or among any
agents, representatives, parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, predecessors in
interest or successors in interest with respect to the subject matter hereof
and thereof are merged herein and replaced hereby.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the
date first written above.
PACKAGED ICE, INC.
By:
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Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Chief Executive Officer
PACKAGED ICE LEASING, INC.
By:
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Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Chief Executive Officer
SOUTHCO ICE, INC.
By:
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Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Chief Executive Officer
PACKAGED ICE MISSION, INC.
By:
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Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Chief Executive Officer
PACKAGED ICE STPI, INC.
By:
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Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Chief Executive Officer
PACKAGED ICE SOUTHWESTERN, INC.
By:
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Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Chief Executive Officer
XXXXXXXXX & COMPANY, INC.
By:
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Name:
Title:
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