Exhibit 10.4
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REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
among
PLAYTEX PRODUCTS, INC.,
and
RCBA PLAYTEX, L.P.
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Dated as of June 1, 1998
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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1. Background .......................................................... 1
2. Registration Under Securities Act, etc. ............................. 1
2.1 Registration on Request ...................................... 1
2.2 Incidental Registration ...................................... 4
2.3 Registration Procedures ...................................... 6
2.4 Underwritten Offerings ....................................... 9
2.5 Preparation; Reasonable Investigation ........................ 11
2.6 Limitations, Conditions and Qualifications to Obligations
under Registration Covenants ............................... 11
2.7 Indemnification .............................................. 11
3. Definitions ......................................................... 16
4. Rule 144 ............................................................ 18
5. Amendments and Waivers .............................................. 18
6. Nominees for Beneficial Owners ...................................... 19
7. Notices ............................................................. 19
8. Assignment .......................................................... 20
9. Calculation of Percentage Interests in Registrable Securities ....... 20
10. No Inconsistent Agreements .......................................... 20
11. Remedies ............................................................ 20
12. Severability ........................................................ 20
13. Entire Agreement .................................................... 21
14. Headings ............................................................ 21
15. Governing Law ....................................................... 21
16. Counterparts ........................................................ 21
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17. Termination ......................................................... 21
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REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT, dated as of June 1, 1998, between
PLAYTEX PRODUCTS, INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and RCBA
PLAYTEX, L.P. (the "Principal Stockholder").
The parties hereby agree as follows:
1. Background. Pursuant to a Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of
June 1, 1998, among X.X. Childs Equity Partners, L.P. (the "Seller") and the
Principal Stockholder (the "Purchase Agreement"), the Principal Stockholder has
agreed to purchase from the Seller, and the Seller has agreed to sell to the
Principal Stockholder, an aggregate of 6,000,000 shares (the "Shares") of the
Company's Common Stock, par value $.01 per share. Capitalized terms used herein
but not otherwise defined shall have the meanings given them in Section 3.
2. Registration Under Securities Act, etc.
2.1 Registration on Request.
(a) Request. At any time after the date that is 364 days
after the Closing Date (as defined in the Purchase Agreement, hereinafter
referred to as the "Effective Date"), upon the written request of one or more
holders (the "Initiating Holders") of Registrable Securities that the Company
effect the registration under the Securities Act of all or part of such
Initiating Holders' Registrable Securities, the Company promptly will give
written notice of such requested registration to all registered holders of
Registrable Securities, and thereupon the Company will use its best efforts to
effect, at the earliest possible date, the registration under the Securities Act
of:
(i) the Registrable Securities which the Company
has been so requested to register by such Initiating Holders; and
(ii) all other Registrable Securities which the
Company has been requested to register by the holders thereof (such
holders together with the Initiating Holders hereinafter are referred to
as the "Selling Holders") by written request given to the Company within
30 days after the giving of such written notice by the Company, all to the
extent necessary to permit the disposition of the Registrable Securities
so to be registered.
(b) Registration of Other Securities. Whenever the
Company shall effect a registration pursuant to this Section 2.1, no securities
other than Registrable Securities shall be included among the securities covered
by such registration unless the Selling Holders of not less than 66-2/3% of all
Registrable Securities to be covered by such registration shall have consented
in writing to the inclusion of such other securities; provided, however, that
such consent shall not be
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required with respect to securities being registered pursuant to the Other
Registration Rights Agreements.
(c) Registration Statement Form. Registrations under
this Section 2.1 shall be on such appropriate registration form of the
Commission as shall be reasonably selected by the Company.
(d) Effective Registration Statement. A registration
requested pursuant to this Section 2.1 shall not be deemed to have been effected
(i) unless a registration statement with respect thereto has become effective
and remained effective in compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act
with respect to the disposition of all Registrable Securities covered by such
registration statement until such time as all of such Registrable Securities
have been disposed of in accordance with the intended methods of disposition by
the seller or sellers thereof set forth in such registration statement (unless
the failure to so dispose of such Registrable Securities shall be caused solely
by reason of a failure on the part of the Selling Holders); provided, that such
period need not exceed 135 days; (ii) if after it has become effective, such
registration is interfered with by any stop order, injunction or other order or
requirement of the Commission or other governmental agency or court for any
reason not attributable solely to the Selling Holders or (iii) if the conditions
to closing specified in the underwriting agreement, if any, entered into in
connection with such registration are not satisfied or waived, other than solely
by reason of a failure on the part of the Selling Holders.
(e) Selection of Underwriters. The underwriter or
underwriters of each underwritten offering of the Registrable Securities so to
be registered shall be selected by the Company and shall be reasonably
acceptable to the Selling Holders of more than 50% of each class of Registrable
Securities to be included in such registration.
