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EXHIBIT 10.23
SUPPLEMENTAL
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
DATED AS OF JUNE 12, 1997
AMONG
PACKAGED ICE, INC.,
AND
NORWEST EQUITY PARTNERS V,
A MINNESOTA LIMITED PARTNERSHIP,
THE FOOD FUND II LIMITED PARTNERSHIP,
AND XXXXXX X. XXXXXXXXX
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Section Page
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Section 1. Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Section 2. Registration Rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.1 (a) Demand Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
(b) Effective Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
(c) Restrictions on Sale by Holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
(d) Underwritten Registrations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
(e) Expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
(f) Priority in Demand Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.2 (a) Piggy-Back Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
(b) Priority in Piggyback Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.3 Limitations, Conditions and Qualifications to
Obligations Under Registration Covenants . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.4 Restrictions on Sale by the Company and Others . . . . . . . . 9
2.5 Rule 144 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Section 3. Registration Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Section 4. Indemnification and Contribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Section 5. Miscellaneous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
(a) No Inconsistent Agreements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
(b) Adjustments Affecting Registrable Securities . . . . . 18
(c) Amendments and Waivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
(d) Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
(e) Successors and Assigns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
(f) Counterparts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
(g) Headings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
(h) GOVERNING LAW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
(i) Severability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
(j) Third Party Beneficiary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
(k) Entire Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
(l) Securities Held by the Company or Its Affiliates . . . 19
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SUPPLEMENTAL REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
THIS SUPPLEMENTAL REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (the "Agreement") is
made and entered into as of June 12, 1997, among PACKAGED ICE, INC., a Texas
corporation (the "Company"), NORWEST EQUITY PARTNERS V, a Minnesota Limited
Partnership, THE FOOD FUND II LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, and XXXXXX X. XXXXXXXXX
(individually an "Investor" and collectively the "Investors").
WHEREAS, the Company and the Investors are parties to that certain
Registration Rights Agreement dated September 20, 1995, as amended by Amendment
No. 1 to Registration Rights Agreement dated January 17, 1997 (the "Norwest
Agreement") which is incorporated herein by reference; and
WHEREAS, the Company has granted more favorable demand registration
rights to certain other holders of securities, which grant required the consent
of the Investors; and
WHEREAS, in consideration for such consent, the Company is desirous of
entering into this Supplemental Registration Rights Agreement which contains
registration rights substantially as those granted to other holders of
securities, which shall be in addition to those rights granted under the
Norwest Agreement.
In consideration of the foregoing, the parties hereto agree as follows:
Section 1. Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following
defined terms shall have the following meanings:
"Advice" has the meaning ascribed to such term in the last
paragraph of Section 3 hereof.
"Business Day" shall mean a day that is not a Legal Holiday.
"Common Stock" shall mean the shares of common stock, par value
$.01 per share, of the Company.
"Demand Registration" has the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 2.1(a) hereof.
"Demand Right Holders" means persons with "demand" registration
rights pursuant to a contractual commitment of the Company.
"DTC" has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3(i)
hereof.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended from time to time and the rules and regulations of the SEC
promulgated thereunder.
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"Holder" means each individual Investor, for so long as he
or she owns any of the Registrable Securities, and each of his and her
successors, assigns and direct and indirect transferees who become
registered owners of such Registrable Securities.
"Included Securities" has the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 2.1(a) hereof.
"Indemnified Party" has the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 4(c) hereof.
"Indemnifying Party" has the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 4(c) hereof.
"Inspectors" has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
3(n) hereof.
"Investor" has the meaning ascribed to that term in the preamble
of this Agreement.
"Legal Holiday" shall mean a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which
banking institutions in New York, New York are required by law,
regulation or executive order to remain closed.
"Merger Agreement" has the meaning ascribed to that term in the
preamble of this Agreement.
"Person" shall mean an individual, partnership, corporation,
trust or unincorporated organization, or a government or agency or
political subdivision thereof.
"Piggy-Back Registration" has the meaning ascribed to such term
in Section 2.2 hereof.
"Prospectus" means 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, and all
other amendments and supplements to the Prospectus, including
post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated by reference or
deemed to be incorporated by reference in such Prospectus.
"Public Equity Offering" means an underwritten offer and sale of
capital stock of the Company pursuant to a registration statement that
has been declared effective by the Commission pursuant to the Securities
Act (other than a registration statement on Form S-8 or otherwise
relating to equity securities issuable under any employee benefit plan
of the Company).
"Registrable Securities" has the same meaning given to such term
in the Norwest Agreement. As to any particular Registrable Securities
for the purposes of this Agreement, such securities shall cease to be
Registrable Securities when (i) a Registration Statement with respect to
the offering of such securities by the Holder thereof shall have been
declared effective under the Securities Act and such securities shall
have been disposed of by such
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Holder pursuant to such Registration Statement, (ii) such securities are
eligible for sale to the public pursuant to Rule 144(k) (or any similar
provision then in force, but not Rule 144A) promulgated under the
Securities Act, (iii) such securities shall have been otherwise
transferred by such Holder and new certificates for such securities not
bearing a legend restricting further transfer shall have been delivered
by the Company or its transfer agent and subsequent disposition of such
securities shall not require registration or qualification under the
Securities Act or any similar state law then in force or (iv) such
securities shall have ceased to be outstanding.
