Exhibit 10.3
PRICE ENTERPRISES, INC.
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT, dated as of September 18, 2001 (this
"AGREEMENT"), among Warburg, Xxxxxx Equity Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited
partnership; Warburg, Xxxxxx Netherlands Equity Partners I, C.V., a Netherlands
limited partnership; Warburg, Xxxxxx Netherlands Equity Partners II, C.V., a
Netherlands limited partnership; and Warburg, Xxxxxx Netherlands Equity Partners
III, C.V., a Netherlands limited partnership (collectively, the "WARBURG
INVESTORS"), The Price Group LLC, a California limited liability company (the
"PRICE INVESTOR" and, together with the Warburg Investors, the "INVESTORS"), and
Price Enterprises, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the "COMPANY").
R E C I T A L S
WHEREAS, the Warburg Investors have, pursuant to the terms of that
certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of March 21, 2001 (the "PURCHASE
AGREEMENT"), by and among the Company and the Warburg Investors, agreed to
purchase 17,985,612 shares of 9% Series B Junior Convertible Redeemable
Preferred Stock, par value $.0001 per share (the "SERIES B PREFERRED STOCK"), of
the Company and a warrant (the "WARBURG WARRANT") to purchase an aggregate of
2,500,000 shares of Common Stock of the Company, par value $.0001 per share (the
"COMMON STOCK"), at an exercise price of $8.25 per share; and
WHEREAS, the Company has agreed, as a condition precedent to the
Warburg Investors' obligations under the Purchase Agreement, to grant the
Warburg Investors certain registration rights; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Amended and Restated Conversion
Agreement, effective as of April 12, 2001 (the "CONVERSION AGREEMENT"), among
the Company, the Price Investor, Excel Legacy Corporation ("LEGACY") and the
Warburg Investors, the Company agreed to, (i) convert that certain Secured
Promissory Note of Legacy in the principal amount of $9,347,150 held by the
Price Investor into 1,681,142 shares of Series B Preferred Stock and a warrant
(the "PRICE WARRANT" and, together with the Warburg Warrant, the "WARRANTS") to
purchase 233,679 additional shares of Common Stock and (ii) grant the Price
Investor certain registration rights; and
WHEREAS, the Series B Preferred Stock is convertible into shares of
Common Stock; and
WHEREAS, the Company and the Investors desire to define the
registration rights of the Investors on the terms and subject to the conditions
herein set forth.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises and for
other good and valuable consideration, the parties hereby agree as follows:
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS
As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the respective
meanings set forth below:
AFFILIATE: shall mean any Person or entity, directly or indirectly
controlling, controlled by or under common control with such Person or entity;
COMMISSION: shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission or any
other federal agency at the time administering the Securities Act;
EXCHANGE ACT: shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended;
HOLDER: shall mean any holder of Registrable Securities;
INITIATING HOLDER: shall mean the Investors; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that
the Price Investor shall not be included in the definition of "Initiating
Holder" for purposes of Sections 2(a)(i) and 2(c) of this Agreement.