(f) Priority in Requested Registration. If the managing
underwriter of any underwritten offering shall advise the Company in writing
(and the Company shall so advise each Selling Holder of Registrable Securities
requesting registration of such advice) that, in its opinion, the number of
securities requested to be included in such registration exceeds the number
which can be sold in such offering within a price range acceptable to the
Selling Holders of 66-2/3% of the Registrable Securities requested to be
included in such registration, the Company, except as provided in the following
sentence, will include in such registration, to the extent of the number and
type which the Company is so advised can be sold in such offering, first,
Registrable Securities requested to be included in such registration, pro rata
(based on the number of Registrable Securities requested by each of the Selling
Holders) among the Selling Holders requesting such registration, second, such
Registrable Securities (as defined in the Other Registration Rights Agreements
and
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hereinafter referred to as "Third Party Securities") requested to be included in
such registration pursuant to the Other Registration Rights Agreements, pro rata
(based on the number of Third Party Securities requested by each Securityholder
requesting such registration) among the Securityholders requesting such
registration, and third all securities to be sold by the Company for its own
account. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the total number of Registrable
Securities requested to be included in any registration cannot be included,
holders of Registrable Securities requesting registration thereof pursuant to
Section 2.1, representing not less than 50% of the Registrable Securities with
respect to which registration has been requested, shall have the right to
withdraw the request for registration by giving written notice to the Company
within 20 days after receipt of the notice from the managing underwriter
described above by the Company and, in the event of such withdrawal, such
request shall not be counted for purposes of the requests for registration to
which holders of Registrable Securities are entitled pursuant to Section 2.1
hereof. If a request for registration is withdrawn pursuant to the immediately
preceding sentence and at least 80% of the Registrable Securities requested to
be included in such withdrawn registration could have been included therein, the
Registration Expenses incurred by the Company in connection with such withdrawn
registration shall be reimbursed by the Selling Holders, pro rata (based on the
number of Registrable Securities requested to be included therein) among the
Selling Holders.
(g) Limitations on Registration Requests.
Notwithstanding anything in this Section 2.1 to the contrary, in no event will
the Company be required to:
(i) effect, in the aggregate, more than two
registrations pursuant to this Section 2.1;
(ii) effect a registration pursuant to this
Section 2.1 within the six-month period occurring immediately subsequent
to the effectiveness (within the meaning of Section 2.1(d)) of a
registration statement filed pursuant to this Section 2.1, unless the
Board of Directors of the Company determines that effecting a second
registration within the six-month period would not have a material adverse
effect on the market price of the Common Stock; or
(iii) effect a registration pursuant to Section
2.1 covering less than 25% of the number of outstanding Registrable
Securities as of the Effective Date.
(h) Expenses. The Company will pay all Registration
Expenses in connection with any registrations requested pursuant to this Section
2.1; provided, that if the registration is requested pursuant to this Section
2.1 within 364
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days of the effective date (within the meaning of Section 2.1(d)) of a
registration statement effected pursuant to this Section 2.1, all Registration
Expenses with respect to such requested registration shall be paid by the
Selling Holders, pro rata (based on the number of Registrable Securities
included in such registration by each Selling Holder).
2.2 Incidential Registration.
(a) Right to Include Registrable Securities. If the
Company at any time proposes to register any of its Common Stock under the
Securities Act by registration on any form other than Forms S-4 or S-8, whether
or not for sale for its own account, it will each such time give prompt written
notice to all registered holders of Registrable Securities of its intention to
do so and of such holders' rights under this Section 2.2. Upon the written
request of any such holder (a "Requesting Holder") made as promptly as
practicable and in any event within 30 days after the receipt of any such notice
from the Company (15 days if the Company states in such written notice or gives
telephonic or telecopied notice to all registered holders of Registrable
Securities, with written confirmation to follow promptly thereafter, that (i)
such registration will be on Form S-3 and (ii) such shorter period of time is
required because of a planned filing date) (which request shall specify the
Registrable Securities intended to be disposed of by such Requesting Holder),
the Company will use its best efforts to effect the registration under the
Securities Act of all Registrable Securities which the Company has been so
requested to register by the Requesting Holders thereof; provided, that prior to
the effective date of the registration statement filed in connection with such
registration, immediately upon notification to the Company from the managing
underwriter of the price at which such securities are to be sold, if such price
is below the price which any Requesting Holder shall have indicated to be
acceptable to such Requesting Holder, the Company shall so advise such
Requesting Holder of such price, and such Requesting Holder shall then have the
right to withdraw its request to have its Registrable Securities included in
such registration statement; provided, further, however, that if, at any time
after giving written notice of its intention to register any securities and
prior to the effective date of the registration statement filed in connection
with such registration, the Company shall determine for any reason not to
register or to delay registration of such securities, the Company may, at its
election, give written notice of such determination to each Requesting Holder of
Registrable Securities and (x) in the case of a determination not to register,
shall be relieved of its obligation to register any Registrable Securities in
connection with such registration (but not from any obligation of the Company to
pay the Registration Expenses in connection therewith), without prejudice,
however, to the rights of any holder or holders of Registrable Securities
entitled to do so to cause such registration to be effected as a registration
under Section 2.1, and (y) in the case of a determination to delay registering,
shall be permitted to delay registering any Registrable Securities, for the same
period as the delay in registering such other securities. No registration
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effected under this Section 2.2 shall relieve the Company of its obligation to
effect any registration upon request under Section 2.1.