"Registration Expenses" shall mean all expenses incident to the
Company's performance of or compliance with its obligations, under this
Agreement, including, without limitation, all SEC and stock exchange or
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. registration and filing
fees and expenses, fees and expenses of compliance with securities or
blue sky laws (including, without limitation, reasonable fees and
disbursements of counsel for the underwriters in connection with blue
sky qualifications of the Registrable Securities), preparing, printing,
filing, duplicating and distributing the Registration Statement and the
related Prospectus, the cost of printing stock certificates, the cost
and charges of any transfer agent, rating agency fees, printing
expenses, messenger, telephone and delivery expenses, fees and
disbursements of counsel for the Company and all independent certified
public accountants, the fees and disbursements of underwriters
customarily paid by issuers or sellers of securities (but not including
any underwriting discounts or commissions or transfer taxes, if any,
attributable to the sale of Registrable Securities by Selling Holders),
fees and expenses of one counsel for the Holders and other reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses of the Holders.
"Registration Statement" shall mean any appropriate registration
statement of the Company filed with the SEC pursuant to the Securities
Act which covers any of the Registrable Securities pursuant to the
provisions of this Agreement and all amendments and supplements to any
such Registration Statement, including post-effective amendments, in
each case including the Prospectus contained therein, all exhibits
thereto and all material incorporated by reference therein.
"Requisite Securities" shall mean a number of Registrable
Securities equal to not less than 25% of the Registrable Securities held
in the aggregate by all Holders.
"Rule 144" shall mean 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.
"SEC" shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Securities Act" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended from time to time and the rules and regulations of the SEC
promulgated thereunder.
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"Selling Holder" shall mean a Holder who is selling Registrable
Securities in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.1 or 2.2
hereof.
"Withdrawal Election" has the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 2.2(b) hereof.
Section 2. Registration Rights.
2.1 (a) Demand Registration. From time to time, after 180
days following the completion by the Company of a Public Equity Offering,
Holders owning, individually or in the aggregate, not less than the Requisite
Securities may make a written request for registration under the Securities Act
of their Registrable Securities (a "Demand Registration"). Within 120 days of
the receipt of such written request for a Demand Registration, the Company
shall file with the SEC and use its best efforts to cause to become effective
under the Securities Act a Registration Statement with respect to such
Registrable Securities. Any such request will specify the number of
Registrable Securities proposed to be sold and will also specify the intended
method of disposition thereof. The Company shall give written notice of such
registration request to all other Holders of Registrable Securities within 15
days after the receipt thereof. Within 20 days after notice of such
registration request by the Company, any Holder may request in writing that
such Holder's Registrable Securities be included in such Registration Statement
and the Company shall include in such Registration Statement the Registrable
Securities of any such Holder requested to be so included (the "Included
Securities"). Each such request by such other Holders shall specify the number
of Included Securities proposed to be sold and the intended method of
disposition thereof. Subject to Section 2.1(b) hereof, the Company shall be
required to register Registrable Securities pursuant to this Section 2.1(a) on
a maximum of two separate occasions.
Subject to Section 2.1(f) hereof, no other securities of the
Company except securities held by any Holder, any Demand Right Holder, and any
Person entitled to exercise "piggy back" registration rights pursuant to
contractual commitments of the Company shall be included in a Demand
Registration.
(b) Effective Registration. A Registration Statement will not
be deemed to have been effected as a Demand Registration unless it has been
declared effective by the SEC and the Company has complied in a timely manner
and in all material respects with all of its obligations under this Agreement
with respect thereto; provided, however, that if, after such Registration
Statement has become effective, the offering of Registrable Securities pursuant
to such Registration Statement is or becomes the subject of any stop order,
injunction or other order or requirement of the SEC or any other governmental
or administrative agency or court that prevents, restrains or otherwise limits
the sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement for
any reason not attributable to any Holder participating in such registration
and such Registration Statement has not become effective within a reasonable
time period thereafter (not to exceed 60 days), such Registration Statement
will be deemed not to have been effected. If (i) a registration requested
pursuant to this Section 2.1 is deemed not to have been effected or (ii) a
Demand Registration does not remain effective under the Securities Act until at
least the earlier of (A) an aggregate of 90 days after the effective date
thereof or (B) the consummation of the distribution by
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the Holders of all of the Registrable Securities covered thereby, then the
Company shall continue to be obligated to effect an additional Demand
Registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 provided, that a Demand Registration
shall not be counted as such unless the Selling Holders have sold at least 80%
of the Registrable Securities covered thereby. For purposes of calculating the
90-day period referred to in the preceding sentence, any period of time during
which such Registration Statement was not in effect shall be excluded. The
Holders of Registrable Securities shall be permitted to withdraw all or any
part of the Registrable Securities from a Demand Registration at any time prior
to the effective date of such Demand Registration.
(c) Restrictions on Sale by Holders. Each Holder of
Registrable Securities whose Registrable Securities are covered by a
Registration Statement filed pursuant to this Section 2.1 and are to be sold
thereunder agrees, if and to the extent reasonably requested by the managing
underwriter or underwriters in an underwritten offering, not to effect any
public sale or distribution of Registrable Securities or of securities of the
Company of the same class as any securities included in such Registration
Statement, including a sale pursuant to Rule 144 (except as part of such
underwritten offering), during the 30-day period prior to, and during the
120-day period beginning on, the closing date of each underwritten offering
made pursuant to such Registration Statement, to the extent timely notified in
writing by the Company or such managing underwriter or underwriters.