PERMITTED TRANSFEREE: shall mean (a) an Affiliate or constituent
partner of a Holder (including limited partners, retired partners, and spouses,
ancestors, descendants and other members of such partners' immediate families,
and trusts for the benefit of any such party) or (b) any Person who acquires at
least 1,000,000 shares of Registrable Securities (as appropriately adjusted for
stock splits, combinations, recapitalizations and the like); PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
with respect to the Warrants and the shares of Common Stock issuable upon the
exercise of the Warrants, "PERMITTED TRANSFEREE" shall mean any Person;
PERSON: shall mean an individual, partnership, joint-stock company,
corporation, trust or unincorporated organization, and a government or agency or
political subdivision thereof;
REGISTER, REGISTERED and REGISTRATION: shall mean a registration
effected by preparing and filing a registration statement in compliance with the
Securities Act (and any post-effective amendments filed or required to be filed)
and the declaration or ordering of effectiveness of such registration statement;
REGISTRABLE SECURITIES: shall mean (A) shares of Common Stock issuable
upon conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock, (B) shares of Common Stock
issuable upon exercise of the Warrants, (C) any additional shares of Common
Stock acquired by the Investors and (D) any capital stock of the Company issued
as a dividend or other distribution with respect to, or in exchange for or in
replacement of, the Warrants, the shares of Series B Preferred Stock or Common
Stock referred to in clause (A), (B) or(C);
REGISTRATION EXPENSES: shall mean all expenses incurred by the Company
in compliance with Sections 2(a) and (b) hereof, including, without limitation,
all registration and filing fees, printing expenses, fees and disbursements of
counsel for the Company, fees and expenses of one counsel for all the Holders in
an amount not to exceed $15,000, blue sky fees and expenses and the expense of
any special audits incident to or required by any such registration (but
excluding
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the compensation of regular employees of the Company, which shall be
paid in any event by the Company);
SECURITY, SECURITIES: shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(1)
of the Securities Act;
SECURITIES ACT: shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended; and
SELLING EXPENSES: shall mean all underwriting discounts and selling
commissions applicable to the sale of Registrable Securities and all fees and
disbursements of counsel for each of the Holders other than fees and expenses of
one counsel for all the Holders in an amount not to exceed $15,000.
SECTION 2. REGISTRATION RIGHTS
(a) REQUESTED REGISTRATION.
(i) REQUEST FOR REGISTRATION. If the Company shall
receive from an Initiating Holder, at any time a written request that the
Company effect any registration with respect to all or a part of the Registrable
Securities, the Company will:
(A) promptly give written notice of the proposed
registration, qualification or compliance to all other Holders; and
(B) as soon as practicable, use its diligent
best efforts to effect such registration (including, without limitation, the
execution of an undertaking to file post-effective amendments, appropriate
qualification under applicable blue sky or other state securities laws and
appropriate compliance with applicable regulations issued under the Securities
Act) as may be so requested and as would permit or facilitate the sale and
distribution of all or such portion of such Registrable Securities as are
specified in such request, together with all or such portion of the Registrable
Securities of any Holder or Holders joining in such request as are specified in
a written request received by the Company within ten (10) business days after
written notice from the Company is given under Section 2(a)(i)(A) above;
provided that the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or take any action
to effect, any such registration pursuant to this Section 2(a):
(v) In any particular jurisdiction in which the
Company would be required to execute a general consent to service of process in
effecting such registration, qualification or compliance, unless the Company is
already subject to service in such jurisdiction and except as may be required by
the Securities Act or applicable rules or regulations thereunder;
(w) After the Company has effected two (2) such
registrations pursuant to this Section 2(a) and such registrations have been
declared or ordered effective and the sales of such Registrable Securities shall
have closed;
(x) If the Registrable Securities requested by
all Holders to be registered pursuant to such request do not have an anticipated
aggregate public offering price (before any underwriting discounts and
commissions) of not less than $10,000,000;
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(y) Within one hundred eighty (180) days of the
effective date of the most recent registration pursuant to this Section 2 in
which securities held by the requesting Holder could have been included for sale
or distribution; or
(z) If the Company shall furnish to such Holders
a certificate, signed by the President or Chief Executive Officer of the
Company, stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors it
would be detrimental to the Company or its stockholders for a Registration
Statement to be filed in the near future, then the Company's obligations under
this Agreement shall be deferred for a period not to exceed one hundred twenty
(120) days from the date of receipt of written request from the Initiating
Holders; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Company may not utilize this right more
than once in any twelve (12) month period.
The registration statement filed pursuant to the request of the
Initiating Holders may, subject to the provisions of Section 2(a)(ii) below,
include other securities of the Company which are held by Persons who, by virtue
of agreements with the Company or otherwise, are entitled to include their
securities in any such registration ("OTHER STOCKHOLDERS").
(ii) UNDERWRITING. If any Initiating Holder intends to
distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an
underwriting, it shall so advise the Company as a part of its request made
pursuant to Section 2(a).
If Other Stockholders request such inclusion, the Initiating Holders
shall offer to include the securities of such Other Stockholders in the
underwriting and may condition such offer on their acceptance of the further
applicable provisions of this Section 2. The Initiating Holders whose shares are
to be included in such registration and the Company shall (together with all
Other Stockholders proposing to distribute their securities through such
underwriting) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the
representative of the underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting
by the Initiating Holders and reasonably acceptable to the Company.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2(a), if such representative
advises the Holders in writing that marketing factors require a limitation on
the number of shares to be underwritten, the securities of the Company held by
Other Stockholders shall be excluded from such registration to the extent so
required by such limitation. If, after the exclusion of such shares, further
reductions are still required, the number of shares included in the registration
by each Initiating Holder shall be reduced on a pro rata basis (based on the
number of shares held by such Initiating Holder), by such minimum number of
shares as is necessary to comply with such request. No Registrable Securities or
any other securities excluded from the underwriting by reason of the
underwriter's marketing limitation shall be included in such registration. If
any Other Stockholder who has requested inclusion in such registration as
provided above disapproves of the terms of the underwriting, such person may
elect to withdraw therefrom by written notice to the Company, the underwriter
and the Initiating Holders. The securities so withdrawn shall also be withdrawn
from registration. If the underwriter has not limited the number of Registrable
Securities or other securities to be underwritten, the Company and officers and
directors of the Company may include its or their securities for its or their
own account, in such registration if the representative so agrees and if the
number of Registrable Securities and other securities which would otherwise have
been included in such registration and underwriting will not thereby be limited.
(b) COMPANY REGISTRATION.
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(i) INCLUSION IN REGISTRATION. If the Company shall
determine to register any of its equity securities either for its own account or
for the account of Other Stockholders, other than a registration relating solely
to employee benefit plans, or a registration relating solely to a Commission
Rule 145 transaction, or a registration on any registration form which does not
permit secondary sales or does not include substantially the same information as
would be required to be included in a registration statement covering the sale
of Registrable Securities, the Company will:
(A) promptly give to each of the Holders written
notice thereof (which shall include a list of the jurisdictions in which the
Company intends to attempt to qualify such securities under the applicable blue
sky or other state securities laws); and
(B) include in such registration (and any
related qualification under blue sky laws or other compliance), and in any
underwriting involved therein, all the Registrable Securities specified in a
written request or requests, made by the Holders within ten (10) business days
after receipt of the written notice from the Company described in Section
2(b)(i)(A) above, except as set forth in Section 2(b)(ii) below. Such written
request may specify all or a part of the Holders' respective Registrable
Securities.
