AMENDED AND RESTATED REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT by and among The Kraft Heinz Company, 3G Global Food Holdings LP and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Dated as of July 2, 2015
Exhibit 4.1
AMENDED AND RESTATED
by and among
The Xxxxx Xxxxx Company,
3G Global Food Holdings LP
and
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
Dated as of July 2, 2015
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Section 1. |
Certain Definitions | 1 | ||||
Section 2. |
Demand Registration | 6 | ||||
Section 3. |
Piggyback Registrations | 9 | ||||
Section 4. |
S-3 Shelf Registration | 11 | ||||
Section 5. |
Reserved | 13 | ||||
Section 6. |
Redemption Offering | 13 | ||||
Section 7. |
Holdback Agreements | 13 | ||||
Section 8. |
Suspension Periods; Other | 14 | ||||
Section 9. |
Registration Procedures | 15 | ||||
Section 10. |
Registration Expenses | 19 | ||||
Section 11. |
Confidentiality | 20 | ||||
Section 12. |
Indemnification | 20 | ||||
Section 13. |
Securities Act Restrictions | 22 | ||||
Section 14. |
Transfers of Rights | 23 | ||||
Section 15. |
Miscellaneous | 23 |
THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), is made and entered into as of July 2, 2015, by and among The Xxxxx Xxxxx Company, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), 3G Global Food Holdings LP, a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership (“3G”), and Berkshire Hathaway Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Berkshire”; each of 3G and Berkshire, together with the Permitted Transferees that become a party to this Agreement in accordance with Section 13, an “Investor” and, collectively, the “Investors”).
WHEREAS, the Company and each of the Investors are party to that certain Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of June 7, 2013 (the “Original Agreement”); and
WHEREAS, in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of March 24, 2015 (the “Merger Agreement”), among the Company, Kite Merger Sub Corp., a Virginia corporation, Kite Merger Sub LLC a Delaware limited liability company, and Kraft Foods Group, Inc., a Virginia corporation, the Company and each of the Investors desire, as of the Effective Time, to amend and restate the Original Agreement in its entirety to be in the form of this Agreement. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Merger Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained and other good and valid consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties to this Agreement hereby agree as follows:
Section 1. Certain Definitions. In addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
“3G” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph hereto.
“3G Permitted Transferee” means any Affiliate of 3G that has acquired Shares by means of a Permitted Transfer.
“Affiliate” of any Person means any other Person which, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person. For purposes of this Agreement, the current principals of 3G Capital Partners Ltd. and the current managing partner of 3G Capital Partners Ltd. (together with (a) any trust that is formed by any such individuals for estate planning purposes, (b) any investment fund that is controlled by such individuals (or, upon death or incapacity of such individual, such individual’s immediate family), and (c) any personal investment holding entity that is formed by any such individual and is majority-owned and controlled by such individual (or, upon death or incapacity of such individual, such individual’s immediate family)) shall each be deemed to be an Affiliate of 3G. The term “control” (including the terms “controlling,” “controlled” and “under common control with”) as used with respect to any Person means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.
“Agreement” means this Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement, including all amendments, modifications and supplements and any exhibits or schedules to any of the foregoing, and shall refer to this Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement as the same may be in effect at the time such reference becomes operative.
“Automatic Shelf Registration Statement” has the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).
“beneficially own” means, with respect to any Person, securities of which such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates, directly or indirectly, has “beneficial ownership” as determined pursuant to Rule 13d-3 and Rule 13d-5 of the Exchange Act, including securities beneficially owned by others with whom such Person or any of its Affiliates has agreed to act together for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting or disposing of such securities; provided that a Person shall not be deemed to “beneficially own” (i) securities tendered pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made by such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates until such tendered securities are accepted for payment, purchase or exchange, (ii) any security as a result of an oral or written agreement, arrangement or understanding to vote such security if such agreement, arrangement or understanding: (a) arises solely from a revocable proxy given in response to a public proxy or consent solicitation made pursuant to, and in accordance with, the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act, and (b) is not also then reportable by such Person on Schedule 13D under the Exchange Act (or any comparable or successor report). Without limiting the foregoing, a Person shall be deemed to be the beneficial owner of all Registrable Shares owned of record by any majority-owned subsidiary of such Person.
“Berkshire” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph hereto.
“Berkshire Permitted Transferee” means any Affiliate of Berkshire that has acquired Shares by means of a Permitted Transfer.
“Business Day” means any day that is not a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banks are required or permitted to be closed in the City of New York, New York.
“Certificate of Incorporation” means the Company’s Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended and restated from time to time (including any certificate of designations adopted by the Company’s board of directors pursuant to the Certificate of Incorporation).
“Chosen Courts” has the meaning set forth in Section 14(e).
“Common Stock” means the common stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share.
“Company” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph hereto.
“Demand Registration” has the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).
“Demand Registration Statement” has the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).
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“Effectiveness Deadline” shall mean, with respect to any Registration Statement required to be filed to cover the resale by an Investor of the Registrable Shares, (i) the date such Registration Statement is filed, if the Company is a WKSI as of such date and such Registration Statement is an Automatic Shelf Registration Statement eligible to become immediately effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462, or (ii) if the Company is not a WKSI as of the date such Registration Statement is filed, the 5th Business Day following the date on which the Company is notified by the SEC that such Registration Statement will not be reviewed or is not subject to further review and comments and will be declared effective upon request by the Company.
“Equity Shares” means the Shares owned by each of 3G and Berkshire on the date hereof after giving effect to the Equity Investment, the Merger and the other Transactions.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Exercise Shares” means the shares of Common Stock acquired by Berkshire upon exercise of the Warrant.
“Filing Deadline” shall mean, with respect to any Registration Statement required to be filed to cover the resale by an Investor of the Registrable Shares, (i) 30 days following a Request, if the Company is a WKSI as of the date of such Request, or (ii) if the Company is not a WKSI as of the date of such Request, (x) 40 days following such Request if the Company is then eligible to register for resale of the Registrable Shares on Form S-3 or (y) if the Company is not then eligible to use Form S-3, 60 days following such Request, provided that, to the extent that the Company has not been provided the information regarding an Investor and the Registrable Shares required to be included in such Registration Statement at least fifth Business Days prior to the applicable Filing Deadline, then such Filing Deadline shall be extended to the fifth Business Day following the date on which such information is provided to the Company.
“Form S-3” means a registration statement on Form S-3 under the Securities Act or such successor forms thereto permitting registration of securities under the Securities Act.
“Governmental Entity” means any national, federal, state, municipal, local, territorial, foreign or other government or any department, commission, board, bureau, agency, regulatory authority or instrumentality thereof, or any court, judicial, administrative or arbitral body or public or private tribunal.
“Holdback Agreement” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.
“Holdback Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.
“Investors” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph hereto. References herein to an Investor shall apply to Permitted Transferees who become Investors pursuant to Section 13, provided that for purposes of all thresholds and
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limitations herein, the actions of each Permitted Transferee shall be aggregated with the Investor who was a shareholder of the Company on the date hereof and from whom such Permitted Transferee directly or indirectly acquired Shares.
“Long-Form Registration” has the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).
“Merger Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals hereto.
“Original Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals hereto.
“Permitted Transfer” means a Transfer of Shares by (a) Berkshire or any Affiliate of Berkshire to any Affiliate of Berkshire or (b) 3G or any Affiliate of 3G to any Affiliate of 3G; provided that any Transfer of Shares under clause (a) or (b) to a limited partner or member shall be by means of distribution of Shares to such Person, with no value paid by such limited partner or member in exchange for distribution of such Shares; provided, further, that neither Berkshire nor 3G shall avoid the provisions of clause (a) or (b), as applicable, by making one or more Transfers to one or more Permitted Transferees and then disposing of all or any portion of such party’s interest in any such Permitted Transferee. On subsequent Transfers by a Permitted Transferee, the determination of whether the transferee is a Permitted Transferee shall be determined by reference to the Investor who was an original party to this Agreement, not by reference to the transferring Permitted Transferee in such subsequent Transfer. If at any time after a Permitted Transfer, a transferee ceases to be a Permitted Transferee of the Investor who Transferred the Shares to the transferee, then such transferee must Transfer the Shares to such Investor or a Permitted Transferee of such Investor as promptly as practicable. No Permitted Transfer shall conflict with or result in any violation of a judgment, order, decree, statute, law, ordinance, rule or regulation.
“Permitted Transferee” means any 3G Permitted Transferee or Berkshire Permitted Transferee, as applicable.
“Person” means any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, incorporated organization, association, corporation, institution, public benefit corporation, Governmental Entity or any other entity.
“Piggyback Registration” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(a).
“Preferred Stock” means the 80,000 shares of 9.00% Cumulative Compounding Preferred Stock, Series A, of the Company.
“Prospectus” means the prospectus or prospectuses (whether preliminary or final) included in any Registration Statement and relating to Registrable Shares, as amended or supplemented and including all material incorporated by reference in such prospectus or prospectuses.
“Redemption Offering” has the meaning set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation.
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“Registrable Shares” means, at any time, (i) the Equity Shares, (ii) the Exercise Shares, and (iii) any securities issued by the Company after the date hereof in respect of the Equity Shares or the Exercise Shares by way of a share dividend or share split or in connection with a combination of shares, recapitalization, merger, consolidation or other reorganization, but excluding (iv) any and all Equity Shares, Exercise Shares and other securities referred to in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) that at any time after the date hereof (a) have been sold pursuant to an effective registration statement or Rule 144 under the Securities Act, (b) have been sold in a transaction where a subsequent public distribution of such securities would not require registration under the Securities Act, (c) are eligible for sale pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act without limitation thereunder on volume or manner of sale, (d) are not outstanding, or (e) have been transferred in violation of Section 12 hereof (or any combination of clauses (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e)). It is understood and agreed that, once a security of the kind described in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above becomes a security of the kind described in clause (iv) above, such security shall cease to be a Registrable Share for all purposes of this Agreement and the Company’s obligations regarding Registrable Shares hereunder shall cease to apply with respect to such security.
“Registration Expenses” has the meaning set forth in Section 10(a).
“Registration Statement” means any registration statement of the Company which covers any of the Registrable Shares pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, including the Prospectus, amendments and supplements to such Registration Statement, including post-effective amendments, all exhibits and all documents incorporated by reference in such Registration Statement.
“Request” has the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).
“S-3 Shelf Registration” has the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).
“S-3 Shelf Registration Statement” has the meaning set forth in Section 4(a).
“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor agency.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Shares” means any shares of Common Stock.
“Shelf Takedown” has the meaning set forth in Section 4(b).
“Short-Form Registration” has the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).
“Suspension Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 8(a).
“Termination Date” means the first date on which there are no Registrable Shares held by any Investor or, if later, the date on which no Preferred Stock remains outstanding.
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“Third-Party Holdback Period” means any Holdback Period imposed on an Investor pursuant to Section 7 in respect of an underwritten offering of Shares in which (i) such Investor elected not to participate or (ii) such Investor’s participation was reduced or eliminated pursuant to Section 3(b) or 3(c).
“Transfer” means to transfer, sell, assign, pledge, hypothecate, give, create a security interest in or lien on, place in trust (voting or otherwise), assign or in any other way encumber or dispose of (including any deprivation or divestiture of any right, title or interest), directly or indirectly and whether or not by operation of law or for value, any legal, economic or beneficial interest in Shares, or the Warrant.
“underwritten offering” means a registered offering in which securities of the Company are sold to one or more underwriters on a firm-commitment basis for reoffering to the public, and “underwritten Shelf Takedown” means an underwritten offering effected pursuant to an S-3 Shelf Registration.
“Warrant” means Berkshire’s warrant to purchase 46,195,652 shares of Common Stock pursuant to Warrant No. 1, dated as of June 7, 2013.
“WKSI” shall mean a “well known seasoned issuer” as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act.
In addition to the above definitions, unless the context requires otherwise:
(i) any reference to any statute, regulation, rule or form as of any time shall mean such statute, regulation, rule or form as amended or modified and shall also include any successor statute, regulation, rule or form, as amended, from time to time;
(ii) “including” shall be construed as inclusive without limitation, in each case notwithstanding the absence of any express statement to such effect, or the presence of such express statement in some contexts and not in others;
(iii) references to “Section” are references to Sections of this Agreement;
(iv) words such as “herein”, “hereof”, “hereinafter” and “hereby” when used in this Agreement refer to this Agreement as a whole; and
(v) references to “dollars” and “$” mean U.S. dollars.
Section 2. Demand Registration.
(a) Right to Request Registration. Subject to the provisions hereof, until the Termination Date, each Investor or any group of Investors shall have the right to make requests in writing (each, a “Request”) (which Request shall specify the Registrable Shares intended to be disposed and the intended method of distribution thereof) that the Company register all or part of the Registrable Shares held by such Investor(s) on Form
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S-1 or any similar long-form registration (“Long-Form Registrations”) or Form S-3 or any similar short-form registration (“Short-Form Registrations”), if available, provided that, in either case, the number of Registrable Shares included in the Request (i) would, if fully sold, yield gross proceeds to the Investor(s) making the Request of at least $200,000,000 (based on the then-current market prices of the Common Stock) or (ii) consists of all Registrable Shares then owned by 3G and all of the 3G Permitted Transferees, or Berkshire and all of the Berkshire Permitted Transferees, as applicable. The Investor(s) making any Request shall send a copy of such Request to the other Investors at the same time as it is sent to the Company, and each other Investor may elect to include Registrable Shares owned by it in the same registration by providing written notice of such election to the Company and the Investor(s) making the Request within five (5) Business Days of receiving the Request (which notice shall specify the Registrable Securities intended to be included). All registrations requested pursuant to this Section 2(a) are referred to herein as “Demand Registrations.” Each Investor may request that the registration be made pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act (an “S-3 Shelf Registration”) and, if the Company is a WKSI at the time any request for a Registration Statement is submitted pursuant to this Section 2(a) (a “Demand Registration Statement”) to the Company, that such S-3 Shelf Registration be an automatic shelf registration statement (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) (an “Automatic Shelf Registration Statement”). The Company shall file such Registration Statement as promptly as practicable, but no later than the applicable Filing Deadline, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Registration Statement to be declared effective or otherwise become effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable but, in any event, no later than the Effectiveness Deadline.
(b) Number of Demand Registrations. Subject to the limitations of Sections 2(a), 2(d) and 4(a), 3G and the 3G Permitted Transferees that have become Investors pursuant to Section 13 below shall be entitled to request up to three Demand Registrations in the aggregate, and Berkshire and the Berkshire Permitted Transferees that have become Investors pursuant to Section 13 below shall be entitled to request up to three Demand Registrations in the aggregate; provided, however, that a registration shall not count as a Demand Registration pursuant to this Section 2 unless the holders of Registrable Shares are able to register and sell at least 90% of the Registrable Shares requested to be included in such registration. Demand Registrations shall be Short-Form Registrations whenever the Company is permitted to use any applicable short form registration and if the managing underwriter, if any, agrees to the use of a Short-Form Registration. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to make Short-Form Registrations available for the sale of Registrable Shares.
(c) Priority on Demand Registrations. The Company may include Shares other than Registrable Shares in a Demand Registration for any accounts (including for the account of the Company) on the terms provided below if such Demand Registration is an underwritten offering, and only with the consent of the managing underwriters of such offering. If the managing underwriters of the requested Demand Registration advise the Company and the Investors participating in such Demand Registration that in their opinion the number of Shares proposed to be included in the Demand Registration exceeds the number of Shares which can be sold in such underwritten offering without
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delaying or otherwise affecting the success of the offering (including the price per share of the Shares proposed to be sold in such underwritten offering), the Company shall include in such Demand Registration (i) first, the number of Registrable Shares that the Investors propose to sell, and (ii) second, unless any additional Shares exceed the amount that the managing underwriter(s) determine can be sold without delaying or otherwise adversely affecting the success of the offering, the number of Shares proposed to be included therein by any other Persons (including Shares to be sold for the account of the Company) allocated among such other Persons in such manner as the Company may determine. If more than one Investor is participating in such Demand Registration, and the number of Shares which can be sold, as so determined by the managing underwriters, is less than the number of Shares proposed to be registered pursuant to clause (i) above by the Investor(s), then the Registrable Shares that are included in such Demand Registration shall be allocated pro rata among the participating Investors on the basis of the number of Registrable Shares owned by each such Investor.
(d) Restrictions on Demand Registrations. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this Agreement, no Investor shall be entitled to request a Demand Registration at any time when (i) a Redemption Offering has been initiated (and not withdrawn) by Berkshire and such Redemption Offering has not yet been consummated, or (ii) the Company is diligently pursuing a primary or secondary underwritten offering pursuant to a Piggyback Registration, unless, in the case of this clause (ii), the offering to be effected pursuant to the requested Demand Registration can be effected pursuant to an S-3 Shelf Registration and the Company, in accordance with Section 4, effects or has effected an S-3 Shelf Registration pursuant to which such offering can be effected.
(e) Underwritten Offerings. An Investor or group of Investors making a Request shall only be entitled to request an underwritten offering pursuant to a Demand Registration (subject to the same minimum proceeds test set forth in subsection (a) above) if the request is not made within 120 days after such Investor(s) (or the Investor from which Registrable Shares were acquired directly or indirectly by any such Investor, or any Permitted Transferee who acquired its Registrable Shares directly or indirectly from any such Investor) have sold at least 90% of the Shares requested to be included in an underwritten offering pursuant to a Demand Registration or an S-3 Shelf Registration. The Investor(s) participating in such an underwritten Demand Registration shall together (i) select the investment banking firm or firms to act as the managing underwriter or underwriters in connection with such offering, and (ii) otherwise mutually manage and direct all decisions required for effecting such Demand Registration; provided that (i) any investment banking firm or firms selected pursuant to clause (i) above shall be selected subject to the approval of the Company, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld and (ii) the Company shall select the investment banking firm(s) if the Investors cannot agree on such selection.
(f) Effective Period of Demand Registrations. Upon the date of effectiveness of any Demand Registration for an underwritten offering and if such offering is priced promptly on or after such date, the Company shall use reasonable best efforts to keep such Demand Registration Statement effective for a period equal to 120 days from such date or such shorter period which shall terminate when all of the Registrable Shares covered by such Demand Registration have been sold by the participating Investor(s).
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(g) Other Registration Rights. Until the time when Berkshire and the Berkshire Permitted Transferees no longer hold any shares of Preferred Stock and the Investors collectively own 10% or less of the outstanding Shares, the Company shall not grant to any Persons the right to request the Company to register any equity securities of the Company, or any securities convertible or exchangeable into or exercisable for such securities, without the prior written consent of both 3G (as long as it and/or the 3G Permitted Transferees hold Registrable Shares) and Berkshire (as long as it and/or the Berkshire Permitted Transferees hold Registrable Shares or shares of Preferred Stock); provided that the Company may grant rights to employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries who are not Affiliates of the Investors, and not persons eligible to acquire Shares from an Investor in a Permitted Transfer, to participate in Piggyback Registrations so long as such rights are subordinate to the rights of the Investors with respect to such Piggyback Registrations as provided in Section 3 below.
Section 3. Piggyback Registrations.
(a) Subject to Section 3(b), whenever prior to the Termination Date the Company proposes to register any Shares under the Securities Act (other than on a registration statement on Form S- 8, X-0, X-0 or F-4 or any successor form thereto), whether for its own account or for the account of one or more holders of Shares (other than the Investors), and the form of registration statement to be used may be used for any registration of Registrable Shares (a “Piggyback Registration”), the Company shall give written notice to each Investor of its intention to effect such a registration and, subject to Sections 3(b) and 3(c), shall include in such registration statement and in any offering of Shares to be made pursuant to that registration statement all Registrable Shares with respect to which the Company has received a written request for inclusion therein from an Investor within five (5) Business Days after such Investor’s receipt of the Company’s notice or, in the case of a primary offering, such shorter time as is reasonably specified by the Company in light of the circumstances (provided that only Registrable Shares of the same class or classes as the Shares being registered may be included). The provisions of this Section 3(a) shall apply without regard to whether the Company proposes to register such Shares at its own option or as set forth in any other agreement by which the Company is bound. This Agreement alone shall not be interpreted to impose on the Company any obligation to proceed with any Piggyback Registration and the Company may abandon, terminate and/or withdraw such registration for any reason at any time prior to the pricing thereof. If the Company or any other Person other than an Investor proposes to sell Shares in an underwritten offering pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-3 under the Securities Act, such offering shall be treated as a primary or secondary underwritten offering pursuant to a Piggyback Registration.
(b) Priority on Primary Piggyback Registrations. Except in the case of a Redemption Offering, if a Piggyback Registration is initiated as a primary underwritten offering on behalf of the Company and the managing underwriters advise the Company that in their opinion the number of Shares proposed to be included in such offering
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exceeds the number of Shares (of any class) which can be sold in such offering without delaying or otherwise adversely affecting the success of the offering (including the price per share of the Shares proposed to be sold in such offering), the Company shall include in such registration and offering (i) first, the number of Shares that the Company proposes to sell, and (ii) second, the number of Shares requested to be included therein by the Investors, pro rata among such Investors on the basis of the number of Registrable Shares owned by each such Investor up to such number, if any, that the managing underwriters determine can be included in such offering without delaying or otherwise adversely affecting the success of the offering. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Piggyback Registration is a Redemption Offering, the Investors shall only be permitted to include Shares in such Piggyback Registration if and to the extent the managing underwriters conclude that Shares can be sold in excess of the Shares proposed by Berkshire to be sold in such Redemption Offering without delaying or otherwise adversely affecting the success of the Redemption Offering (including the price per share of the Shares proposed to be sold in such Redemption Offering). If the managing underwriters so conclude that excess Shares can be sold by Investors in a Redemption Offering without delaying or otherwise adversely affecting the success of the Redemption Offering, the Company shall include in such Redemption Offering (i) first, the number of Shares that Berkshire proposes to include, and (ii) second, the number of Registrable Shares requested to be included by any Investors, pro rata among such Investors on the basis of the number of Registrable Shares owned by each such Investor up to such number, if any, that the managing underwriters determine can be included in such offering without delaying or otherwise adversely affecting the success of the offering.
(c) Priority on Secondary Piggyback Registrations. If a Piggyback Registration is not a Redemption Offering and is initiated as an underwritten registration on behalf of a holder of Shares other than the Investors, and the managing underwriters advise the Company that in their opinion the number of Shares proposed to be included in such registration exceeds the number of Shares (of any class) which can be sold in such offering without delaying or otherwise adversely affecting the success of the offering (including the price per share of the Shares to be sold in such offering), then the Company shall include in such registration (i) first, the number of Shares requested to be included therein by the holder(s) requesting such registration, (ii) second, the number of Shares requested to be included therein by the Investors pro rata among such Investors on the basis of the number of Registrable Shares owned by each such Investor and (iii) third, the number of Shares proposed to be included therein by any other Persons (including Shares to be sold for the account of the Company) allocated among such other Persons in such manner as the Company may determine.
(d) Selection of Underwriters. If any Piggyback Registration is a primary or secondary underwritten offering, subject to Sections 5 and 6, the Company shall have the right to select the managing underwriter or underwriters to administer any such offering.
(e) Basis of Participations. No Investor may sell Registrable Shares in any offering pursuant to its right to participate in a Piggyback Registration unless it (a) agrees to sell such Shares on the same basis provided in the underwriting or other distribution arrangements approved by the Company and that apply to the Company or any other
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holders involved in such Piggyback Registration and (b) completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements, lockups and other documents required under the terms of such arrangements.
Section 4. S-3 Shelf Registration.
(a) Right to Request Registration. Subject to the provisions hereof and the Company’s eligibility to use Form S-3, as promptly as practicable after the Company receives written notice of a request for an S-3 Shelf Registration from either of 3G or Berkshire, the Company shall file with the SEC a registration statement under the Securities Act for the S-3 Shelf Registration (a “S-3 Shelf Registration Statement”). A request for an S-3 Shelf Registration Statement may not be made within 120 days after the requesting Investor (or any Permitted Transferees who acquired their Registrable Shares directly or indirectly from such original Investor) has sold at least 90% of the Shares requested to be included in a Demand Registration or at any time when an S-3 Shelf Registration covering Shares of the requesting Investor or any of its direct or indirect Permitted Transferees is in effect or a Redemption Offering has been initiated (and not withdrawn) by Berkshire and not yet consummated. Once effective, the Company shall cause such S-3 Shelf Registration Statement to remain continuously effective for such time period as is specified in such request but for no time period longer than the period ending on the earliest of (A) the date on which all Registrable Shares covered by such S-3 Shelf Registration have been sold pursuant to the S-3 Shelf Registration, (B) the date as of which there are no longer any Registrable Shares covered by such S-3 Shelf Registration in existence and (C) the date on which such S-3 Shelf Registration Statement expires, provided that the Company shall renew such S-3 Shelf Registration Statement upon such expiration. If permitted under the Securities Act, such Registration Statement shall be an Automatic Shelf Registration Statement. The right to request an S-3 Shelf Registration hereunder is in addition to the rights of 3G and Berkshire under Section 2 with respect to Demand Registrations. The right to request an S-3 Shelf Registration hereunder may be exercised no more than once by each of 3G and Berkshire; provided that if, 12 calendar months after the first day of the month following the date hereof, the Company does not meet the eligibility requirements of Form S-3 or loses its eligibility to use Form S-3, then 3G and Berkshire shall (subject to satisfying the conditions to a Demand Registration set forth in Section 2) each be entitled to request up to three additional Demand Registrations in the aggregate per year, until such time as the Company meets the eligibility requirements of Form S-3; provided, further that if either 3G or Berkshire has used its right to a S-3 Shelf Registration pursuant to this Section 4 and has (inclusive of its direct and indirect Permitted Transferees who have become Investors under Section 13 below) exercised fewer than three Demand Registrations, then either 3G or Berkshire, as applicable, may elect a second S-3 Shelf Registration and, upon such election, the number of Demand Registrations available to it and its direct and indirect Permitted Transferees who have become Investors under Section 13 below shall be reduced by one.
(b) Right to Effect Shelf Takedowns. Subject to Section 7, each Investor shall be entitled, at any time and from time to time when an S-3 Shelf Registration Statement is effective and until the Termination Date, to sell such Registrable Shares as are then
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registered pursuant to such S-3 Shelf Registration Statement (each, a “Shelf Takedown”), but only upon not less than three Business Days’ prior written notice to the Company (if such takedown is to be underwritten). Such Investor or a group of Investors shall be entitled to request that a Shelf Takedown be an underwritten offering; provided, however, that the number of Registrable Shares included in each such underwritten Shelf Takedown (i) would reasonably be expected to yield gross proceeds to such Investor(s) of at least $100,000,000 (based on the then-current market prices), or (ii) consists of all Registrable Shares then owned by 3G and all of the 3G Permitted Transferees, or Berkshire and all of the Berkshire Permitted Transferees, as applicable, and provided, further, that such Investor(s) shall not be entitled to request any underwritten Shelf Takedown (x) within 120 days after any such Investor (or the Investor from which Registrable Shares were acquired directly or indirectly by such Investor, or any Permitted Transferee who acquired its Registrable Shares directly or indirectly from such Investor) have sold at least 90% of the Shares requested to be included in a Demand Registration or S-3 Shelf Registration or (y) at any time when a Redemption Offering has been initiated (and not withdrawn) by Berkshire and not yet consummated. Such Investor(s) shall give the Company prompt written notice of the consummation of each Shelf Takedown (whether or not underwritten).
(c) Priority on Underwritten Shelf Takedowns. The Company may include Shares other than Registrable Shares in an underwritten Shelf Takedown for any accounts on the terms provided below, but only with the consent of the managing underwriters of such offering, and whichever of the Investors has requested such Shelf Takedown (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed). If the managing underwriters of the requested underwritten Shelf Takedown advise the Company and the requesting Investors that in their opinion the number of Shares proposed to be included in the underwritten Shelf Takedown exceeds the number of Shares which can be sold in such offering without delaying or otherwise adversely affecting the success of the offering (including the price per share of the Shares proposed to be sold in such offering), the Company shall include in such underwritten Shelf Takedown (i) first, the number of Shares that the requesting Investor(s) proposes to sell, and (ii) second, the number of Shares proposed to be included therein by any other Persons (including Shares to be sold for the account of the Company) allocated among such other Persons in such manner as the Company may determine. If the number of Shares which can be sold without delaying or otherwise adversely affecting the success of the offering is less than the number of Registrable Shares proposed to be included in the underwritten Shelf Takedown pursuant to clause (i) above, the amount of Shares to be so sold shall be allocated to the Investors pro rata according to the number of Registrable Shares owned by each such Investor. The provisions of this paragraph (c) apply only to a Shelf Takedown that an Investor has requested be an underwritten offering.
(d) Selection of Underwriters. If any of the Registrable Shares are to be sold in an underwritten Shelf Takedown initiated by an Investor and the other Investors are participating in such Shelf Takedown, the Investor requesting the Shelf Takedown shall have the right to select the investment banking firm(s) and manager(s) to administer the offering, subject to the other Investors’ approval (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided that (i) any investment banking firm or
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manager selected by the Investors shall be selected subject to the approval of the Company, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, and (ii) the Company shall select the investment banker(s) and manager(s) if the Investors cannot agree on such selection.
Section 5. Reserved.
Section 6. Redemption Offering. In the event Berkshire elects to effectuate a Redemption Offering in accordance with the terms of the Certificate of Incorporation, Berkshire, on behalf of the Company, shall select the investment banking firm or firms to act as the managing underwriter or underwriters in connection with such offering and shall otherwise manage and direct all decisions required for effecting one or more Redemption Offerings, as required, and effecting a redemption of the Preferred Stock in accordance with Article IV of the Certificate of Incorporation; provided that any investment banking firm or manager selected by Berkshire shall be selected subject to the approval of the Company, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld.
Section 7. Holdback Agreements. The restrictions in this Section 7 shall apply for as long as any Investor is the beneficial owner of any Registrable Shares. (1) In connection with a Redemption Offering, (2) if the Company sells Shares or other securities convertible into or exchangeable for (or otherwise representing a right to acquire) Shares in any other primary underwritten offering pursuant to any registration statement under the Securities Act (but only if the Investors are provided their piggyback rights, if any, in accordance with Sections 3(a) and 3(b)), or (3) if any other Person sells Shares in a secondary underwritten offering pursuant to a Piggyback Registration in accordance with Sections 3(a) and 3(b), and if the managing underwriters for such offering (under any of clauses (1), (2) or (3)) advise the Company (in which case the Company promptly shall notify each Investor) that a public sale or distribution of Shares outside such offering would adversely affect such offering, then, if requested by the Company or, in the case of a Redemption Offering, if requested by Berkshire, each Investor shall agree, as contemplated in this Section 7, not to (and to cause its majority-controlled Affiliates not to) sell, transfer, pledge, issue, grant or otherwise dispose of, directly or indirectly (including by means of any short sale), or request the registration of, any Registrable Shares (or any securities of any Person that are convertible into or exchangeable for, or otherwise represent a right to acquire, any Registrable Shares) for a period (each such period, a “Holdback Period”) beginning on the 10th day before the pricing date for the Redemption Offering or other applicable offering and extending through the earlier of (i) the 120th day after such pricing date (subject to customary automatic extension in the event of the release of earnings results of or material news relating to the Company) and (ii) such earlier day (if any) as may be designated for this purpose by the managing underwriters for such offering (each such agreement of each Investor, a “Holdback Agreement”). Each Holdback Agreement shall be in writing in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company and the managing underwriters and, in the case of a Redemption Offering, Berkshire. Notwithstanding the foregoing, except for a Redemption Offering, no Investor shall be obligated to make any Holdback Agreement unless the Company and each selling shareholder in such offering also execute agreements substantially similar to such Holdback Agreements. A Holdback
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Agreement shall not apply to (i) the exercise of any warrants or options to purchase shares of the Company (provided that such restrictions shall apply with respect to the securities issuable upon such exercise) or (ii) any Shares included in the underwritten offering giving rise to the application of this Section 7.
Section 8. Suspension Periods; Other.
(a) The Company may delay or suspend the filing, effectiveness or use of a Registration Statement (including by withdrawing or declining to amend any Registration Statement that has been filed or by declining to take other actions otherwise required hereunder with regard to any Registration Statement; provided, that, if a registration is withdrawn, such registration shall not count against the limitation on the number of such registrations set forth in Section 2 or Section 4), but only if the Company determines in its sole discretion (x) that proceeding with the use or effectiveness of such Registration Statement would require the Company to disclose material information that would not otherwise be required to be disclosed at that time and that the disclosure of such information at that time would not be in the Company’s best interests, or (y) that the registration or offering to be delayed or suspended would, if not delayed or suspended, materially adversely affect the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole or delay or otherwise materially adversely affect the success of, any pending or proposed material transaction, including any debt or equity financing, any acquisition or disposition, any recapitalization or reorganization or any other material transaction, whether due to commercial reasons, a desire to avoid premature disclosure of information or any other reason. Any period during which the Company has delayed or suspended a filing, an effective date or an offering or otherwise delayed or suspended use of a Registration Statement pursuant to this Section 8 is herein called a “Suspension Period”. If pursuant to this Section 8 the Company delays or withdraws a Demand Registration or S-3 Shelf Registration requested by an Investor, such Investor shall be entitled to withdraw such request and, if it does so, such request shall not count against the limitation on the number of such registrations set forth in Section 2 or Section 4. The Company shall provide prompt written notice to any effected Investor of the commencement and termination of any Suspension Period (and any withdrawal of a registration statement pursuant to this Section 8), but shall not be obligated under this Agreement to disclose the reasons therefor. Each Investor who becomes aware of a Suspension Period shall keep the existence of each Suspension Period confidential and refrain from making offers and sales of Registrable Shares (and direct any other Persons making such offers and sales to refrain from doing so) during each Suspension Period. In no event (i) may the Company deliver notice of a Suspension Period to an Investor more than twice in any calendar year and (ii) shall a Suspension Period or Suspension Periods be in effect for an aggregate of 120 days or more in any calendar year.
(b) Other Lockups. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Company shall not be obligated to take any action hereunder that would violate any lockup or similar restriction binding on the Company and that was approved in advance by 3G and Berkshire, or in the case of a Redemption Offering, that was approved in advance by Berkshire, in connection with a prior or pending registration or underwritten offering.
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(c) Certificate of Incorporation. In the event of any conflict between the terms of this Agreement and the Certificate of Incorporation, the Certificate of Incorporation shall prevail.
Section 9. Registration Procedures.
(a) Subject to the limitations set forth herein, whenever an Investor requests that any Registrable Shares be registered pursuant to this Agreement, the Company shall use reasonable best efforts to effect, as soon as practical as provided herein, the registration and the sale of such Registrable Shares in accordance with the intended methods of disposition thereof, and, pursuant thereto, the Company shall, as soon as practical as provided herein:
(i) subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, use reasonable best efforts to prepare and file with the SEC a Registration Statement with respect to such Registrable Shares and cause such Registration Statement to become effective (unless it is automatically effective upon filing);
(ii) use reasonable best efforts to prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and supplements to such Registration Statement and the Prospectus used in connection therewith as may be necessary to comply with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and to keep such Registration Statement effective for the relevant period required hereunder, but no longer than is necessary to complete the distribution of the Shares covered by such Registration Statement, and to comply with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all the Shares covered by such Registration Statement during such period in accordance with the intended methods of disposition set forth in such Registration Statement;
(iii) use reasonable best efforts to obtain the withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of any Registration Statement, or the lifting of any suspension of the qualification or exemption from qualification of any Registrable Shares for sale in any jurisdiction in the United States;
(iv) deliver, without charge, such number of copies of the preliminary and final Prospectus and any supplement thereto as each participating Investor may reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Shares of such Investor covered by such Registration Statement in conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act;
(v) use reasonable best efforts to register or qualify such Registrable Shares under such other securities or blue sky laws of such U.S. jurisdictions as any participating Investor reasonably requests and continue such registration or qualification in effect in such jurisdictions for as long as the applicable Registration Statement may be required to be kept effective under this Agreement (provided that the Company will not be required to (I) qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for this subparagraph (v), (II) subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction or (III) consent to general service of process in any such jurisdiction);
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(vi) notify each participating Investor and each distributor of such Registrable Shares identified by such Investor, at any time when a Prospectus relating thereto would be required under the Securities Act to be delivered by such distributor, of the occurrence of any event as a result of which the Prospectus included in such Registration Statement contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omits a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and, at the request of such Investor, the Company shall use reasonable best efforts to prepare, as soon as practical, a supplement or amendment to such Prospectus so that, as thereafter delivered to any prospective purchasers of such Registrable Shares, such Prospectus shall not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
(vii) in the case of an underwritten offering in which an Investor participates pursuant to a Demand Registration, a Piggyback Registration or an S-3 Shelf Registration, enter into a customary underwriting agreement for offerings of that kind, containing such provisions (including provisions for indemnification, lockups, opinions of counsel and comfort letters), and take all such other customary and reasonable actions as the managing underwriters of such offering may request in order to facilitate the disposition of such Registrable Shares (including, making members of senior management of the Company available at reasonable times and places to participate in “road-shows” that the managing underwriter determines are necessary to effect the offering);
(viii) in the case of an underwritten offering in which an Investor participates pursuant to a Demand Registration, a Piggyback Registration or an S-3 Shelf Registration, and to the extent not prohibited by applicable law, (A) make reasonably available, for inspection by the managing underwriters of such offering and one law firm and accounting firm acting for such managing underwriters, pertinent corporate documents and financial and other records of the Company and its subsidiaries and controlled Affiliates, (B) cause the Company’s officers and employees to supply information reasonably requested by such managing underwriters or law firm in connection with such offering, (C) make the Company’s independent accountants available for any such managing underwriters’ due diligence and have them provide customary comfort letters to such underwriters in connection therewith, and (D) cause the Company’s counsel to furnish customary legal opinions to such underwriters in connection therewith; provided, however, that such records and other information shall be subject to such confidential treatment as is customary for underwriters’ due diligence reviews;
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(ix) use reasonable best efforts to cause all such Registrable Shares to be listed on each primary securities exchange (if any) on which securities of the same class issued by the Company are then listed;
(x) provide a transfer agent and registrar for all such Registrable Shares not later than the effective date of such Registration Statement and, a reasonable time before any proposed sale of Registrable Shares pursuant to a Registration Statement, provide the transfer agent with printed certificates for the Registrable Shares to be sold, subject to the provisions of Section 13;
(xi) make generally available to its shareholders a consolidated earnings statement (which need not be audited) for a period of 12 months beginning after the effective date of the Registration Statement as soon as reasonably practicable after the end of such period, which earnings statement shall satisfy the requirements of an earning statement under Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 thereunder; and
(xii) promptly notify each participating Investor, as applicable, and the managing underwriters of any underwritten offering:
(1) when the Registration Statement, any pre-effective amendment, the Prospectus or any Prospectus supplement or any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed and, with respect to the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment, when the same has become effective;
(2) of any request by the SEC for amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or for any additional information regarding such Investor;
(3) of the notification to the Company by the SEC of its initiation of any proceeding with respect to the issuance by the SEC of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement; and
(4) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of any Registrable Shares for sale under the applicable securities or blue sky laws of any jurisdiction.
For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of clauses (vii), (viii), (xi) and (xii) of this Section 9(a) shall apply only in respect of an underwritten offering and only if the number of Registrable Shares to be sold in the offering would reasonably be expected to yield gross proceeds to the participating Investor(s) of at least $200,000,000 (based on the then-current market prices) in a Demand Registration pursuant to Section 2 or $100,000,000 (based on the then-current market prices) in an S-3 Shelf Takedown pursuant to Section 4.
(b) No Registration Statement (including any amendments thereto) shall contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to
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be stated therein, or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and no Prospectus (including any supplements thereto) shall contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in each case, except for any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission of a material fact made in reliance on and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of an Investor or any underwriter or other distributor specifically for use therein.
(c) Each Investor shall furnish to the Company in writing such information regarding itself and the distribution proposed by it as the Company may reasonably request for use in connection with any such Registration Statement or Prospectus, including, without limitation, providing the Company with questionnaires as are customary for similar transactions, and which the Company may reasonably request or as may be required by applicable securities laws and regulations, and as shall be required in connection with any registration, qualification or compliance referred to in this Agreement. Each Investor agrees to notify the Company as promptly as practicable of any inaccuracy or change in information previously furnished to the Company or of the happening of any event, in either case as a result of which any Prospectus contains an untrue statement of a material fact regarding the Investor or the distribution of such Registrable Securities or omits to state any material fact regarding the Investor or the distribution of such Registrable Securities required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and to furnish to the Company promptly any additional information required to correct and update any previously furnished information or required such that such Prospectus shall not contain, with respect to the Investor or the distribution of such Registrable Securities, 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 the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(d) At all times after the Company has filed a registration statement with the SEC pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act and until the Termination Date, the Company shall use reasonable best efforts to continuously maintain in effect the registration statement of Common Stock under Section 12 of the Exchange Act and to use reasonable best efforts to file all 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, all to the extent required to enable each applicable Investor to be eligible to sell Registrable Shares (if any) pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act.
(e) The Company may require each applicable Investor and each distributor of Registrable Shares as to which any registration is being effected to furnish to the Company information regarding such Person and the distribution of such securities as the Company may from time to time reasonably request in connection with such registration.
(f) Each Investor agrees by having its Common Stock treated as Registrable Shares hereunder that, upon being advised in writing by the Company of the occurrence of an event pursuant to Section 9(a)(vi), such Investor will immediately discontinue (and
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direct any other Persons making offers and sales of Registrable Shares to immediately discontinue) offers and sales of Registrable Shares pursuant to any Registration Statement (other than those pursuant to a plan that is in effect prior to such time and that complies with Rule 10b5-1 of the Exchange Act) until it is advised in writing by the Company that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed and is furnished with a supplemented or amended Prospectus as contemplated by Section 9(a)(vi), and, if so directed by the Company, each Investor will deliver to the Company all copies, other than permanent file copies then in such Investor’s possession, of the Prospectus covering such Registrable Shares current at the time of receipt of such notice.
(g) The Company may prepare and deliver an issuer free-writing prospectus (as such term is defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) in lieu of any supplement to a prospectus, and references herein to any “supplement” to a Prospectus shall include any such issuer free-writing prospectus. No Investor nor any other seller of Registrable Shares may use a free-writing prospectus to offer or sell any such shares unless it has been provided by the Company or unless the Investor has received the Company’s prior written consent.
(h) It is understood and agreed that any failure of the Company to file a registration statement or any amendment or supplement thereto or to cause any such document to become or remain effective or usable within or for any particular period of time as provided in Sections 2, 4 or 9 or otherwise in this Agreement, due to reasons that are not reasonably within its control, or due to any refusal of the SEC to permit a registration statement or prospectus to become or remain effective or to be used because of unresolved SEC comments thereon (or on any documents incorporated therein by reference) despite the Company’s good faith and reasonable best efforts to resolve those comments, shall not be a breach of this Agreement.
(i) It is further understood and agreed that the Company shall not have any obligations under this Section 9 at any time on or after the Termination Date, unless an underwritten offering initiated pursuant to this Agreement has been priced but not completed prior to the Termination Date, in which event the Company’s obligations under this Section 9 shall continue with respect to such offering until it is so completed (but not more than 120 days after the commencement of the offering).
Section 10. Registration Expenses.
(a) All expenses incident to the Company’s performance of or compliance with this Agreement, including all registration and filing fees, fees and expenses of compliance with securities or blue sky laws, FINRA fees, listing application fees, printing expenses, transfer agent’s and registrar’s fees, cost of distributing Prospectuses in preliminary and final form as well as any supplements thereto, and fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company and one counsel for each of the participating Investors and all independent certified public accountants and other Persons retained by the Company (all such expenses being herein called “Registration Expenses”) (but not including any underwriting discounts or commissions attributable to the sale of Registrable Shares or fees and expenses of counsel and any other advisor representing
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any underwriters or other distributors), shall be borne by the Company. Each Investor shall bear the cost of all underwriting discounts and commissions associated with any sale of its Registrable Shares, pro rata based on the number of Registrable Shares being sold by that Investor, and shall pay all of its own costs and expenses.
(b) The obligation of the Company to bear the expenses described in Section 10(a) shall apply irrespective of whether a registration, once properly demanded or requested becomes effective or is withdrawn or suspended, provided that the Registration Expenses for any Registration Statement withdrawn solely at the request of one or more Investors (unless withdrawn following commencement of a Suspension Period) shall be borne by such Investor(s).
Section 11. Confidentiality.
(a) Each Investor will, and will cause its officers, directors, employees, legal counsel, accountants, financial advisors and other agents and representatives to, hold in confidence any material nonpublic information received by them pursuant to this Agreement, including without limitation any Request made pursuant to Section 2(a), any written notice of the Company’s intention to effect a registration provided pursuant to Section 3(a), and any material nonpublic information included in any Registration Statement or Prospectus proposed to be filed with the SEC (until such Registration Statement or Prospectus has been filed) or provided pursuant to Section 9(a)(viii). This Section 11(a) shall not apply to any information which (a) is or becomes generally available to the public, (b) was already in the Investor’s possession from a non-confidential source prior to its disclosure by the Company, (c) is or becomes available to the Investor on a non-confidential basis from a source other than the Company, provided that such source is not known by the Investor to be bound by confidentiality obligations or (d) is required to be disclosed by law.
Section 12. Indemnification.
(a) The Company shall indemnify, to the fullest extent permitted by law, each Investor and each Person who controls such Investor (within the meaning of the Securities Act) against all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, judgments, costs (including reasonable costs of investigation) and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of or based upon any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto or arising out of or based upon any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, except insofar as the same are made in reliance and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of such Investor expressly for use therein. In connection with an underwritten offering in which an Investor participates conducted pursuant to a registration effected hereunder, the Company shall indemnify each participating underwriter and each Person who controls such underwriter (within the meaning of the Securities Act) to the same extent as provided above with respect to the indemnification of such Investor.
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(b) In connection with any Registration Statement in which an Investor is offering Shares, such Investor shall furnish to the Company in writing such information as the Company reasonably requests pursuant to Section 9(a), or amendment or supplement thereto, and shall indemnify, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company, its officers and directors and each Person who controls the Company (within the meaning of the Securities Act) against all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, judgments, costs (including reasonable costs of investigation) and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of or based upon any untrue or alleged untrue statement of material fact contained in the Registration Statement or Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or arising out of or based upon any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, but only to the extent that the same are made in reliance and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of such Investor expressly for use therein.
(c) Any Person entitled to indemnification hereunder shall (i) give prompt written notice to the indemnifying Person of any claim with respect to which it seeks indemnification and (ii) permit such indemnifying Person to assume the defense of such claim with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified Person. Failure so to notify the indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have to an indemnified Person except to the extent that the indemnifying Person is materially and adversely prejudiced thereby. The indemnifying Person shall not be subject to any liability for any settlement made by the indemnified Person without its consent (but such consent will not be unreasonably withheld). An indemnifying Person who is entitled to, and elects to, assume the defense of a claim shall not be obligated to pay the fees and expenses of more than one counsel (in addition to one local counsel) for all Persons indemnified (hereunder or otherwise) by such indemnifying Person with respect to such claim (and all other claims arising out of the same circumstances), unless in the reasonable judgment of any indemnified Person there may be one or more legal or equitable defenses available to such indemnified Person which are in addition to or may conflict with those available to another indemnified Person with respect to such claim, in which case such maximum number of counsel for all indemnified Persons shall be two rather than one). If an indemnifying Person is entitled to, and elects to, assume the defense of a claim, the indemnified Person shall continue to be entitled to participate in the defense thereof, with counsel of its own choice, but, except as set forth above, the indemnifying Person shall not be obligated to reimburse the indemnified Person for the costs thereof. The indemnifying Person shall not consent to the entry of any judgment or enter into or agree to any settlement relating to a claim or action for which any indemnified Person would be entitled to indemnification by any indemnified Person hereunder unless such judgment or settlement imposes no ongoing obligations on any such indemnified Person and includes as an unconditional term the giving, by all relevant claimants and plaintiffs to such indemnified Person, a release, reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to such indemnified Person, from all liabilities in respect of such claim or action for which such indemnified Person would be entitled to such indemnification. The indemnifying Person shall not be liable hereunder for any amount paid or payable or incurred pursuant to or in connection with any judgment entered or settlement effected with the consent of an indemnified Person unless the indemnifying Person has also consented to such judgment or settlement.
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(d) The indemnification provided for under this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the indemnified Person or any officer, director or controlling Person of such indemnified Person and shall survive the transfer of securities and the Termination Date but only with respect to offers and sales of Registrable Shares made before the Termination Date or during the period following the Termination Date referred to in Section 8(h).
(e) If the indemnification provided for in or pursuant to this Section 11 is due in accordance with the terms hereof, but is held by a court to be unavailable or unenforceable in respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses referred to herein, then each applicable indemnifying Person, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified Person, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified Person as a result of such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying Person on the one hand and of the indemnified Person on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which result in such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the indemnifying Person on the one hand and of the indemnified Person on the other 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 Person or by the indemnified Person, and by such Person’s relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. In no event shall the liability of the indemnifying Person be greater in amount than the amount for which such indemnifying Person would have been obligated to pay by way of indemnification if the indemnification provided for under Section 11(a) or 11(b) hereof had been available under the circumstances. No indemnified Person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any indemnifying party who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
Section 13. Securities Act Restrictions. The Registrable Shares are restricted securities under the Securities Act and may not be offered or sold except pursuant to an effective registration statement or an available exemption from registration under the Securities Act. Accordingly, no Investor shall, directly or through others, offer or sell any Registrable Shares except pursuant to a Registration Statement as contemplated herein or pursuant to Rule 144 or another exemption from registration under the Securities Act, if available. Prior to any transfer of Registrable Shares other than pursuant to an effective registration statement, the Investor desiring to transfer such Registrable Shares shall notify the Company of such transfer and the Company may require such Investor to provide, prior to such transfer, such evidence that the transfer will comply with the Securities Act (including written representations or an opinion of counsel) as the Company may reasonably request. The Company may impose stop-transfer instructions with respect to any Registrable Shares that are to be transferred in contravention of this Agreement. Any certificates representing the Registrable Shares may bear a legend (and
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the Company’s share registry may bear a notation) referencing the restrictions on transfer contained in this Agreement, until such time as such securities have ceased to be (or are to be transferred in a manner that results in their ceasing to be) Registrable Shares. Subject to the provisions of this Section 12, the Company will replace any such legended certificates with unlegended certificates promptly upon surrender of the legended certificates to the Company or its designee and cause shares that cease to be Registrable Shares to bear a general unrestricted CUSIP number, in order to facilitate a lawful transfer or at any time after such shares cease to be Registrable Shares.
Section 14. Transfers of Rights. If 3G or Berkshire (or any Permitted Transferee thereof) transfers any rights to a Permitted Transferee, such Permitted Transferee shall, together with 3G, Berkshire and all other such Permitted Transferees, also have the rights of an Investor under this Agreement, but only if the Permitted Transferee signs and delivers to the Company a written acknowledgment (in form and substance satisfactory to the Company, 3G and Berkshire) that it has joined as a party to this Agreement and has assumed the rights and obligations of an Investor hereunder with respect to the rights transferred to it by 3G or Berkshire, as applicable. Each such transfer shall be effective when (but only when) the Permitted Transferee has signed and delivered the written acknowledgment to the Company. Upon any such effective transfer, the Permitted Transferee shall automatically have the rights so transferred, and the obligations of an Investor under this Agreement. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no Person who acquires securities transferred in violation of this Agreement, or who acquires securities that are not or upon acquisition cease to be Registrable Shares, shall have any rights under this Agreement with respect to such securities as an Investor or otherwise, and such securities shall not have the benefits afforded hereunder to Registrable Shares.
Section 15. Miscellaneous.
(a) Notices. To be effective under this Agreement, all notices, requests, claims, demands and other communications under this Agreement shall be effected in writing through electronic mail followed within one Business Day by either hand delivery via courier (providing proof of delivery) or facsimile transmission (with confirmation) to the parties at the following addresses (or at such other address for a party as shall be specified by like notice):
(i) | If to the Company, to | |||||
The Xxxxx Xxxxx Company | ||||||
Phone: | (000) 000-0000 | |||||
Facsimile: | (000) 000-0000 | |||||
Attention: | General Counsel | |||||
E-mail: | xxx.xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx |
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with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Cravath, Swaine & Xxxxx LLP
000 0xx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Phone: | (000) 000-0000 |
Facsimile: | (000) 000-0000 |
Attention: | Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Esq. |
Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Esq. |
Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Esq. |
E-mail: | xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxx.xxx |
xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxx.xxx |
xxxxxx@xxxxxxx.xxx |
(ii) | If to 3G, to |
3G Global Food Holdings, L.P.
c/o 3G Capital, Inc.
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Phone: | (000) 000-0000 |
Facsimile: | (000) 000-0000 |
Attention: | Xxxxxxx Xxxxx |
E-mail: | xxxxxx@0X-Xxxxxxx.xxx |
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Cravath, Swaine & Xxxxx LLP
000 0xx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Phone: | (000) 000-0000 |
Facsimile: | (000) 000-0000 |
Attention: | Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Esq. |
Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Esq. |
Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Esq. |
E-mail: | xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxx.xxx |
xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxx.xxx |
xxxxxx@xxxxxxx.xxx |
(iii) | If to Berkshire, to |
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Phone: | (000) 000-0000 |
Facsimile: | (000) 000-0000 |
Attention: | Xxxx X. Hamburg |
E-mail: | xxxxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx |
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with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx LLP
000 X. Xxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Phone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Xxxx Xxx Xxxx
E-mail: xxxxxx.xxxxxx@xxx.xxx
xxxxxxx.xxxx@xxx.xxx
If to any other Investor, to such address and facsimile number as is designated in the agreement to be delivered to the Company pursuant to Section 12.
(b) No Waivers. No failure or delay by any party in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. The rights and remedies herein provided shall be cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by law.
(c) Assignment. Neither this Agreement nor any right, remedy, obligation nor liability arising hereunder or by reason hereof shall be assignable by any party hereto without the prior written consent of the other parties, and any attempt to assign any right, remedy, obligation or liability hereunder without such consent shall be void, except (i) an assignment, in the case of a merger or consolidation where such party is not the surviving entity, or a sale of substantially all of its assets, to the entity which is the survivor of such merger or consolidation or the purchaser in such sale or (ii) an assignment by an Investor to a Permitted Transferee in accordance with Section 12. In the event of any merger or consolidation by the Company, where the Company is not the surviving entity, or a sale of substantially all of the assets of the Company to an entity which is the survivor of such merger or consolidation or the purchaser in such sale, the Company shall cause the surviving entity in such merger, consolidation or purchase to assume this Agreement and all rights, remedies, obligations and liabilities of the Company hereunder.
(d) No Third-Party Beneficiaries. Nothing contained in this Agreement, expressed or implied, is intended to confer upon any person or entity other than the Company and the Investors any benefits, rights, or remedies (except as specified in Section 11 hereof).
(e) Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial, Etc. The corporate law of the State of Delaware shall govern all issues and questions concerning the relative rights of the Company and its stockholders. All other issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of this Agreement and the exhibits and schedules hereto shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware,
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without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules or provisions (whether of the State of Delaware or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware. Each of the parties hereto irrevocably and unconditionally submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware, or, if the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware declines to accept jurisdiction over a particular matter, any federal court within the State of Delaware, or, if both the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware and the federal courts within the State of Delaware decline to accept jurisdiction over a particular matter, any other state court within the State of Delaware, and, in each case, any appellate court therefrom (together, the “Chosen Courts”), for the purposes of any suit, action or other proceeding arising out of this Agreement (and agrees that no such action, suit or proceeding relating to this Agreement shall be brought by it except in such courts). Each of the parties further agrees that, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, service of any process, summons, notice or document by U.S. registered mail to such person’s respective address set forth in Section 13(a) shall be effective service of process for any action, suit or proceeding in the State of Delaware with respect to any matters to which it has submitted to jurisdiction as set forth above in the immediately preceding sentence. Each of the parties hereto irrevocably and unconditionally waives (and agrees not to plead or claim) any objection to the laying of venue of any action, suit or proceeding arising out of this Agreement in the Chosen Courts, or that any such action, suit or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. To the extent permitted by applicable law, each of the parties hereto hereby unconditionally waives trial by jury in any legal action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.
(f) Counterparts; Effectiveness. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts (including by e-mail or facsimile) and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, with the same effect as if all parties had signed the same document. Each such counterparts shall be deemed an original, shall be construed together with the other such originals and shall constitute one and the same instrument. This Agreement shall become effective when each party hereto shall have received counterparts hereof signed by all of the other parties hereto.
(g) Amendment and Restatement. The parties hereto agree that the Original Agreement shall be amended and restated in the form of this Agreement as of the date hereof.
(h) Entire Agreement. This Agreement contains the entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes and replaces all other prior agreements, written or oral, among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof.
(i) Captions. The headings and other captions in this Agreement are for convenience and reference only and shall not be used in interpreting, construing or enforcing any provision of this Agreement.
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(j) Severability. If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction or other authority to be invalid, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated hereby is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any party. Upon such a determination, the parties shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the parties as closely as possible in an acceptable manner in order that the transactions contemplated hereby be consummated as originally contemplated to the fullest extent possible.
(k) Amendments. The provisions of this Agreement, including the provisions of this sentence, may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given without the prior written consent of the Company and of 3G (as long as it and/or the 3G Permitted Transferees hold Registrable Shares) and Berkshire (as long as it and/or the Berkshire Permitted Transferees hold Registrable Shares).
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement has been duly executed by each of the parties hereto as of the date first written above.
THE XXXXX XXXXX COMPANY | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | |
Name: | Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | |
Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |
3G GLOBAL FOOD HOLDINGS LP
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: | Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx | |
Title: | Director | |
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC.
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By: | /s/ Xxxx X. Hamburg | |
Name: | Xxxx X. Hamburg | |
Title: | Senior Vice President |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]