The foregoing provisions of Section 2.1(c) shall not apply to any
Holder of Registrable Securities if such Holder is prevented by applicable
statute or regulation from entering into any such agreement; provided, however,
that any such Holder shall undertake, in its request to participate in any such
underwritten offering, not to effect any such public sale or distribution of
Registrable Securities or of securities of the Company of the same class as any
securities included in such Registration Statement, including a sale pursuant
to Rule 144 (except as part of such underwritten offering) during such period,
unless it has provided 45 days' prior written notice of such sale or
distribution to the underwriter or underwriters.
(d) Underwritten Registrations. If any of the Registrable
Securities covered by a Demand 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 not less than
a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding to be sold thereunder
and will be reasonably acceptable to the Company.
No Holder of Registrable Securities may participate in any
underwritten registration pursuant to a Registration Statement filed under this
Agreement unless such Holder (a) agrees to (i) sell such Holder's Registrable
Securities on the basis provided in and in compliance with any underwriting
arrangements approved by the Holders of not less than a majority of the
Registrable Securities to be sold thereunder and (ii) comply with Rules 10b-6
and 10b-7 under the Exchange Act and (b) completes and executes all
questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements and
other documents reasonably required under the terms of such underwriting
arrangements.
(e) Expenses. The Company will pay all Registration Expenses
in connection with the registrations requested pursuant to Section 2.1(a)
hereof. Each Holder of Registrable
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Securities shall pay all underwriting discounts and commissions and transfer
taxes, if any, relating to the sale or disposition of such Holder's Registrable
Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement requested pursuant to this
Section 2.1.
(f) Priority in Demand Registration. In a registration
pursuant to Section 2.1 hereof involving an underwritten offering, if the
managing underwriter or underwriters of such underwritten offering have
informed, in writing, the Company and the Selling Holders who have requested
such Demand Registration or who have sought inclusion therein that in such
underwriter's or underwriters' opinion the total number of securities which the
Selling Holders and any other Person desiring to participate in such
registration intend to include in such offering is such as to adversely affect
the success of such offering, including the price at which such securities can
be sold, then the Company will be required to include in such registration only
the amount of securities which it is so advised should be included in such
registration. In such event securities shall be registered in such
registration in the following order of priority: (i) first, the securities
which have been requested to be included in such registration by the Holders of
Registrable Securities pursuant to this Agreement and the Demand Right Holders
(pro rata based on the amount of securities sought to be registered by such
Persons), (ii) second, provided that no securities sought to be included by the
Holders and the Demand Right Holders have been excluded from such registration,
the securities of other Persons entitled to exercise "piggy-back" registration
rights pursuant to contractual commitments of the Company (pro rata based on
the amount of securities sought to be registered by such Persons) and (iii)
third, securities the Company proposes to register.
2.2 (a) Piggy-Back Registration. If at any time after the
Company has completed a Public Equity Offering, the Company proposes to file a
Registration Statement under the Securities Act with respect to an offering by
the Company for its own account or for the account of any of its
securityholders of any class of its Common Stock in a firmly underwritten
Public Equity Offering (other than (i) a Registration Statement on Form S-4 or
S-8 (or any substitute form that may be adopted by the SEC) or (ii) a
Registration Statement filed in connection with an exchange offer or offering
of securities solely to the Company's existing securityholders), then the
Company shall give written notice of such proposed filing to the Holders of
Registrable Securities as soon as practicable (but in no event fewer than 20
days before the anticipated filing date), and such notice shall offer such
Holders the opportunity to register such number of shares of Registrable
Securities as each such Holder may request in writing within 30 days after
receipt of such written notice from the Company (which request shall specify
the Registrable Securities intended to be disposed of by such Selling Holder (a
"Piggy-Back Registration"). The Company shall use its best efforts to keep
such Piggy-Back Registration continuously effective under the Securities Act
until at least the earlier of (A) an aggregate of 90 days after the effective
date thereof or (B) the consummation of the distribution by the Holders of all
of the Registrable Securities covered thereby. The Company shall use its best
efforts to cause the managing Underwriter or underwriters, if any, of such
proposed offering to permit the Registrable Securities requested to be included
in a Piggy-Back Registration to be included on the same terms and conditions as
any similar securities of the Company or any other securityholder included
therein and to permit the sale or other disposition of such Registrable
Securities in accordance with the intended method of distribution thereof. Any
Selling Holder shall have the right to withdraw its request for inclusion of
its Registrable Securities in any Registration Statement pursuant to this
Section 2.2 by giving written notice to the Company of its request to
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withdraw. The Company may withdraw a Piggy-Back Registration at any time prior
to the time it becomes effective or the Company may elect to delay the
registration; provided, however, that the Company shall give prompt written
notice thereof to participating Selling Holders. The Company will pay all
Registration Expenses in connection with each registration of Registrable
Securities requested pursuant to this Section 2.2, and each Holder of
Registrable Securities shall pay all underwriting discounts and commissions and
transfer taxes, if any, relating to the sale or disposition of such Holder's
Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement effected pursuant
to this Section 2.2.
No registration effected under this Section 2.2, and no failure
to effect a registration under this Section 2.2, shall relieve the Company of
its obligation to effect a registration upon the request of Holders of
Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 2.1 hereof, and no failure to effect
a registration under this Section 2.2 and to complete the sale of securities
registered thereunder in connection therewith shall relieve the Company of any
other obligation under this Agreement.
(b) Priority in Piggyback Registration. In a registration
pursuant to Section 2.2 hereof involving an underwritten offering, if the
managing underwriter or underwriters of such underwritten offering have
informed, in writing, the Company and the Selling Holders requesting inclusion
in such offering that in such underwriter's or underwriters' opinion the total
number of securities which the Company, the Selling Holders and any other
Persons desiring to participate in such registration intend to include in such
offering is such as to adversely affect the success of such offering, including
the price at which such securities can be sold, then the Company will be
required to include in such registration only the amount of securities which it
is so advised should be included in such registration. In such event: (x) in
cases initially involving the registration for sale of securities for the
Company's own account, securities shall be registered in such offering in the
following order of priority: (i) first, the securities which the Company
proposes to register, and (ii) second, the securities which have been
requested to be included in such registration by Persons entitled to exercise
"piggy-back" registration rights pursuant to contractual commitments of the
Company (pro rata on the amount of securities sought to be registered by such
Persons); and (y) in cases not initially involving the registration for sale of
securities for the Company's own account, securities shall be registered in
such offering in the following order of priority: (i) first, the securities of
any Person whose exercise of a "demand" registration right pursuant to a
contractual commitment of the Company is the basis for the registration
(provided that if such Person is a Holder of Registrable Securities, as among
Holders of Registrable Securities there shall be no priority and Registrable
Securities sought to be included by Holders of Registrable Securities shall be
included pro rata based on the amount of securities sought to be registered by
such Persons), (ii) second, securities of other persons entitled to exercise
"piggy-back" registration rights pursuant to contractual commitments (pro rata
based on the amount of securities sought to be registered by such persons) and
(iii) third, the securities which the Company proposes to register.
If, as a result of the provisions of this Section 2.2(b), any
Selling Holder shall not be entitled to include all Registrable Securities in a
Piggy-Back Registration that such Selling Holder has requested to be included,
such Selling Holder may elect to withdraw his request to include Registrable
Securities in such registration (a "Withdrawal Election"); provided, however,
that a Withdrawal Election shall be irrevocable and, after making a Withdrawal
Election, a Selling Holder
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shall no longer have any right to include Registrable Securities in the
registration as to which such Withdrawal Election was made.
2.3 Limitations, Conditions and Qualifications to Obligations
Under Registration Covenants. The obligations of the Company set forth in
Sections 2.1 and 2.2 hereof are subject to each of the following limitations,
conditions and qualifications:
(i) Subject to the next sentence of this paragraph, the
Company shall be entitled to postpone, for a reasonable period of time, the
filing or effectiveness of, or suspend the rights of any Holders to make sales
pursuant to, any Registration Statement otherwise required to be prepared,
filed and made and kept effective by it hereunder; provided, however, that the
duration of such postponement or suspension may not exceed the earlier to occur
of (A) 15 days after the cessation of the circumstances described in the next
sentence of this paragraph on which such postponement or suspension is based or
(B) 120 days after the date of the determination of the Board of Directors
referred to in the next sentence, and the duration of any such postponement or
suspension shall be excluded from the calculation of the 90-day period
described in Section 2.1(b) hereof. Such postponement or suspension may only
be effected if the Board of Directors of the Company determines in good faith
that the filing or effectiveness of, or sales pursuant to, such Registration
Statement would materially impede, delay or interfere with any financing, offer
or sale of securities, acquisition, corporate reorganization or other
significant transaction involving the Company or any of its affiliates (whether
or not planned, proposed or authorized prior to an exercise of demand
registration rights hereunder or any other registration rights agreement) or
require disclosure of material information which the Company has a bona fide
business purpose for preserving as confidential. If the Company shall so
postpone the filing or effectiveness of a Registration Statement or so suspend
the rights of Holders to make sales it shall, as promptly as possible, notify
any Selling Holders of such determination, and the Selling Holders shall (y)
have the right, in the case of a postponement of the filing or effectiveness of
a Registration Statement, upon the affirmative vote of the Holders of not less
than a majority of the Registrable Securities to be included in such
Registration Statement, to withdraw the request for registration by giving
written notice to the Company within 10 days after receipt of such notice or
(z) in the case of a suspension of the right to make sales, receive an
extension of the registration period equal to the number of days of the
suspension. Any Demand Registration as to which the withdrawal election
referred to in the preceding sentence has been effected shall not be counted
for purposes of the two Demand Registrations the Company is required to effect
pursuant to Section 2.1 hereof.
(ii) The Company shall not be required by this Agreement to
include securities in a Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2.2 hereof
if (i) in the written opinion of counsel to the Company, addressed to the
Holders and delivered to them, the Holders of such securities seeking
registration would be free to sell all such securities within the current
calendar quarter, without registration, under Rule 144, which opinion may be
based in part upon the representation by such Holders, which representation
shall not be unreasonably withheld, that each such Holder is not an affiliate
of the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act and (ii) all
requirements under the Securities Act for effecting such sales are satisfied at
such time.
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(iii) The Company's obligations shall be subject to the
obligations of the Selling Holders, which the Selling Holders acknowledge, to
furnish all information and materials and to take any and all actions as may be
required under applicable federal and state securities laws and regulations to
permit the Company to comply with all applicable requirements of the SEC and to
obtain any acceleration of the effective date of such Registration Statement.
(iv) The Company shall not be obligated to cause any special
audit to be undertaken in connection with any registration pursuant to this
Agreement unless such audit is requested by the underwriters with respect to
such registration.
2.4 Restrictions on Sale by the Company and Others. The
Company covenants and agrees that it shall not, and that it shall not cause or
permit any of its subsidiaries to, effect any public sale or distribution of
any securities of the same class as any of the Registrable Securities or any
securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for such securities
(or any option or other right for such securities) during the 30-day period
prior to, and during the 90-day period beginning on, the commencement of any
underwritten offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Demand
Registration which has been requested pursuant to this Agreement, or a
Piggy-Back Registration.
2.5 Rule 144. The Company 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 the Company is not required to file such reports, it
will, upon the request of any Holder of Registrable Securities, make publicly
available other information so long as necessary to permit sales pursuant to
Rule 144. Upon the request of any Holder of Registrable Securities, the
Company will in a timely manner deliver to such Holder a written statement as
to whether it has complied with such information requirements.
Section 3. Registration Procedures. In connection with the
obligations of the Company with respect to any Registration Statement pursuant
to Sections 2.1 and 2.2 hereof, the Company shall:
(a) Prepare and file with the SEC as soon as practicable each
such Registration Statement (but in any event on or prior to the date of
filing thereof required under this Agreement) and cause each such
Registration Statement to become effective and remain effective as
provided herein; provided, however, that before filing any such
Registration Statement or any Prospectus or any amendments or
supplements thereto (including documents that would be incorporated or
deemed to be incorporated therein by reference, including such documents
filed under the Exchange Act that would be incorporated therein by
reference), the Company shall afford promptly to the Holders of the
Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement, their
counsel and the managing underwriter or underwriters, if any, an
opportunity to review copies of all such documents proposed to be filed
a reasonable time prior to the proposed filing thereof. The Company
shall not file any Registration Statement or Prospectus or any
amendments or supplements thereto if the Holders of a majority of the
Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement, their
counsel, or the managing underwriter or underwriters, if any, shall
reasonably object
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in writing unless failure to file any such amendment or supplement would
involve a violation of the Securities Act or other applicable law.
(b) Prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and
post-effective amendments to such Registration Statement as may be
necessary to keep such Registration Statement continuously effective for
the time periods prescribed hereby; cause the related Prospectus to be
supplemented by any required prospectus supplement, 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, the Exchange Act and the rules and
regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder applicable to it with
respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such
Registration Statement as so amended or such Prospectus as so
supplemented.
(c) Notify the Holders of Registrable Securities, their
counsel and the managing underwriter or underwriters, if any, promptly
(but in any event within two (2) 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 Statement or any post-effective 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 and exhibits), (ii) of the issuance
by the SEC of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of such
Registration Statement or of any order preventing or suspending the use
of any Prospectus or the initiation or threatening 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 Securities the representations and warranties of the Company
contained in any agreement (including any underwriting agreement)
contemplated by Section 3(m) below cease to be true and correct in any
material respect, (iv) of the receipt by the Company of any notification
with respect to (A) the suspension of the qualification or exemption
from qualification of the Registration Statement or any of the
Registrable Securities covered thereby for offer or sale in any
jurisdiction, or (B) the initiation of any proceeding for such purpose,
(v) of the happening of any event, the existence of any condition or
information becoming known that requires the making of any change in any
Registration Statement or Prospectus so that, in the case of such
Registration Statement, it will conform in all material respects with
the requirements of the Securities Act and 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 any Prospectus, it will
conform in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities
Act and 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 the Company's
reasonable determination that a post-effective amendment to such
Registration Statement would be appropriate.
(d) Use every reasonable effort to prevent the issuance of any
order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of
any order preventing or suspending the
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use of a Prospectus or suspending the qualification (or exemption from
qualification) of any of the Registrable Securities covered thereby for
sale in any jurisdiction, and, if any such order is issued, to obtain
the withdrawal of any such order at the earliest possible moment.
(e) If requested by the managing underwriter or underwriters,
if any, or the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities being
sold in connection with an underwriting offering, (i) promptly
incorporate in a prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment such
information as the managing underwriter or underwriters, if any, or such
Holders reasonably request to be included therein to comply with
applicable law, (ii) make all required filings of such prospectus
supplement or such post-effective amendment as soon as practicable after
the Company has received notification of the matters to be incorporated
in such prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment, and (iii)
supplement or make amendments to such Registration Statement.
(f) Furnish to each Holder of Registrable Securities who so
requests and to counsel for the Holders of Registrable Securities and
each managing underwriter, if any, without charge, upon request, one
conformed copy of the Registration Statement and each post-effective
amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules, and of
all documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by
reference and all exhibits (including exhibits incorporated by
reference).
(g) Deliver to each Holder of Registrable Securities, their
counsel and each underwriter, if any, without charge, as many copies of
each Prospectus and each amendment or supplement thereto as such Persons
may reasonably request; and, subject to the last paragraph of this
Section 3, the Company hereby consents to the use of such Prospectus and
each amendment or supplement thereto by each of the Holders of
Registrable Securities and the underwriter or underwriters or agents, if
any, in connection with the offering and sale of the Registrable
Securities covered by such Prospectus and any amendment or supplement
thereto.
(h) Prior to any offering of Registrable Securities, to
register or qualify, and cooperate with the Holders of such Registrable
Securities, the managing underwriter or underwriters, if any, and their
respective counsel in connection with the registration or qualification
(or exemption from such registration or qualification) of, such
Registrable Securities for offer and sale under the securities or Blue
Sky laws of such jurisdictions within the United States as the managing
underwriter or underwriters reasonably request in writing, or, in the
event of a non-underwritten offering, as the Holders of a majority of
such Registrable Securities may request; provided, however, that where
Registrable Securities are offered other than through an underwritten
offering, the Company agrees to cause its counsel to perform Blue Sky
investigations and file registrations and qualifications required to be
filed pursuant to this Section 3(h); keep each such registration or
qualification (or exemption therefrom) effective during the period the
Registration Statement relating to such Registrable Securities is
required to be kept effective pursuant to this Agreement and do any and
all other acts or things necessary or advisable to enable the
disposition in such jurisdictions of the securities covered thereby;
provided, however, that the Company will not be required to
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(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) become subject to taxation in any jurisdiction where it
is not then so subject.
(i) Cooperate with the Holders of Registrable Securities and
the managing underwriter or underwriters, if any, to facilitate the
timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Registrable
Securities to be sold, which certificates shall not bear any restrictive
legends whatsoever and shall be in a form eligible for deposit with The
Depository Trust Company ("DTC"); and enable such Registrable Securities
to be in such denominations and registered in such names as the managing
underwriter or underwriters, if any, or Holders may reasonably request
at least two business days prior to any sale of Registrable Securities
in a firm commitment underwritten public offering.
(j) Use its best efforts to cause the Registrable Securities
covered by a Registration Statement to be registered with or approved by
such other governmental agencies or authorities within the United States
as may be necessary to enable the seller or sellers thereof or the
underwriter or underwriters, if any, to consummate the disposition of
such Registrable Securities, except as may be required solely as a
consequence of the nature of such selling Holder's business, in which
case the Company will cooperate in all reasonable respects with the
filing of the Registration Statement and the granting of such approvals.
(k) Upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by Section
3(c)(v) or 3(c)(vi) above, as promptly as practicable prepare 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, and, subject to Section
3(a) hereof, file such with the SEC so that, as thereafter delivered to
the purchasers of Registrable Securities being sold thereunder, 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 and will otherwise comply with law.
(l) Prior to the effective date of a Registration Statement,
(i) provide the registrar for the Registrable Securities with
certificates for such securities in a form eligible for deposit with DTC
and (ii) provide a CUSIP number for such securities.
(m) Enter into an underwriting agreement in form, scope and
substance as is customary in underwritten offerings 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
disposition of such Registrable Securities in any underwritten offering
to be made of the Registrable Securities in accordance with this
Agreement, and in such connection, (i) make such representations and
warranties to, and covenants with, the underwriter or underwriters, with
respect to the business of the Company and the subsidiaries of the
Company, and the Registration Statement, Prospectus and documents, if
any, incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein, in
each case, in form,
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substance and scope as are customarily made by issuers to underwriters
in underwritten offerings, and confirm the same if and when requested:
(ii) use reasonable efforts to obtain opinions of counsel to the Company
and updates thereof, addressed to the underwriter or underwriters
covering the matters customarily covered in opinions requested in
underwritten offerings and such other matters as may be reasonably
requested by underwriters; (iii) use reasonable efforts to obtain "cold
comfort letters and updates thereof from the independent certified
public accountants of the Company (and, if applicable, the subsidiaries
of the Company) and, if necessary, any other independent certified
public accountants of any subsidiary of the Company or of any business
acquired by the Company 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 and such
other matters as reasonably requested by the managing underwriter or
underwriters and as permitted by the Statement of Auditing Standards No.
72; and (iv) if an underwriting agreement is entered into, the same
shall contain customary indemnification provisions and procedures no
less favorable than those set forth in Section 5 (or such other
provisions and procedures acceptable to Holders of a majority of
Registrable Securities 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.
(n) Make available for inspection by a representative of the
Holders of Registrable Securities being sold, any underwriter
participating in any such disposition of Registrable Securities, if any,
and any attorney or accountant retained by such representative of the
Holders 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 Company and the
subsidiaries of the Company, and cause the officers, directors and
employees of the Company and the subsidiaries of the Company to supply
all information in each case reasonably requested by any such Inspector
in connection with such Registration Statement; provided, however, that
all information shall be kept confidential by such Inspector, except to
the extent that (i) the disclosure of such information is necessary to
avoid or correct a misstatement or omission in the Registration
Statement, (ii) the release of such information is ordered pursuant to a
subpoena or other order from a court of competent jurisdiction, (iii)
disclosure of such information is, in the opinion of counsel for any
Inspector, necessary or advisable in connection with any action, claim,
suit or proceeding, directly or indirectly, involving or potentially
involving such Inspector and arising out of, based upon, relating to or
involving this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated hereby
or arising hereunder, or (iv) such information has been made generally
available to the public. Each Selling Holder of such Registrable
Securities agrees 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 Company
or of any of its affiliates unless and until such is generally available
to the public. Each Selling Holder of such Registrable Securities
further agrees that it will, upon learning that disclosure of such
information is sought in a court of competent jurisdiction, give
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prompt notice to the Company and allow the Company to undertake
appropriate action to prevent disclosure of the information deemed
confidential at the Company's sole expense.
(o) 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 forty-five (45) days after the end of any
12-month period (or ninety (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 Securities are sold to an
underwriter or to underwriters in a firm commitment or best efforts
underwritten offering and (ii) if not sold to an underwriter or to
underwriters in such an offering, commencing on the first day of the
first fiscal quarter of the Company after the effective date of the
relevant Registration Statement, which statements shall cover said
12-month periods.
(p) Use its best efforts to cause all Registrable Securities
relating to such Registration Statement to be listed on each securities
exchange, if any, on which similar securities issued by the Company are
then listed.
(q) Cooperate with the Selling Holders of Registrable
Securities to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of
certificates representing Registrable Securities to be sold and not
bearing any restrictive legends and registered in such names as the
Selling Holders may reasonably request at least two business days prior
to the closing of any sale of Registrable Securities.
Each seller of Registrable Securities as to which any
registration is being effected agrees, as a condition to the registration
obligations with respect to such Holder provided herein, to furnish to the
Company such information regarding such seller and the distribution of such
Registrable Securities as the Company may, from time to time, reasonably
request in writing to comply with the Securities Act and other applicable law.
The Company may exclude from such registration the Registrable Securities of
any seller who fails to furnish such information within a reasonable time after
receiving such request. If the identity of a seller of Registrable Securities
is to be disclosed in the Registration Statement, such seller shall be
permitted to include all information regarding such seller as it shall
reasonably request.
Each Holder of Registrable Securities agrees by acquisition of
such Registrable Securities that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company
of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 3(c)(ii),
3(c)(iv), 3(c)(v), or 3(c)(vi) hereof, such Holder will forthwith discontinue
disposition of such Registrable Securities covered by the Registration
Statement or Prospectus until such Holder's receipt of the copies of the
supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 3(k) hereof), or
until it is advised in writing (the "Advice") by the Company 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 Company, such
Holder will deliver to the Company all copies, other than permanent file
copies, then in such Holder's possession, of the Prospectus covering such
Registrable Securities current at the time of receipt of such notice. In the
event the Company shall give any such notice, the period of time for which a
Registration Statement
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is required hereunder to be effective 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 Securities covered by
such Registration Statement shall have received (x) the copies of the
supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 3(k) hereof or (y)
the Advice.
Section 4. Indemnification and Contribution. (a) The Company agrees
to indemnify and hold harmless each Holder and each Person, if any, who
controls such Holder within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities
Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, or is under common control with, or is
controlled by, such Holder, from and against any and all losses, claims,
damages and liabilities (including, without limitation, the reasonable legal
fees and other reasonable out-of-pocket 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 Company shall have furnished any amendments or
supplements thereto) or caused by 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 Company shall have furnished any amendments or supplements
thereto) or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state in any such
Prospectus a material fact required to be stated 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 such untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement
or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating
to any Holder furnished to the Company in writing by such Holder 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
Holders resulted from any action, claim or suit by any Person who purchased
Registrable Securities which are the subject thereof from such Holder and it is
established in the related proceeding that such Holder failed to deliver or
provide a copy of the Prospectus (as mended or supplemented) to such Person
with or prior to the confirmation of the sale of such Registrable Securities
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 Holder agrees, severally and not jointly, to
indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, its officers who sign
any Registration Statement, and each Person, if any, who controls the Company
within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of
the Exchange Act to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company
to such Holder, but only with reference to information relating to such Holder
furnished to the Company in writing by such Holder expressly for use in any
Registration Statement or any Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement
thereto) or any preliminary prospectus. The liability of any Holder under this
paragraph shall in no event exceed the proceeds received by such Holder from
sales of Registrable Securities giving rise to such obligations.
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(c) In case any suit, action, proceeding (including any
governmental or regulatory investigation), claim or demand shall be instituted
involving any Person in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to
either paragraph (a) or (b) above, such Person (the "Indemnified Party") shall
promptly notify the Person against which such indemnity may be sought (the
"Indemnifying Party") in writing and the Indemnifying Party, upon request of
the Indemnified Party, shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the
Indemnified Party to represent the Indemnified Party and any others the
Indemnifying Party may reasonably designate in such proceeding and shall pay
the reasonable fees and expenses actually incurred of such counsel relating to
such proceeding; provided, however, that the failure to so notify the
Indemnifying Party 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 such Indemnifying Party and such Indemnifying Party was not
otherwise aware of such action or claim). In any such proceeding, any
Indemnified Party 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 Party
unless (i) the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party shall have mutually
agreed in writing to the contrary, (ii) the Indemnifying Party shall have
failed to retain within a reasonable period of time counsel reasonably
satisfactory to such Indemnified Party or parties or (iii) the named parties to
any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both such
Indemnified Party or parties and the indemnifying parties or an affiliate of
the indemnifying parties or such indemnified parties 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 exists a
conflict among indemnified parties, the indemnifying parties shall not, in
connection with any proceeding or related proceedings 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 such indemnified parties and that all such fees
and expenses shall be reimbursed promptly after receipt of the invoice
therefore as they are incurred. Any such separate firm for the Holders and
such control Persons of the Holders shall be designated in writing by Holders
who sold a majority in interest of Registrable Securities sold by all such
Holders and any such separate firm for the Company, its directors, its officers
and such control Persons of the Company shall be designated in writing by the
Company. The Indemnifying Party 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 Party is entitled to indemnification pursuant to this
Agreement, the Indemnifying Party agrees to indemnify any Indemnified Party
from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or
judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an
Indemnified Party shall have requested an Indemnifying Party to reimburse the
Indemnified Party for reasonable fees and expenses actually incurred by counsel
as contemplated by the third sentence of this paragraph, the Indemnifying Party
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 Party of the aforesaid request
and (ii) such Indemnifying Party shall not have reimbursed the Indemnified
Party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement;
provided, however, that the Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for any
settlement effected without its consent pursuant to this sentence if the
Indemnifying Party is contesting, in good faith, the request for reimbursement.
No Indemnifying Party shall, without the prior written consent of the
Indemnified Party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened
proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Party is or could have been a
party and indemnity could have been sought
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hereunder by such Indemnified Party, unless such settlement (1) includes an
unconditional release of such Indemnified Party in form and substance
satisfactory to such Indemnified Party from all liability on Claims that are
the subject matter of such proceeding and (2) does not include any statement as
to an admission of fault, culpability or failure to act by or on behalf of any
Indemnified Party.
(d) If the indemnification provided for in paragraph (a) or
(b) of this Section 4 is unavailable (other than by reason of the exceptions
specifically provided therein) to, or insufficient to hold harmless, an
Indemnified Party in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities
referred to therein, then each Indemnifying Party under such paragraphs, in
lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Party thereunder and in order to provide
for just and equitable contribution, shall contribute to the amount paid or
payable by such Indemnified Party 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 Company on the one hand and the Holders on the other
hand from the offering of such Registrable Securities or (ii) if the allocation
provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law, not only such
relative benefits but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand
and the Holders 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 Company on the one hand
and the Holders on the other hand 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 Company or by the Holders and the parties' relative
intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent
such statement or omission, and any other equitable considerations appropriate
in the circumstances.
(e) The parties agree that it would not be just and equitable
if contribution pursuant to this Section 4 were determined by pro rata
allocation 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 Party 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 Party in connection with investigating or defending any such action
or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 4, in no event shall
a Holder be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which
proceeds received by such Holder from sales of Registrable Securities exceeds
the amount of any damages that such Holder has otherwise been required to pay
or has paid 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 4 will be in addition to any which the indemnifying parties may
otherwise have to the indemnified parties referred to above.
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Section 5. Miscellaneous.
(a) No Inconsistent Agreements. The Company has not entered
into nor will the Company on or after the date of this Agreement enter into, or
cause or permit any of its subsidiaries to enter into, any agreement which is
inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders of Registrable Securities
in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof. In the
event of a conflict of construction or a conflict in the grant of rights
between the Norwest Agreement and this Agreement, the more favorable
construction or grant of rights, as the case may be, shall prevail, as
determined by the Holders.
(b) Adjustments Affecting Registrable Securities. The Company
shall not, directly or indirectly, take any action with respect to the
Registrable Securities as a class that would adversely affect the ability of
the Holders of Registrable Securities to include such Registrable Securities 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 unless the Company has
obtained the prior written consent of Holders of not less than a majority of
the outstanding Registrable Securities; provided, however, that Section 4
hereof and this Section 5(c) may not be amended, modified or supplemented
without the prior written consent of each Holder (including any Person who was
a Holder of Registrable Securities disposed of pursuant to any Registration
Statement). Notwithstanding the foregoing, a waiver or consent to departure
from the provisions hereof with respect to a matter that relates exclusively to
the rights of Holders of Registrable Securities whose securities are being sold
pursuant to a Registration Statement and that does not directly or indirectly
affect, impair, limit or compromise the rights of other Holders of Registrable
Securities may be given by the Holders of not less than a majority of the
Registrable Securities proposed to be sold by such Holders pursuant to such
Registration Statement. In addition, each such amendment, modification,
supplement and waiver must be agreed to in writing by the company.
(d) Notices. All notices and other communications provided
for or permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand delivery,
registered first-class mail, telex, telecopier, or any courier guaranteeing
overnight delivery (i) if to a Holder at the most current address of such
Holder as set forth in stock register of the Company, which address initially
is, with respect to the Investors, the address set forth in the Merger
Agreement and (ii) if to the Company, initially at the Company's address set
forth in the Merger Agreement and thereafter at such other address, notice of
which is given in accordance with the provisions of this Section (d).
All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been
duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five
Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed;
when answered back, if telexed; when receipt is acknowledged, if telecopied;
and on the next Business Day, if timely delivered to an air courier
guaranteeing overnight delivery.
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(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 Securities.
(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.
(j) Third Party Beneficiary. The Holders are intended third
party beneficiaries of this Agreement and this Agreement may be enforced by
such Persons.
(k) Entire Agreement. The Norwest Agreement and this
Agreement, collectively are intended by the parties as a final expression of
their agreement, and is intended to be a complete and exclusive statement of
the agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in respect of the subject
matter contained herein and therein. This Agreement and the Norwest Agreement
supersede all prior agreements and understandings between the parties with
respect to such subject matter.
(l) Securities Held by the Company or Its Affiliates.
Whenever the consent or approval of Holders of a specified percentage of
Registrable Securities is required hereunder, Registrable Securities held by
the Company or by any of its 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.
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SUPPLEMENTAL REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
SIGNATURE PAGE
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
NORWEST EQUITY PARTNERS V,
a Minnesota Limited Partnership
By: ITASCA PARTNERS V,
Its General Partner
By:
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Its:
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THE FOOD FUND II LIMITED
PARTNERSHIP
By:
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Its:
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