(ii) UNDERWRITING. If the registration of which the
Company gives notice is for a registered public offering involving an
underwriting, the Company shall so advise each of the Holders as a part of the
written notice given pursuant to Section 2(b)(i)(A). In such event, the right of
each of the Holders to registration pursuant to this Section 2(b) shall be
conditioned upon such Holders' participation in such underwriting and the
inclusion of such Holders' Registrable Securities in the underwriting to the
extent provided herein; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Investors shall not be
required to participate in such underwriting if the Investors notify the Company
that they are seeking registration of their shares solely to enable a
distribution of such shares to their partners or their Affiliates' partners. The
Holders whose shares are to be included in such registration (other than the
Investors, if the Investors elect not to participate in such underwriting) shall
(together with the Company and the Other Stockholders distributing their
securities through such underwriting) enter into an underwriting agreement in
customary form with the representative of the underwriter or underwriters
selected for underwriting by the Company. Notwithstanding any other provision of
this Section 2(b), if such representative determines that marketing factors
require a limitation on the number of shares to be underwritten, the
representative may (subject to the allocation priority set forth below) limit
the number of Registrable Securities to be included in the registration and
underwriting to not less than fifty percent (50%) of the shares included therein
(based on the number of shares). The Company shall immediately advise all
holders of securities of the Company requesting registration of such limitation,
and the number of shares of such securities that are entitled to be included in
the registration and underwriting shall be allocated in the following manner:
The securities of the Company held by officers, directors and Other Stockholders
of the Company (other than Registrable Securities and other than securities held
by holders who by contractual right demanded such registration ("DEMANDING
HOLDERS")) shall be excluded from such registration and underwriting to the
extent required by such limitation, and, if a limitation on the number of shares
is still required, the number of shares that may be included in the registration
and underwriting by each of the Holders shall be reduced, on a pro rata basis
(based on the number of shares held by such Holder), by such minimum number of
shares as is necessary to
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comply with such limitation. If any of the Holders or any officer, director or
Other Stockholder disapproves of the terms of any such underwriting, he may
elect to withdraw therefrom by written notice to the Company and the
underwriter. Any Registrable Securities or other securities excluded or
withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from such registration.
(c) FORM S-3. The Initiating Holders shall hereby have the right
to, from time to time and in their sole discretion, request an unlimited number
of registrations on Form S-3 (such requests shall be in writing and shall state
the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be disposed of and the
intended method of disposition of shares by such Holders), subject only to the
following:
(i) The Company shall not be required to effect a
registration pursuant to this Section 2(c) unless the Holder or Holders
requesting registration propose to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities
having an aggregate price to the public (before deduction of underwriting
discounts and expenses of sale) of more than $5,000,000.
(ii) The Company shall not be required to effect a
registration pursuant to this Section 2(c) within one hundred eighty (180) days
of the effective date of the most recent registration pursuant to this Section 2
in which securities held by the requesting Holder could have been included for
sale or distribution.
(iii) The Company shall not be required to effect a
registration pursuant to this Section 2(c) if the Company shall furnish to such
Holders a certificate, signed by the President or Chief Executive Officer of the
Company, stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors it
would be detrimental to the Company or its stockholders for a Registration
Statement to be filed in the near future, then the Company's obligations under
this Agreement shall be deferred for a period not to exceed one hundred twenty
(120) days from the date of receipt of written request from the Initiating
Holders; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Company may not utilize this right more
than once in any twelve (12) month period.
(iv) The Company shall not be obligated to effect any
registration pursuant to this Section 2(c) in any particular jurisdiction in
which the Company would be required to execute a general consent to service of
process in effecting such registration, qualification or compliance, unless the
Company is already subject to service in such jurisdiction and except as may be
required by the Securities Act or applicable rules or regulations thereunder.
The Company shall give written notice to all Holders of the receipt of
a request for registration pursuant to this Section 2(c) and shall provide a
reasonable opportunity for other Holders to participate in the registration,
provided that if the registration is for an underwritten offering, the terms of
Section 2(a)(ii) hereof shall apply to all participants in such offering.
Subject to the foregoing, the Company will use its best efforts to effect
promptly the registration of all shares of Registrable Securities on Form S-3 to
the extent requested by the Holder or Holders thereof for purposes of
disposition.
(d) EXPENSES OF REGISTRATION. All Registration Expenses incurred
in connection with any registration, qualification or compliance pursuant to
this Section 2 shall be borne by the
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Company, and all Selling Expenses shall be borne by the Holders of the
securities so registered pro rata on the basis of the number of their shares so
registered; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if, as a result of the withdrawal of a
request for registration by any of the Holders, as applicable, the registration
statement does not become effective, the Holders and Other Stockholders
requesting registration may elect to bear the Registration Expenses (pro rata on
the basis of the number of their shares so included in the registration request,
or on such other basis as such Holders and Other Stockholders may agree), in
which case such registration shall not be counted as a registration pursuant to
Section 2(a)(i) or Section 2(c).
(e) REGISTRATION PROCEDURES. In the case of each registration
effected by the Company pursuant to this Section 2, the Company will keep the
Holders, as applicable, advised in writing as to the initiation of each
registration and as to the completion thereof. At its expense, the Company will:
(i) keep such registration effective for a period of one
hundred twenty (120) days or until the Holders, as applicable, have completed
the distribution described in the registration statement relating thereto,
whichever first occurs; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that (A) such 120-day period shall be
extended for a period of time equal to the period during which the Holders, as
applicable, refrain from selling any securities included in such registration in
accordance with provisions in Section 2(k) hereof; and (B) in the case of any
registration of Registrable Securities on Form S-3 which are intended to be
offered on a continuous or delayed basis, such 120-day period shall be extended
until all such Registrable Securities are sold, provided that Rule 415, or any
successor rule under the Securities Act, permits an offering on a continuous or
delayed basis, and provided further that applicable rules under the Securities
Act governing the obligation to file a post-effective amendment permit, in lieu
of filing a post-effective amendment which (y) includes any prospectus required
by Section 10(a) of the Securities Act or (z) reflects facts or events
representing a material or fundamental change in the information set forth in
the registration statement, the incorporation by reference of information
required to be included in (y) and (z) above to be contained in periodic reports
filed pursuant to Section 12 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act in the registration
statement;
(ii) furnish such number of prospectuses and other
documents incident thereto as each of the Holders, as applicable, from time to
time may reasonably request;
(iii) notify each Holder of Registrable Securities covered
by such registration at any time when a prospectus relating thereto is required
to be delivered under the Securities Act of the happening of any event as a
result of which the prospectus included in such registration statement, as then
in effect, includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances then existing; and
(iv) furnish, on the date that such Registrable Securities
are delivered to the underwriters for sale, if such securities are being sold
through underwriters or, if such securities are not being sold through
underwriters, on the date that the registration statement with respect to such
securities becomes effective, (1) an opinion, dated as of such date, of the
counsel representing the Company for the purposes of such registration, in form
and substance as is customarily given to underwriters in an underwritten public
offering and reasonably satisfactory
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to a majority in interest of the Holders participating in such registration,
addressed to the underwriters, if any, and to the Holders participating in such
registration and (2) a letter, dated as of such date, from the independent
certified public accountants of the Company, in form and substance as is
customarily given by independent certified public accountants to underwriters in
an underwritten public offering and reasonably satisfactory to a majority in
interest of the Holders participating in such registration, addressed to the
underwriters, if any, and if permitted by applicable accounting standards, to
the Holders participating in such registration.
(f) INDEMNIFICATION.
(i) The Company will indemnify each of the Holders, as
applicable, each of its officers, directors and partners, and each person
controlling each of the Holders, with respect to each registration which has
been effected pursuant to this Section 2, and each underwriter, if any, and each
person who controls any underwriter, against all claims, losses, damages and
liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arising out of or based on any
untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) of a material fact contained in
any prospectus, offering circular or other document (including any related
registration statement, notification or the like) incident to any such
registration, qualification or compliance, or based on 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 any violation by the
Company of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act or any rule or regulation
thereunder applicable to the Company and relating to action or inaction required
of the Company in connection with any such registration, qualification or
compliance, and will reimburse each of the Holders, each of its officers,
directors and partners, and each person controlling each of the Holders, each
such underwriter and each person who controls any such underwriter, for any
legal and any other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with
investigating and defending any such claim, loss, damage, liability or action;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Company will not be liable in any such case to the
extent that any such claim, loss, damage, liability or expense arises out of or
is based on any untrue statement or omission based upon written information
furnished to the Company by the Holders or underwriter and stated to be
specifically for use therein.