(b) Priority in Incidental Registrations. If the
managing underwriter of any underwritten offering shall inform the Company by
letter of its opinion that the number or type of Registrable Securities and
Third Party Securities requested to be included in such registration would
materially adversely affect such offering, and the Company has so advised the
Requesting Holders, then the Company will include in such registration, to the
extent of the number and type which the Company is so advised can be sold in (or
during the time of) such offering, first, (x) if such registration is being
effected pursuant to the request of Securityholders under provisions of one of
the Other Registration Rights Agreements comparable to Section 2.1, all Third
Party Securities so requested by such Securityholders under such Other
Registration Rights Agreement, or (y) if such registration is not being so
effected, all securities of the Company to be sold for its own account, second
such Registrable Securities requested to be included in such registration
pursuant to this Agreement and such Third Party Securities requested to be
included in such registration pursuant to the provisions of the Other
Registration Rights Agreements comparable to this Section 2.2, pro rata (based
on the number of Registrable Securities requested to be included therein by each
Selling Holder and the number of Third Party Securities requested to be included
therein by each Securityholder) among such Selling Holders and the
Securityholders, and third, if clause (x) of this Section 2.2(b) applies, all
securities proposed by the Company to be sold for its own account.
(c) Expenses. The Company will pay all Registration
Expenses in connection with any registration contemplated pursuant to this
Section 2.2.
2.3 Registration Procedures. If and whenever the Company is
required to use its best efforts to effect the registration of any Registrable
Securities under the Securities Act as provided in Sections 2.1 and 2.2, the
Company will, as expeditiously as possible:
(i) prepare and (within 90 days after the end of
the period within which requests for registration may be given to the
Company) file with the Commission the requisite registration statement to
effect such registration and thereafter use its best efforts to cause such
registration statement to become effective; provided, however, that the
Company may discontinue any registration of its securities which are not
Registrable Securities (and, under the circumstances specified in Section
2.2(b), Registrable Securities) at any time prior to the effective date of
the registration statement relating thereto;
(ii) prepare and file with the Commission such
amendments and supplements to such registration statement and the
prospectus
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used in connection therewith as may be necessary to keep such registration
statement effective in accordance with Section 2.1(d)(i) hereof and to
comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the
disposition of all Registrable Securities covered by such registration
statement until such time as all of such Registrable Securities have been
disposed of in accordance with the intended methods of disposition by the
seller or sellers thereof set forth in such registration statement;
provided, that except with respect to any such registration statement
filed pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act, such period need not
exceed 135 days;
(iii) furnish to each seller of Registrable
Securities covered by such registration statement, such number of
conformed copies of such registration statement and of each such amendment
and supplement thereto (in each case including all exhibits), such number
of copies of the prospectus contained in such registration statement
(including each preliminary prospectus and any summary prospectus) and any
other prospectus filed under Rule 424 under the Securities Act, in
conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act, and such other
documents, as such seller may reasonably request;
(iv) use its reasonable best efforts (x) to
register or qualify all Registrable Securities and other securities
covered by such registration statement under such other securities or blue
sky laws of such States of the United States of America where an exemption
is not available and as the sellers of Registrable Securities covered by
such registration statement shall reasonably request, (y) to keep such
registration or qualification in effect for so long as such registration
statement remains in effect and (z) to take any other action which may be
reasonably necessary or advisable to enable such sellers to consummate the
disposition in such jurisdictions of the securities to be sold by such
sellers, except that the Company shall not for any such purpose be
required to qualify generally to do business as a foreign corporation in
any jurisdiction wherein it would not but for the requirements of this
subdivision (iv) be obligated to be so qualified or to consent to general
service of process in any such jurisdiction;
(v) use its best efforts to cause all Registrable
Securities covered by such registration statement to be registered with or
approved by such other federal or state governmental agencies or
authorities as may be necessary in the reasonable opinion of counsel to
the Company and counsel to the seller or sellers of Registrable Securities
to enable the seller or sellers thereof to consummate the disposition of
such Registrable Securities;
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(vi) furnish at the effective date of such
registration statement to each seller of Registrable Securities, and each
such seller's underwriters, if any, a signed counterpart of:
(x) an opinion of counsel for the Company,
dated the effective date of such registration statement and, if
applicable, the date of the closing under the underwriting
agreement, and
(y) a "comfort" letter signed by the
independent public accountants who have certified the Company's
financial statements included or incorporated by reference in such
registration statement,
covering substantially the same matters with respect to such registration
statement (and the prospectus included therein) and, in the case of the
accountants' comfort letter, with respect to events subsequent to the date
of such financial statements, as are customarily covered in opinions of
issuer's counsel and in accountants' comfort letters delivered to the
underwriters in underwritten public offerings of securities and, in the
case of the accountants' comfort letter, such other financial matters,
and, in the case of the legal opinion, such other legal matters, as the
underwriters may reasonably request;
(vii) notify each seller of Registrable Securities
covered by such registration statement at any time when a prospectus
relating thereto is required to be delivered under the Securities Act,
upon discovery that, or upon the happening of any event as a result of
which, the prospectus included in such registration statement, as then in
effect, includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state
any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading, in the light of the circumstances under
which they were made, and at the request of any such seller promptly
prepare and furnish to it a reasonable number of copies of a supplement to
or an amendment of such prospectus as may be necessary so that, as
thereafter delivered to the purchasers of such securities, such prospectus
shall not include 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 not misleading in the light of the circumstances under
which they were made;
(viii) otherwise use its best efforts to comply
with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission, and make
available to its security holders, as soon as reasonably practicable (but
not more than eighteen months after the effective date of such
registration statement), an earnings statement covering the period of at
least twelve months beginning with the first full calendar month after the
effective date of such registration statement, which
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earnings statement shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the
Securities Act and Rule 158 promulgated thereunder;
(ix) provide and cause to be maintained a transfer
agent and registrar (which, in each case, may be the Company) for all
Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement from and
after a date not later than the effective date of such registration; and
(x) use its best efforts to list all Registrable
Securities covered by such registration statement on any national
securities exchange on which Registrable Securities of the same class
covered by such registration statement are then listed and, if no such
Registrable Securities are so listed, on any national securities exchange
on which the Common Stock is then listed.
The Company may require each seller of Registrable Securities as to which any
registration is being effected to furnish the Company (i) such information
regarding such seller and the distribution of such securities as the Company may
from time to time reasonably request in writing and (ii) if requested by the
Company an executed custody agreement and power of attorney in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company with respect to the Registrable
Securities to be registered pursuant to this Agreement.
Each holder of Registrable Securities agrees that, upon receipt of
any notice from the Company of the happening of any event of the kind described
in subdivision (vii) of this Section 2.3, such holder will forthwith discontinue
such holder's disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to the registration
statement relating to such Registrable Securities until such holder's receipt of
the copies of the supplemented or amended prospectus contemplated by subdivision
(vii) of this Section 2.3 and, if so directed by the Company, will deliver to
the Company (at the Company's expense) all copies, other than permanent file
copies, then in such holder's possession of the prospectus relating to such
Registrable Securities current at the time of receipt of such notice.
2.4 Underwriting Offerings.
(a) Requested Underwritten Offerings. If requested by
the underwriters for any underwritten offering by holders of Registrable
Securities pursuant to a registration requested under Section 2.1, the Company
will enter into an underwriting agreement with such underwriters for such
offering, such agreement to be reasonably satisfactory in substance and form to
each such holder and the underwriters and to contain such representations and
warranties by the Company and such other terms as are generally prevailing in
agreements of that type, including, without limitation, indemnities to the
effect and to the extent provided in Section 2.7 or such
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other indemnities as are customarily received by underwriters in public
offerings of similar securities. The holders of the Registrable Securities
proposed to be sold by such underwriters will reasonably cooperate with the
Company in the negotiation of the underwriting agreement. Such holders of
Registrable Securities to be sold by such underwriters shall be parties to such
underwriting agreement and may, at their option, require that any or all of the
representations and warranties by, and the other agreements on the part of, the
Company to and for the benefit of such underwriters shall also be made to and
for the benefit of such holders of Registrable Securities and that any or all of
the conditions precedent to the obligations of such underwriters under such
underwriting agreement be conditions precedent to the obligations of such
holders of Registrable Securities. No holder of Registrable Securities shall be
required to make any representations or warranties to or agreements with the
Company other than representations, warranties or agreements regarding such
holder, such holder's Registrable Securities and such holder's intended method
of distribution or any other representations required by applicable law.
(b) Incidental Underwritten Offerings. If the Company
proposes to register any of its securities under the Securities Act as
contemplated by Section 2.2 and such securities are to be distributed by or
through one or more underwriters, the Company will, if requested by any
Requesting Holder of Registrable Securities, use its reasonable best efforts to
arrange for such underwriters to include all the Registrable Securities to be
offered and sold by such Requesting Holder among the securities of the Company
to be distributed by such underwriters, subject to the provisions of Section
2.2(b). The holders of Registrable Securities to be distributed by such
underwriters shall be parties to the underwriting agreement between the Company
and such underwriters and may, at their option, require that any or all of the
representations and warranties by, and the other agreements on the part of, the
Company to and for the benefit of such underwriters shall also be made to and
for the benefit of such holders of Registrable Securities and that any or all of
the conditions precedent to the obligations of such underwriters under such
underwriting agreement be conditions precedent to the obligations of such
holders of Registrable Securities. Any such Requesting Holder of Registrable
Securities shall not be required to make any representations or warranties to or
agreements with the Company or the underwriters other than representations,
warranties or agreements regarding such Requesting Holder, such Requesting
Holder's Registrable Securities and such Requesting Holder's intended method of
distribution or any other representations required by applicable law.
2.5 Preparation; Reasonable Investigation. In connection with
the preparation and filing of each registration statement under the Securities
Act pursuant to this Agreement, the Company will give the holders of Registrable
Securities to be registered under such registration statement, their
underwriters, if any, and their respective counsel the opportunity to
participate in the preparation of such registration statement, each prospectus
included therein or filed with the Commission, and each
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amendment thereof or supplement thereto, and will give each of them such
reasonable access to its books and records and such opportunities to discuss the
business of the Company with its officers and the independent public accountants
who have certified its financial statements as shall be necessary, in the
opinion of such holders' and such underwriters' respective counsel, to conduct a
reasonable investigation within the meaning of the Securities Act.
2.6 Limitations, Conditions and Qualifications to Obligations
under Registration Covenants. The Company shall be entitled to postpone for a
reasonable period of time (but not exceeding 90 days) the filing of any
registration statement otherwise required to be prepared and filed by it
pursuant to Section 2.1 if the Company determines, in its reasonable judgment,
that such registration and offering would interfere with any financing,
acquisition, corporate reorganization or other material transaction involving
the Company and promptly gives the holders of Registrable Securities requesting
registration thereof pursuant to Section 2.1 written notice of such
determination, containing a general statement of the reasons for such
postponement and an approximation of the anticipated delay. If the Company shall
so postpone the filing of a registration statement, holders of Registrable
Securities requesting registration thereof pursuant to Section 2.1, representing
not less than 50% of the Registrable Securities with respect to which
registration has been requested, shall have the right to withdraw the request
for registration by giving written notice to the Company within 30 days after
receipt of the notice of postponement and, in the event of such withdrawal, such
request shall not be counted for purposes of the requests for registration to
which holders of Registrable Securities are entitled pursuant to Section 2.1
hereof.
2.7 Indemnification.
(a) Indemnification by the Company. The Company will,
and hereby does, indemnify and hold harmless, in the case of any registration
statement filed pursuant to Section 2.1 or 2.2, each seller of any Registrable
Securities covered by such registration statement and each other Person who
participates as an underwriter in the offering or sale of such securities and
each other Person, if any, who controls such seller or any such underwriter
within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, and their
respective directors, officers, partners, agents and affiliates, against any
losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such seller
or underwriter or any such director, officer, partner, agent, affiliate or
controlling person may become subject under the Securities Act or otherwise,
including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and expenses of legal
counsel, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions or
proceedings, whether commenced or threatened, in respect thereof) arise out of
or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any
material fact contained in any registration statement under which such
securities were registered under the Securities Act, any
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preliminary prospectus, final prospectus or summary prospectus contained
therein, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or 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, and the Company will
reimburse such seller or underwriter and each such director, officer, partner,
agent, affiliate and controlling Person for any reasonable legal or any other
expenses incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such
loss, claim, liability, action or proceeding; provided, however, that the
Company shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss,
claim, damage, liability (or action or proceeding in respect thereof) or expense
arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement
or omission or alleged omission made in such registration statement, any such
preliminary prospectus, final prospectus, summary prospectus, amendment or
supplement in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished
to the Company by or on behalf of such seller or underwriter, as the case may
be, specifically stating that it is for use in the preparation thereof;
provided, further, that the Company shall not be liable in any such case to the
extent that any such loss, claim, damage, liability or expense arises out of or
is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material
fact contained in any such registration statement, preliminary prospectus, final
prospectus or summary prospectus contained therein or any omission to state
therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein in light of the circumstances in which they were made not
misleading in a prospectus or prospectus supplement, if (i) such untrue
statement or omission is completely corrected in an amendment or supplement to
such prospectus or prospectus supplement, the seller of the Registrable
Securities has an obligation under the Securities Act to deliver a prospectus or
prospectus supplement in connection with such sale of Registrable Securities and
the seller of Registrable Securities thereafter fails to deliver such prospectus
or prospectus supplement as so amended or supplemented prior to or concurrently
with the sale of Registrable Securities to the person asserting such loss,
claim, damage or liability after the Company has furnished such seller with a
sufficient number of copies of the same or (ii) if the seller received written
notice from the Company of the existence of such an untrue statement or such an
omission and the seller continued to dispose of Registrable Securities prior to
the time of the receipt of either (a) an amended or supplemented prospectus or
prospectus supplement that completely corrected the untrue statement or the
omission or (b) a notice from the Company that the use of the existing
prospectus or prospectus supplement may be resumed. Such indemnity shall remain
in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of
such seller or underwriter or any such director, officer, partner, agent,
affiliate or controlling person and shall survive the transfer of such
securities by such seller or underwriter.
(b) Indemnification by the Sellers. As a condition to
including any Registrable Securities in any registration statement, the Company
shall have received an undertaking reasonably satisfactory to it from the
prospective seller of
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such Registrable Securities, to indemnify and hold harmless (in the same manner
and to the same extent as set forth in Section 2.7(a)) the Company, and each
director of the Company, each officer of the Company and each other Person, if
any, who participates as an underwriter in the offering or sale of such
securities and each other Person who controls the Company or any such
underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, with
respect to any statement or alleged statement in or omission or alleged omission
from such registration statement, any preliminary prospectus, final prospectus
or summary prospectus contained therein, or any amendment or supplement thereto,
if such statement or alleged statement or omission or alleged omission was made
in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the
Company by such seller specifically stating that it is for use in the
preparation of such registration statement, preliminary prospectus, final
prospectus, summary prospectus, amendment or supplement; provided however, that
the liability of such indemnifying party under this Section 2.7(b) shall be
limited to the amount of proceeds received by such indemnifying party in the
offering giving rise to such liability. Such indemnity shall remain in full
force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the
Company or any such director, officer or controlling person and shall survive
the transfer of such securities by such seller.
(c) Notices of Claims, etc. Promptly after receipt by an
indemnified party of notice of the commencement of any action or proceeding
involving a claim referred to in Section 2.7(a) or (b), such indemnified party
will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against an indemnifying party,
give written notice to the latter of the commencement of such action; provided,
however, that the failure of any indemnified party to give notice as provided
herein shall not relieve the indemnifying party of its obligations under the
preceding subdivisions of this Section 2.7, except to the extent that the
indemnifying party is actually and materially prejudiced by such failure to give
notice. In case any such action shall be brought against any indemnified party
and it shall notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the
indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent
that it may wish, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably
satisfactory to such indemnified party; provided, however, that any indemnified
party may, at its own expense, retain separate counsel to participate in such
defense. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in any action or proceeding in which
both the Company and an indemnified party is, or is reasonably likely to become,
a party, such indemnified party shall have the right to employ separate counsel
at the Company's expense and to control its own defense of such action or
proceeding if, in the reasonable opinion of counsel to such indemnified party,
(a) there are or may be legal defenses available to such indemnified party or to
other indemnified parties that are different from or additional to those
available to the Company or (b) any conflict or potential conflict exists
between the Company and such indemnified party that would make such separate
representation advisable; provided, however, that in no event shall the Company
be required to pay fees and expenses under this Section 2.7 for more than
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one firm of attorneys representing the indemnified parties (together, if
appropriate, with one firm of local counsel per jurisdiction) in any one legal
action or group of related legal actions. No indemnifying party shall be liable
for any settlement of any action or proceeding effected without its written
consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. No indemnifying party
shall, without the consent of the indemnified party, which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld, consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any
settlement which does not include as a term thereof the giving by the claimant
or plaintiff to such indemnified party of a release from all liability in
respect to such claim or litigation or which requires action other than the
payment of money by the indemnifying party.
(d) Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in
this Section 2.7 shall for any reason be held by a court to be unavailable to an
indemnified party under Section 2.7(a) or (b) hereof in respect of any loss,
claim, damage or liability, or any action in respect thereof, then, in lieu of
the amount paid or payable under Section 2.7(a) or (b), the indemnified party
and the indemnifying party under Section 2.7(a) or (b) shall contribute to the
aggregate losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including legal or other
expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating the same), (i) in
such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Company
and the prospective sellers of Registrable Securities covered by the
registration statement which resulted in such loss, claim, damage or liability,
or action or proceeding in respect thereof, with respect to the statements or
omissions which resulted in such loss, claim, damage or liability, or action or
proceeding in respect thereof, as well as any other relevant equitable
considerations or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not
permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as shall be appropriate to
reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and such prospective
sellers from the offering of the securities covered by such registration
statement, provided, that for purposes of this clause (ii), the relative
benefits received by the prospective sellers shall be deemed not to exceed the
amount of proceeds received by such prospective sellers. 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. Such prospective sellers'
obligations to contribute as provided in this Section 2.7(d) are several in
proportion to the relative value of their respective Registrable Securities
covered by such registration statement and not joint. In addition, no Person
shall be obligated to contribute hereunder any amounts in payment for any
settlement of any action or claim effected without such Person's consent, which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
(e) Other Indemnification. Indemnification and
contribution similar to that specified in the preceding subdivisions of this
Section 2.7 (with appropriate modifications) shall be given by the Company and
each seller of Registrable Securities with respect to any required registration
or other qualification of
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securities under any federal or state law or regulation of any governmental
authority other than the Securities Act.
(f) Indemnification Payments. The indemnification and
contribution required by this Section 2.7 shall be made by periodic payments of
the amount thereof during the course of the investigation or defense, as and
when bills are received or expense, loss, damage or liability is incurred.
3. Definitions. As used herein, unless the context otherwise
requires, the following terms have the following respective meanings:
"Child's Agreement" means the Registration Rights Agreement, dated
as of January 28, 1998, as amended, between Playtex Products, Inc. and X.X.
Childs Equity Partners L.P.
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission or any
other federal agency at the time administering the Securities Act.
"Common Stock" shall mean and include the Common Stock, par value
$.O1 per share, of the Company and each other class of capital stock of the
Company that does not have a preference over any other class of capital stock of
the Company as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of
the Company and, in each case, shall include any other class of capital stock of
the Company into which such stock is reclassified or reconstituted.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, or any superseding Federal statute, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect at the time.
Reference to a particular section of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, shall include a reference to the comparable section, if any, of any
such superseding Federal statute.
"HWH Agreement" means the Registration Rights Agreement dated as of
March 17, 1995, as amended, among the Company, HWH Capital Partners, L.P., HWH
Valentine Partners, L.P., and HWH Surplus Valentine Partner, L.P.
"Initiationing Holder" is defined in Section 2.1.
"Other Registration Rights Agreement" means each of the HWH
Agreement and the Childs Agreement.
"Person" means any individual, firm, corporation, partnership,
limited liability company or partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated
association, joint venture, joint stock company, government (or an agency or
political subdivision
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thereof) or other entity of any kind and shall include any successor (by merger
or otherwise) of such entity.
"Registrable Securities" means any Shares, any other shares of
Common Stock owned by the Principal Shareholder as of the date of this Agreement
(the "Currently Held Shares"), and any Related Registrable Securities. As to any
particular Registrable Securities, once issued, such securities shall cease to
be Registrable Securities when (a) a registration statement with respect to the
sale of such securities shall have become effective under the Securities Act and
such securities shall have been disposed of in accordance with such registration
statement, (b) they shall have been sold as permitted by Rule 144 (or any
successor provision) under the Securities Act, (c) they shall have been
otherwise transferred, new certificates for them not bearing a legend
restricting further transfer shall have been delivered by the Company and
subsequent public distribution of them shall not require registration of such
distribution under the Securities Act or (d) they shall have ceased to be
outstanding. All references to percentages of Registrable Securities shall be
calculated pursuant to Section 9.
"Registration Expenses" means all expenses incident to the Company's
performance of or compliance with Section 2, including, without limitation, all
registration and filing fees, all fees of the New York Stock Exchange, Inc.,
other national securities exchanges or the National Association of Securities
Dealers, Inc., all fees and expenses of complying with securities or blue sky
laws, all word processing, duplicating and printing expenses, messenger and
delivery expenses, the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company and of
its independent public accountants, including the expenses of "comfort" letters
required by or incident to such performance and compliance, any fees and
disbursements of underwriters customarily paid by issuers or sellers of
securities (excluding any underwriting discounts or commissions with respect to
the Registrable Securities) and the reasonable fees and expenses of one counsel
to the Selling Holders (selected by Selling Holders representing at least 50% of
the Registrable Securities covered by such registration); provided, however,
that in the event the Company shall determine, in accordance with Section 2.2(a)
or Section 2.6, not to register any securities with respect to which it had
given written notice of its intention to so register to holders of Registrable
Securities, all of the costs of the type (and subject to any limitation to the
extent) set forth in this definition and incurred by Requesting Holders in
connection with such registration on or prior to the date the Company notifies
the Requesting Holders of such determination shall be deemed Registration
Expenses.
"Related Registrable Securities" means with respect to the Shares or
the Currently Held Shares any securities of the Company issued or issuable with
respect to any of the Shares or the Currently Held Shares by way of a dividend
or stock split or in connection with a combination of shares, recapitalization,
merger, consolidation or other reorganization or otherwise.
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"Requesting Holder" is defined in Section 2.2.
"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or
any superseding Federal statute, and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect at the time. References to a
particular section of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, shall include a
reference to the comparable section, if any, of any such superseding Federal
statute.
"Securityholder" means any of the parties to each of the Other
Registration Rights Agreements, in each case other than the Company.
"Selling Holder" is defined in Section 2.1.
4. Rule 144. The Company shall take all actions reasonably necessary
to enable holders of Registrable Securities to sell such securities without
registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the provisions of
(a) Rule 144 under the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to
time, or (b) any similar rules or regulations hereafter adopted by the
Commission. Upon the request of any holder of Registrable Securities, the
Company will deliver to such holder a written statement as to whether it has
complied with such requirements.
5. Amendments and Waivers. This Agreement may be amended with the
consent of the Company and the Company may take any action herein prohibited, or
omit to perform any act herein required to be performed by it, only if the
Company shall have obtained the written consent to such amendment, action or
omission to act, of the holder or holders of at least 66-2/3% of the Registrable
Securities affected by such amendment, action or omission to act. Each holder of
any Registrable Securities at the time or thereafter outstanding shall be bound
by any consent authorized by this Section 5, whether or not such Registrable
Securities shall have been marked to indicate such consent.
6. Nominees for Beneficial Owners. In the event that any Registrable
Securities are held by a nominee for the beneficial owner thereof, the
beneficial owner thereof may, at its election in writing delivered to the
Company, be treated as the holder of such Registrable Securities for purposes of
any request or other action by any holder or holders of Registrable Securities
pursuant to this Agreement or any determination of any number or percentage of
shares of Registrable Securities held by any holder or holders of Registrable
Securities contemplated by this Agreement. If the beneficial owner of any
Registrable Securities so elects, the Company may require assurances reasonably
satisfactory to it of such owner's beneficial ownership of such Registrable
Securities.
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7. Notices. All notices, demands and other communications provided
for or permitted hereunder shall be made in writing and shall be by registered
or certified first-class mail, return receipt requested, telecopier, courier
service or personal delivery:
(a) if to the Principal Stockholder, addressed to it in the
manner set forth in the Purchase Agreement, or at such other address as it shall
have furnished to the Company in writing in the manner set forth herein;
(b) if to any other holder of Registrable Securities, at the
address that such holder shall have furnished to the Company in writing in the
manner set forth herein, or, until any such other holder so furnishes to the
Company an address, then to and at the address of the last holder of such
Registrable Securities who has furnished an address to the Company; or
(c) if to the Company, addressed to it in the manner set forth
in the Purchase Agreement, or at such other address as the Company shall have
furnished to each holder of Registrable Securities at the time outstanding in
the manner set forth herein.
All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been
duly given: when delivered by hand, if personally delivered; when delivered by a
courier, if delivered by overnight courier service; three business days after
being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; and when receipt is
acknowledged, if telecopied.
8. Assignment. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the
benefit of and be enforceable by the parties hereto and, with respect to the
Company, its respective successors and permitted assigns and, with respect to
the Principal Stockholder, any holder of at least 10% of the number of
outstanding Registrable Securities as of the Effective Date, subject to the
provisions respecting the minimum amount of Registrable Securities required in
order to be entitled to certain rights, or take certain actions, contained
herein. Except by operation of law, this Agreement may not be assigned by the
Company without the prior written consent of the holders of 66-2/3% of the
Registrable Securities outstanding at the time such consent is requested.
9. Calculation of Percentage Interests in Registrable Securities.
For purposes of this Agreement, all references to a percentage of the
Registrable Securities shall be calculated based upon the number of Registrable
Securities outstanding at the time such calculation is made.
10. No Inconsistent Agreements. The Company will not hereafter enter
into any agreement with respect to its securities which is inconsistent with the
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rights granted to the holders of Registrable Securities in this Agreement.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company will not hereafter
enter into any agreement with respect to its securities which grants, or modify
any existing agreement with respect to its securities to grant, to the holder of
its securities in connection with an incidental registration of such securities,
higher priority to the rights granted under Section 2.
11. Remedies. Each holder of Registrable Securities, in addition to
being entitled to exercise all rights granted by law, including recovery of
damages, will be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this
Agreement. The Company agrees that monetary damages would not be adequate
compensation for any loss incurred by reason of a breach by it of the provisions
of this Agreement and hereby agrees to waive the defense in any action for
specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate.
12. Severability. In the event that any one or more of the
provisions contained herein, or the application thereof in any circumstances, is
held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect for any reason, the
validity, legality and enforceability of any such provision in every other
respect and of the remaining provisions contained herein shall not be in any way
impaired thereby, it being intended that all of the rights and privileges of the
Principal Stockholder shall be enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by
law.
13. Entire Agreement. This Agreement is intended by the parties as a
final expression of their agreement and 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. There are no restrictions,
promises, warranties or undertakings, other than those set forth or referred to
herein and therein. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and
understandings between the parties with respect to such subject matter.
14. Heading. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of
reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
15. Governing Law. This Agreement has been negotiated, executed and
delivered in the State of New York and shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to principles
of conflicts of law.
16. 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 an original and all of which taken together
shall constitute one and the same instrument.
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17. Termination. Upon termination of the Purchase Agreement, in
accordance with Section 2(d) thereof, this Agreement shall terminate
automatically. In addition, this Agreement shall terminate in the event that
Registrable Securities constitute less than 5% of the outstanding Company's
Common Stock.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to
be executed and delivered by their respective representatives hereunto duly
authorized as of the date first above written.
PLAYTEX PRODUCTS, INC.
By:_________________________
Name:
Title:
RCBA PLAYTEX, L.P.
By:_________________________
Name:
Title:
