Exhibit 4.5
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
Dated as of May 30, 1997
among
NAVISTAR FINANCIAL CORPORATION
and
X.X. XXXXXX SECURITIES INC.,
CHASE SECURITIES INC.
and
NATIONSBANC CAPITAL MARKETS, INC.
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
This Registration Rights Agreement (the "Agreement") is dated as of
May 30, 1997, by and among NAVISTAR FINANCIAL CORPORATION, a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), and X.X. XXXXXX SECURITIES INC., CHASE SECURITIES
INC. and NATIONSBANC CAPITAL MARKETS, INC. (collectively, the "Initial
Purchasers").
This Agreement is entered into in connection with the Purchase
Agreement, dated as of May 22, 1997, among the Company and the Initial
Purchasers (the "Purchase Agreement") relating to the sale by the Company to the
Initial Purchasers, severally, of $100,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its
9% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2002 (the "Notes"). In order to induce the
Initial Purchasers to enter into the Purchase Agreement, the Company has agreed
to provide the registration rights set forth in this Agreement for the equal
benefit of the Initial Purchasers and their direct and indirect transferees.
The execution and delivery of this Agreement is a condition to the Initial
Purchasers' obligation to purchase the Notes under the Purchase Agreement.
The parties hereby agree as follows:
1. Definitions
As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the
following meanings:
Additional Interest: See Section 4.
Advice: See Section 5.
Applicable Period: See Section 2(b).
Closing Date: The Closing Date as defined in the Purchase Agreement.
Company: See the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.
Consummation Date: The 180th day after the Closing.
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Effectiveness Date: The 150th day after the Closing Date.
Effectiveness Period: See Section 3(a).
Event Date: See Section 4(b).
Exchange Act: The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and
the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.
Exchange Offer: See Section 2(a).
Exchange Registration Statement: See Section 2(a).
Exchange Securities: See Section 2(a).
Filing Date: The 60th day after the Closing Date.
Holder: Any record holder of Registrable Securities.
Indemnified Person: See Section 7.
Indemnifying Person: See Section 7.
Indenture: The Indenture, dated as of May 30, 1997, between the
Company and The Fuji Bank & Trust Company, as trustee, pursuant to which the
Notes are being issued, as amended or supplemented from time to time in
accordance with the terms thereof.
Initial Purchasers: See the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.
Initial Shelf Registration: See Section 3(a).
Inspectors: See Section 5(p).
Issue Date: The original issue date of the Notes.
NASD: See Section 5(t).
Notes: See the preamble to this Agreement.
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Participant: See Section 7.
Participating Broker-Dealer: See Section 2(b).
Person: An individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
trust, estate, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or
political subdivision thereof.
Private Exchange: See Section 2(b).
Private Exchange Securities: See Section 2(b).
Prospectus: The prospectus included in any Registration Statement
(including, without limitation, a prospectus that includes any information
previously omitted from a prospectus filed as part of an effective registration
statement in reliance upon Rule 430A promulgated under the Securities Act), as
amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, with respect to the terms
of the offering of any portion of the Registrable Securities covered by such
Registration Statement, and all other amendments and supplements to the
Prospectus, including post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated
by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such Prospectus.
Records: See Section 5(p).
Registrable Securities: The Notes upon original issuance of the Notes
and at all times subsequent thereto, each Exchange Security as to which Section
2(c)(1)(i) hereof is applicable upon original issuance and at all times
subsequent thereto and, if issued, the Private Exchange Securities, until in the
case of any such Notes, Exchange Securities or Private Exchange Securities, as
the case may be, (i) a Registration Statement (other than, with respect to any
Exchange Security as to which Section 2(c)(1)(i) hereof is applicable, the
Exchange Registration Statement) covering such Notes, Exchange Securities or
Private Exchange Securities has been declared effective by the SEC and such
Notes, Exchange Securities or Private Exchange Securities, as the case may be,
have been disposed of in accordance with such effective Registration Statement,
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(ii) such Notes, Exchange Securities or Private Exchange Securities, as the case
may be, are sold in compliance with Rule 144, or (iii) such Notes, Exchange
Securities or Private Exchange Securities, as the case may be, cease to be
outstanding.
Registration Statement: Any registration statement of the Company,
including, but not limited to, the Exchange Registration Statement, that covers
any of the Registrable Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement,
including the Prospectus, amendments and supplements to such registration
statement, including post-effective amendments, all exhibits, and all material
incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such
registration statement.
Rule 144: Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, as such rule
may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule (other than Rule 144A) or
regulation hereafter adopted by the SEC providing for offers and sales of
securities made in compliance therewith resulting in offers and sales by
subsequent holders that are not affiliates of an issuer of such securities being
free of the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities
Act.
Rule 144A: Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act, as such
rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule (other than Rule 144)
or regulation hereafter adopted by the SEC.
Rule 415: Rule 415 promulgated under the Securities Act, as such rule
may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter
adopted by the SEC.
SEC: The Securities and Exchange Commission.
Securities Act: The Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules
and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.
Shelf Notice: See Section 2(c).
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Shelf Registration: See Section 3(b).
Subsequent Shelf Registration: See Section 3(b).
TIA: The Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.
Trustee: The trustee as defined in the Indenture and, if existent,
the trustee under any indenture governing the Exchange Securities and Private
Exchange Securities (if any).
Underwritten registration or underwritten offering: A registration in
which securities of the Company are sold to an underwriter for reoffering to the
public.
2. Exchange Offer
(a) The Company agrees to file with the SEC as soon as practicable
after the Closing Date, but in no event later than the Filing Date, an
offer to exchange (the "Exchange Offer") any and all of the Registrable
Securities for a like aggregate principal amount of debt securities of the
Company which are identical in all material respects to the Notes (the
"Exchange Securities") (and which are entitled to the benefits of a trust
indenture which is identical in all material respects to the Indenture
(other than such changes as are necessary to comply with any requirements
of the SEC to effect or maintain the qualification of such trust indenture
under the TIA) and which has been qualified under the TIA), except that the
Exchange Securities shall have been registered pursuant to an effective
Registration Statement under the Securities Act and shall contain no
restrictive legend thereon. The Company agrees to use its reasonable best
efforts to keep the Exchange Offer open for at least 30 business days (or
longer if required by applicable law) after the date notice of the Exchange
Offer is mailed to Holders and to consummate the Exchange Offer on or prior
to the Effectiveness Date. The Exchange Offer will be registered under the
Securities Act on the appropriate form (the "Exchange Registration
Statement") and will comply with all applicable tender offer rules and
regulations under the
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Exchange Act. If after such Exchange Registration Statement is initially
declared effective by the SEC, the Exchange Offer or the issuance of the
Exchange Securities thereunder is interfered with by any stop order,
injunction or other order or requirement of the SEC or any other
governmental agency or court such Exchange Registration Statement shall be
deemed not to have become effective for purposes of this Agreement. Each
Holder who participates in the Exchange Offer will be deemed to represent
that any Exchange Securities received by it will be acquired in the
ordinary course of its business, that at the time of the consummation of
the Exchange Offer such Holder will have no arrangement with any person to
participate in the distribution of the Exchange Securities in violation of
the provisions of the Securities Act, and that such Holder is not an
affiliate of the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act. Upon
consummation of the Exchange Offer in accordance with this Section 2, the
provisions of this Agreement shall continue to apply, mutatis, mutandis,
solely with respect to Registrable Securities that are Private Exchange
Securities and Exchange Securities held by Participating Broker-Dealers,
and the Company shall have no further obligation to register Registrable
Securities (other than Private Exchange Securities and other than Exchange
Securities as to which clause (c)(1)(i) hereof applies) pursuant to Section
3 of this Agreement. No securities other than the Exchange Securities shall
be included in the Exchange Registration Statement.
(b) The Company shall include within the Prospectus contained in the
Exchange Registration Statement one or more section(s) reasonably
acceptable to the Initial Purchasers, which shall contain a summary
statement of the positions taken or policies made by the Staff of the SEC
with respect to the potential "underwriter" status of any broker-dealer
that is the beneficial owner (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange
Act) of Exchange Securities received by such broker-dealer in the Exchange
Offer (a "Participating Broker-Dealer"), whether such positions or policies
have been publicly disseminated by the Staff of
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the SEC or such positions or policies, in the reasonable judgment of the
Initial Purchasers, represent the prevailing views of the Staff of the SEC.
Such section(s) shall also allow the use of the prospectus by all persons
subject to the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act,
including all Participating Broker-Dealers, and include a statement
describing the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the
Exchange Securities.
The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to keep the Exchange
Registration Statement effective and to amend and supplement the Prospectus
contained therein in order to permit such Prospectus to be lawfully
delivered by all persons subject to the prospectus delivery requirements of
the Securities Act for such period of time as such persons must comply with
such requirements in order to resell the Exchange Securities, provided that
such period shall not exceed 180 days (or such longer period if extended
pursuant to the last paragraph of Section 5) (the "Applicable Period").