(ii) Each of the Holders will, if Registrable Securities
held by it are included in the securities as to which such registration,
qualification or compliance is being effected, indemnify the Company, each of
its directors and officers and each underwriter, if any, of the Company's
securities covered by such a registration statement, each person who controls
the Company or such underwriter, each Other Stockholder and each of their
officers, directors, and partners, and each person controlling such Other
Stockholder against all claims, losses, damages and liabilities (or actions in
respect thereof) arising out of or based on any untrue statement (or alleged
untrue statement) of a material fact contained in any such registration
statement, prospectus, offering circular or other document made by such Holder
in writing, or any omission (or alleged omission) to state therein a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements by such
Holder therein not misleading, and will reimburse the Company and such Other
Stockholders, directors, officers, partners, persons, underwriters or control
persons for any legal or any other expenses reasonably incurred in connection
with investigating or defending any such claim, loss, damage, liability or
action, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue
statement (or alleged untrue statement) or omission (or alleged omission) is
made in such registration statement, prospectus, offering circular or other
document
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in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the
Company by such Holder and stated to be specifically for use therein; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that the obligations of each of the Holders hereunder shall be limited
to an amount equal to the net proceeds to such Holder of securities sold as
contemplated herein.
(iii) Each party entitled to indemnification under this
Section 2(f) (the "INDEMNIFIED PARTY") shall give notice to the party required
to provide indemnification (the "INDEMNIFYING PARTY") promptly after such
Indemnified Party has actual knowledge of any claim as to which indemnity may be
sought, and shall permit the Indemnifying Party to assume the defense of any
such claim or any litigation resulting therefrom; provided that counsel for the
Indemnifying Party, who shall conduct the defense of such claim or any
litigation resulting therefrom, shall be approved by the Indemnified Party
(whose approval shall not unreasonably be withheld) and the Indemnified Party
may participate in such defense at such party's expense (unless the Indemnified
Party shall have reasonably concluded that there may be a conflict of interest
between the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party in such action, in
which case the fees and expenses of counsel shall be at the expense of the
Indemnifying Party), and provided further that the failure of any Indemnified
Party to give notice as provided herein shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party
of its obligations under this Section 2 unless the Indemnifying Party is
materially prejudiced thereby. No Indemnifying Party, in the defense of any such
claim or litigation shall, except with the consent of each Indemnified Party,
consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement which does not
include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff
to such Indemnified Party of a release from all liability in respect to such
claim or litigation. Each Indemnified Party shall furnish such information
regarding itself or the claim in question as an Indemnifying Party may
reasonably request in writing and as shall be reasonably required in connection
with the defense of such claim and litigation resulting therefrom.
(iv) If the indemnification provided for in this Section
2(f) is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unavailable to an
Indemnified Party with respect to any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense
referred to herein, then the Indemnifying Party, in lieu of indemnifying such
Indemnified Party hereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by
such Indemnified Party as a result of such loss, liability, claim, damage or
expense in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of
the Indemnifying Party on the one hand and of the Indemnified Party on the other
in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such loss,
liability, claim, damage or expense, as well as any other relevant equitable
considerations. The relative fault of the Indemnifying Party and of the
Indemnified Party 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 Indemnifying Party or by the Indemnified Party and the parties'
relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or
prevent such statement or omission.
(v) Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that the
provisions on indemnification and contribution contained in the underwriting
agreement entered into in connection with any underwritten public offering
contemplated by this Agreement are in conflict with the foregoing provisions,
the provisions in such underwriting agreement shall be controlling.
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(vi) The foregoing indemnity agreement of the Company and
Holders is subject to the condition that, insofar as they relate to any loss,
claim, liability or damage made in a preliminary prospectus but eliminated or
remedied in the amended prospectus on file with the Commission at the time the
registration statement in question becomes effective or the amended prospectus
filed with the Commission pursuant to Commission Rule 424(b) (the "FINAL
PROSPECTUS"), such indemnity or contribution agreement shall not inure to the
benefit of any underwriter or Holder if a copy of the Final Prospectus was
furnished to the underwriter and was not furnished to the person asserting the
loss, liability, claim or damage at or prior to the time such action is required
by the Securities Act.
(g) INFORMATION BY THE HOLDERS.
(i) Each of the Holders holding securities included in
any registration shall furnish to the Company such information regarding such
Holder and the distribution proposed by such Holder as the Company may
reasonably request in writing and as shall be reasonably required in connection
with any registration, qualification or compliance referred to in this Section
2.
(ii) In the event that, either immediately prior to or
subsequent to the effectiveness of any registration statement, any Holder shall
distribute Registrable Securities to its partners, such Holder shall so advise
the Company and provide such information as shall be necessary to permit an
amendment to such registration statement to provide information with respect to
such partners, as selling securityholders. Promptly following receipt of such
information, the Company shall file an appropriate amendment to such
registration statement reflecting the information so provided. Any incremental
expense to the Company resulting from such amendment shall be borne by such
Holder.
(h) RULE 144 REPORTING.
With a view to making available the benefits of certain rules and
regulations of the Commission which may permit the sale of restricted securities
to the public without registration, the Company agrees to:
(i) make and keep public information available as those
terms are understood and defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act ("RULE
144");
(ii) use its best efforts to file with the Commission in a
timely manner all reports and other documents required of the Company under the
Securities Act and the Exchange Act; and
(iii) so long as any Holder owns any Registrable
Securities, furnish to such Holder upon request, a written statement by the
Company as to its compliance with the reporting requirements of Rule 144, and of
the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, a copy of the most recent annual or
quarterly report of the Company, and such other reports and documents so filed
as such Holder may reasonably request in availing itself of any rule or
regulation of the Commission allowing such Holder to sell any such securities
without registration.
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(i) ASSIGNMENT. The registration rights set forth in this Section
2 may be assigned, in whole or in part, to Permitted Transferees (who shall be
bound by all obligations of this Agreement).
(j) TERMINATION. The registration rights set forth in this Section
2 shall not be available to any Holder if, in the opinion of counsel to the
Company, all of the Registrable Securities then owned by such Holder could be
sold in any 90-day period pursuant to Rule 144 (without giving effect to the
provisions of Rule 144(k)).
(k) DISCONTINUANCE. The Investors agree that upon receipt of any
notice from the Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in
Section 2(e)(iii), the Investors will, to the extent appropriate, discontinue
their disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to the registration
statement relating to such Registrable Securities until their receipt of the
copies of the supplemented or amended prospectus that shall not include an
untrue statement of material fact or omit to state a material fact required to
be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in
light of the circumstances under which they were made and, if so directed by the
Company, will deliver to the Company all copies, other than permanent file
copies, then in their possession, of the prospectus relating to such Registrable
Securities current at the time of receipt of such notice.
SECTION 3. MISCELLANEOUS
(a) DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY. Where any provision in this Agreement
refers to action to be taken by any Person, or which such Person is prohibited
from taking, such provision shall be applicable whether such action is taken
directly or indirectly by such Person.
(b) GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York (without giving
effect to the choice of law principles thereof) which are applicable to
contracts made and to be performed entirely within such State.
(c) SECTION HEADINGS. The headings of the sections and subsections
of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall not be deemed to
constitute a part hereof.
(d) NOTICES.
(i) All communications under this Agreement shall be in
writing and shall be delivered by hand or facsimile or mailed by overnight
courier or by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid:
(A) if to the Company, to Price Enterprises,
Inc., 00000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000,
Attention: Xxxx X. Xxxxx and S. Xxxx Xxxxxxx (facsimile: (000) 000-0000), with a
copy to Xxxxx X. Xxxxx, Esq., Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx, 00000 Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx
000, Xxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, 00000 or at such other address as the Company may
have furnished in writing to the Investors;
(B) if to the Warburg Investors, at the address
or facsimile number listed on Schedule I hereto, or at such other address or
facsimile number as may have been
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furnished the Price Investor and the Company in writing, with a copy to Xxxxxx
X. Xxxxxxx, Esq., Xxxxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxxxxxx, 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx
Xxxx 00000;
(C) if to the Price Investor, at the address or
facsimile number listed on Schedule I hereto, or at such other address or
facsimile number as may have been furnished the Warburg Investors and the
Company, with a copy to Xxxxx X. Lorne, Esq., Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx LLP, 000
Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000 or at such other
address as the Price Investor may have furnished in writing to the Warburg
Investors and the Company.
(ii) Any notice so addressed shall be deemed to be given:
if delivered by hand or facsimile, on the date of such delivery; if mailed by
courier, on the first business day following the date of such mailing; and if
mailed by registered or certified mail, on the third business day after the date
of such mailing.
(e) REPRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS. This Agreement and all documents
relating thereto, including, without limitation, any consents, waivers and
modifications which may hereafter be executed may be reproduced by the Investors
by any photographic, photostatic, microfilm, microcard, miniature photographic
or other similar process and the Investors may destroy any original document so
reproduced. The parties hereto agree and stipulate that any such reproduction
shall be admissible in evidence as the original itself in any judicial or
administrative proceeding (whether or not the original is in existence and
whether or not such reproduction was made by the Investors in the regular course
of business) and that any enlargement, facsimile or further reproduction of such
reproduction shall likewise be admissible in evidence.
(f) SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. Subject to Section 2(i) hereof, this
Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and
assigns of each of the parties.
(g) ENTIRE AGREEMENT; AMENDMENT AND WAIVER. This Agreement and the
other Transaction Documents (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) constitute
the entire understanding of the parties hereto and supersede all prior and
contemporaneous understandings and agreements among such parties with respect to
subject matter hereof. This Agreement may be amended, and the observance of any
term of this Agreement may be waived, with (and only with) the written consent
of the Company and the Investors holding a majority of the then outstanding
Registrable Securities.
(h) SEVERABILITY. In the event that any part or parts of this
Agreement shall be held illegal or unenforceable by any court or administrative
body of competent jurisdiction, such determination shall not affect the
remaining provisions of this Agreement, which shall remain in full force and
effect.
(i) COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in one or more
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which
together shall be considered one and the same agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Agreement as of
the date first set forth above.
PRICE ENTERPRISES, INC.
By: /S/ XXXXX X. XXXXXXXX
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Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Title: Chief Financial Officer
INVESTORS:
WARBURG, XXXXXX EQUITY PARTNERS, L.P.
By: Warburg, Xxxxxx & Co.,
General Partner
By: /S/ XXXXXX X. XXXXXXXXX
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Title: Partner
WARBURG, XXXXXX NETHERLANDS EQUITY
PARTNERS I, C.V.
By: Warburg, Xxxxxx & Co.,
General Partner
By: /S/ XXXXXX X. XXXXXXXXX
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Title: Partner
WARBURG, XXXXXX NETHERLANDS EQUITY
PARTNERS II, C.V.
By: Warburg, Xxxxxx & Co.,
General Partner
By: /S/ XXXXXX X. XXXXXXXXX
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Title: Partner
WARBURG, XXXXXX NETHERLANDS EQUITY
PARTNERS III, C.V.
By: Warburg, Xxxxxx & Co.,
General Partner
By: /S/ XXXXXX X. XXXXXXXXX
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Title: Partner
THE PRICE GROUP LLC
By: /S/ XXXXX XXXXXX
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Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Manager
SCHEDULE I
NAME AND ADDRESS OF INVESTOR
Warburg, Xxxxxx Equity Partners, L.P.
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Warburg, Xxxxxx Netherlands Equity Partners I, C.V.
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Warburg, Xxxxxx Netherlands Equity Partners II, C.V.
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Warburg, Xxxxxx Netherlands Equity Partners III, C.V.
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
The Price Group LLC
c/o The Price Entities
0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xx Xxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxxx