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall have no obligation to keep
the Exchange Registration Statement effective or to amend and supplement
the Prospectus contained therein in the event that the Company has not
received written notice within 30 days following the completion of the
Exchange Offer that a participating Broker-Dealer received Exchange
Securities in the Exchange Offer.
If, prior to consummation of the Exchange Offer, an Initial Purchaser
holds any Notes acquired by it and having the status of an unsold allotment
in the initial distribution, the Company upon the request of such Initial
Purchaser shall, simultaneously with the delivery of the Exchange
Securities in the Exchange Offer, issue and deliver to each such Initial
Purchaser, in exchange (the "Private Exchange") for the Notes held by such
Initial Purchaser, a like principal amount of debt securities of the
Company that are identical in all material respects to the Exchange
Securities (the "Private Exchange Securi-
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ties") (and which are issued pursuant to the same indenture as the Exchange
Securities) except for the placement of a restrictive legend on such
Private Exchange Securities. The Private Exchange Securities shall bear the
same CUSIP number as the Exchange Securities. Interest on the Exchange
Securities and Private Exchange Securities will accrue from the last
interest payment date on which interest was paid on the Notes surrendered
in exchange therefor or, if no interest has been paid on the Notes, from
the Issue Date.
Any indenture under which the Exchange Securities or the Private
Exchange Securities will be issued shall provide that the holders of any of
the Exchange Securities and the Private Exchange Securities will vote and
consent together on all matters (to which such holders are entitled to vote
or consent) as one class and that none of the holders of the Exchange
Securities and the Private Exchange Securities will have the right to vote
or consent as a separate class on any matter (to which such holders are
entitled to vote or consent).
(c) If (1) prior to the consummation of the Exchange Offer, the
Company reasonably determines in good faith or Holders of at least a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Registrable Securities notify
the Company that they have reasonably determined in good faith that (i) in
the opinion of counsel, the Exchange Securities would not, upon receipt, be
tradeable by such Holders who are not affiliates of the Company without
restriction under the Securities Act and without restrictions under
applicable blue sky or state securities laws or (ii) in the opinion of
counsel, the SEC is unlikely to permit the consummation of the Exchange
Offer and/or (2) subsequent to the consummation of the Private Exchange,
holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Private
Exchange Securities so request with respect to the Private Exchange
Securities and/or (3) the Exchange Offer is commenced and not consummated
prior to the 45th day following the Consummation Date for any reason, then
the
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Company shall promptly deliver to the Holders and the Trustee notice
thereof (the "Shelf Notice") and shall thereafter file an Initial Shelf
Registration as set forth in Section 3 (which only in the circumstances
contemplated by clause (2) of this sentence will relate solely to the
Private Exchange Securities) pursuant to Section 3. The parties hereto
agree that, following the delivery of a Shelf Notice to the Holders of
Registrable Securities (only in the circumstances contemplated by clauses
(1) and/or (3) of the preceding sentence), the Company shall not have any
further obligation to conduct the Exchange Offer or the Private Exchange
under this Section 2.
3. Shelf Registration
If a Shelf Notice is delivered as contemplated by Section 2(c), then:
(a) Initial Shelf Registration. The Company shall as promptly as
reasonably practicable prepare and file with the SEC a Registration
Statement for an offering to be made on a continuous basis pursuant to Rule
415 covering all of the Registrable Securities (the "Initial Shelf
Registration"). If the Company shall have not yet filed an Exchange
Registration Statement, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts
to file with the SEC the Initial Shelf Registration on or prior to the
Filing Date. Otherwise, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts
to file with the SEC the Initial Shelf Registration within 60 days of the
delivery of the Shelf Notice. The Initial Shelf Registration shall be on
Form S-2 or another appropriate form permitting registration of such
Registrable Securities for resale by such holders in the manner or manners
designated by them (including, without limitation, one or more underwritten
offerings). The Company shall not permit any securities other than the
Registrable Securities to be included in the Initial Shelf Registration or
any Subsequent Shelf Registration. The Company shall use its reasonable
best efforts to cause the Initial Shelf Registration to be declared
effective under the Securities Act on or prior to the 120th day after the
filing thereof
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with the SEC and to keep the Initial Shelf Registration continuously
effective under the Securities Act until the date which is 24 months from
the Issue Date (subject to extension pursuant to the last paragraph of
Section 5 hereof) (the "Effectiveness Period"), or such shorter period
ending when (i) all Registrable Securities covered by the Initial Shelf
Registration have been sold in the manner set forth and as contemplated in
the Initial Shelf Registration or (ii) a Subsequent Shelf Registration
covering all of the Registrable Securities has been declared effective
under the Securities Act.
(b) Subsequent Shelf Registrations. If the Initial Shelf Registration
or any Subsequent Shelf Registration ceases to be effective for any reason
at any time during the Effectiveness Period (other than because of the sale
of all of the securities registered thereunder), the Company shall use its
reasonable best efforts to obtain the prompt withdrawal of any order
suspending the effectiveness thereof, and in any event shall within 45 days
of such cessation of effectiveness amend the Shelf Registration in a manner
reasonably expected to obtain the withdrawal of the order suspending the
effectiveness thereof, or file an additional "shelf" Registration Statement
pursuant to Rule 415 covering all of the Registrable Securities (a
"Subsequent Shelf Registration"). If a Subsequent Shelf Registration is
filed, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the
Subsequent Shelf Registration to be declared effective as soon as
practicable after such filing and to keep such Registration Statement
continuously effective for a period equal to the number of days in the
Effectiveness Period less the aggregate number of days during which the
Initial Shelf Registration or any Subsequent Shelf Registration was
previously continuously effective. As used herein the term "Shelf
Registration" means the Initial Shelf Registration and any Subsequent Shelf
Registration.
(c) Supplements and Amendments. The Company shall promptly supplement
and amend the Shelf Registration if
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required by the rules, regulations or instructions applicable to the
registration form used for such Shelf Registration, if required by the
Securities Act, or if reasonably requested by the Holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Registrable Securities covered by such
Registration Statement or by any underwriter of such Registrable
Securities.
4. Additional Interest
(a) The Company and the Initial Purchasers agree that the Holders of
Registrable Securities will suffer damages if the Company fails to fulfill
its obligations under Section 2 or Section 3 hereof and that it would not
be feasible to ascertain the extent of such damages with precision.
Accordingly, the Company agrees to pay, as liquidated damages, additional
interest on the Registrable Securities ("Additional Interest") under the
circumstances and to the extent set forth below (each of which shall be
given independent effect and shall not be duplicative):
(i) if neither the Exchange Registration Statement nor the Initial
Shelf Registration has been filed on or prior to the Filing Date,
Additional Interest shall accrue on the Registrable Securities over and
above the stated interest at a rate of .25% per annum for the first 90 days
immediately following the Filing Date, such Additional Interest rate
increasing by an additional .25% per annum at the beginning of each
subsequent 90-day period;
(ii) if neither the Exchange Registration Statement nor the Initial
Shelf Registration is declared effective by the SEC on or prior to the
Effectiveness Date, Additional Interest shall accrue on the Registrable
Securities included or which should have been included in such Registration
Statement over and above the stated interest at a rate of .25% per annum
for the first 90 days immediately following the day after the Effectiveness
Date, such Additional Interest rate increasing by an additional .25% per
annum at the beginning of each subsequent 90-day period; and
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(iii) if (A) the Company has not exchanged Exchange Securities for all
Notes validly tendered in accordance with the terms of the Exchange Offer
on or prior to the Consummation Date or (B) the Exchange Registration
Statement ceases to be effective at any time prior to the time that the
Exchange Offer is consummated or (C) if applicable, the Shelf Registration
has been declared effective and such Shelf Registration ceases to be
effective at any time during the Effectiveness Period, then Additional
Interest shall accrue on the Registrable Securities (over and above any
interest otherwise payable on the Registrable Securities) at a rate of .25%
per annum for the first 90 days commencing on the (x) 181st day after the
Issue Date, in the case of (A) above, or (y) the day the Exchange
Registration Statement ceases to be effective in the case of (B) above, or
(z) the day such Shelf Registration ceases to be effective in the case of
(C) above, such Additional Interest rate increasing by an additional .25%
per annum at the beginning of each such subsequent 90-day period;
provided, however, that the Additional Interest rate on the Registrable
Securities may not exceed at any one time in the aggregate 1.0% per annum; and
provided, further, that (1) upon the filing of the Exchange Registration
Statement or a Shelf Registration as required hereunder (in the case of clause
(i) of this Section 4), (2) upon the effectiveness of the Exchange Registration
Statement or the Shelf Registration as required hereunder (in the case of clause
(ii) of this Section 4), or (3) upon the exchange of Exchange Securities for all
Notes tendered (in the case of clause (iii)(A) of this Section 4), or upon the
effectiveness of the Exchange Registration Statement which had ceased to remain
effective (in the case of (iii)(B) of this Section 4), or upon the effectiveness
of the Shelf Registration which had ceased to remain effective (in the case of
(iii)(C) of this Section 4), Additional Interest on the Registrable Securities
as a result of such clause (or the relevant subclause thereof), as the case may
be, shall cease to accrue. It being understood and agreed that, notwithstanding
any provision to the contrary, so long as any Registrable Security is
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then covered by an effective Shelf Registration Statement, no Additional
Interest shall accrue on such Registrable Security.
(b) The Company shall notify the Trustee within one business day after
each and every date on which an event occurs in respect of which Additional
Interest is required to be paid (an "Event Date"). The Company shall pay
the Additional Interest due on the Registrable Securities by depositing
with the Trustee, in trust, for the benefit of the Holders thereof, on or
before the applicable semi-annual interest payment date, immediately
available funds in sums sufficient to pay the Additional Interest then due
to Holders of Registrable Securities. The Additional Interest due shall be
payable on each interest payment date to the record Holder of Registrable
Securities entitled to receive the interest payment to be made on such date
as set forth in the Indenture. The amount of Additional Interest will be
determined by multiplying the applicable Additional Interest rate by the
principal amount of the affected Registrable Securities of such Holders,
multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days such
Additional Interest rate was applicable during such period (determined on
the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months and, in the
case of a partial month, the actual number of days elapsed), and the
denominator of which is 360. Each obligation to pay Additional Interest
shall be deemed to accrue immediately following the occurrence of the
applicable Event Date. The parties hereto agree that the Additional
Interest provided for in this Section 4 constitutes a reasonable estimate
of the damages that may be incurred by Holders of Registrable Securities by
reason of the failure of a Shelf Registration or Exchange Offer to be filed
or declared effective, or a Shelf Registration to remain effective, as the
case may be, in accordance with this Section 4.
5. Registration Procedures
In connection with the registration of any Registrable Securities
pursuant to Sections 2 or 3 hereof, the Company
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shall effect such registrations to permit the sale of such Registrable
Securities in accordance with the intended method or methods of disposition
thereof, and pursuant thereto the Company shall:
(a) Use its reasonable best efforts to prepare and file with the SEC,
as soon as practicable after the date hereof but in any event prior to the
Filing Date in the case of the Exchange Registration Statement and the 45th
day following the Consummation Date in the case of the Shelf Registration
Statement, a Registration Statement or Registration Statements as
prescribed by Section 2 or 3, and to use its reasonable best efforts to
cause each such Registration Statement to become effective and remain
effective as provided herein, provided that, if (1) such filing is pursuant
to Section 3, or (2) a Prospectus contained in an Exchange Registration
Statement filed pursuant to Section 2 is required to be delivered under the
Securities Act by any Participating Broker-Dealer who seeks to sell
Exchange Securities during the Applicable Period, before filing any
Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendments or supplements
thereto, the Company shall upon written request furnish to and afford the
Holders of the Registrable Securities and each such Participating Broker-
Dealer, as the case may be, covered by such Registration Statement, their
counsel and the managing underwriters, if any, a reasonable opportunity to
review copies of all such documents (including copies of any documents to
be incorporated by reference therein and all exhibits thereto) proposed to
be filed.
(b) Prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and post-effective
amendments to each Shelf Registration or Exchange Registration Statement,
as the case may be, as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement
continuously effective for the Effectiveness Period or the Applicable
Period, as the case may be; cause the related Prospectus to be supplemented
by any required Prospectus supplement, and as so supplemented to be filed
pursuant to Rule 424 (or any similar provisions then in force) under
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the Securities Act; and comply with the provisions of the Securities Act,
the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated
thereunder applicable to it with respect to the disposition of all
securities covered by such Registration Statement as so amended or in such
Prospectus as so supplemented and with respect to the subsequent resale of
any securities being sold by a Participating Broker-Dealer covered by any
such Prospectus; the Company shall not be deemed to have used its
reasonable best efforts to keep a Registration Statement effective during
the Applicable Period if the Company voluntarily takes any action that
would result in selling Holders of the Registrable Securities covered
thereby or Participating Broker-Dealers seeking to sell Exchange Securities
not being able to sell such Registrable Securities or such Exchange
Securities during that period unless such action is in the best interest of
the Company (as determined by its board of directors), required by
applicable law or unless the Company complies with this Agreement,
including without limitation, the provisions of paragraph 5(k) hereof and
the last paragraph of this Section 5.
(c) If (1) a Shelf Registration is filed pursuant to Section 3, or (2)
a Prospectus contained in an Exchange Registration Statement filed pursuant
to Section 2 is required to be delivered under the Securities Act by any
Participating Broker-Dealer who seeks to sell Exchange Securities during
the Applicable Period, notify the selling Holders of Registrable
Securities, or each such Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be,
their counsel and the managing underwriters, if any, who have provided the
Company with their names and addresses promptly (but in any event within
two business days), and confirm such notice in writing, (i) when a
Prospectus or any Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment has
been filed, and, with respect to a Registration Statement or any post-
effective amendment, when the same has become effective under the
Securities Act (including in such notice a written statement that any
Holder may, upon request, obtain, without charge, one conformed copy of
such Registra
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tion Statement or post-effective amendment including financial statements
and schedules, documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by
reference and exhibits), (ii) of the issuance by the SEC of any stop order
suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement or of any order
preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus or the
initiation of any proceedings for that purpose, (iii) of the receipt by the
Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the
qualification or exemption from qualification of a Registration Statement
or any of the Registrable Securities or the Exchange Securities to be sold
by any Participating Broker-Dealer for offer or sale in any jurisdiction,
or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose, (iv)
of the happening of any event or any information becoming known that makes
any statement made in such Registration Statement or related Prospectus or
any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference
untrue in any material respect or that requires the making of any changes
in such Registration Statement, Prospectus or documents so that, in the
case of the Registration Statement, it will not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to
be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading, and that in the case of the Prospectus, it will not contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein,
in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading, and (v) of the Company's reasonable determination that a post-
effective amendment to a Registration Statement would be appropriate.
(d) If (1) a Shelf Registration is filed pursuant to Section 3, or (2)
a Prospectus contained in an Exchange Registration Statement filed pursuant
to Section 2 is required to be delivered under the Securities Act by any
Participating Broker-Dealer who seeks to sell Exchange Securities during
the Applicable Period, use its reasonable
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best efforts to prevent the issuance of any order suspending the
effectiveness of a Registration Statement or of any order preventing or
suspending the use of a Prospectus or suspending the qualification (or
exemption from qualification) of any of the Registrable Securities or the
Exchange Securities to be sold by any Participating Broker-Dealer, for sale
in any jurisdiction, and, if any such order is issued, to use its
reasonable best efforts to obtain the withdrawal of any such order at the
earliest possible moment.
(e) If a Shelf Registration is filed pursuant to Section 3 and if
requested by the managing underwriters, if any, or the Holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Registrable Securities being
sold in connection with an underwritten offering, (i) promptly incorporate
in a prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment such information as
the managing underwriters, if any, or such Holders or counsel reasonably
request to be included therein, or (ii) make all required filings of such
prospectus supplement or such post-effective amendment as soon as
practicable after the Company has received notification of the matters to
be incorporated in such prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment.
(f) If (1) a Shelf Registration is filed pursuant to Section 3, or (2)
a Prospectus contained in an Exchange Registration Statement filed pursuant
to Section 2 is required to be delivered under the Securities Act by any
Participating Broker-Dealer who seeks to sell Exchange Securities during
the Applicable Period, furnish to each selling Holder of Registrable
Securities and to each such Participating Broker-Dealer who so requests and
to counsel and each managing underwriter, if any, without charge, one
conformed copy of the Registration Statement or Statements and each post-
effective amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules,
and if requested, all documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated
therein by reference and all exhibits.
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(g) If (1) a Shelf Registration is filed pursuant to Section 3, or (2)
a Prospectus contained in an Exchange Registration Statement filed pursuant
to Section 2 is required to be delivered under the Securities Act by any
Participating Broker-Dealer who seeks to sell Exchange Securities during
the Applicable Period, deliver to each selling Holder of Registrable
Securities, or each such Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be,
their counsel, and the underwriters, if any, without charge, as many copies
of the Prospectus or Prospectuses (including each form of preliminary
prospectus) and each amendment or supplement thereto and any documents
incorporated by reference therein as such Persons may reasonably request;
and, subject to the last paragraph of this Section 5, the Company hereby
consents to the use of such Prospectus and each amendment or supplement
thereto by each of the selling holders of Registrable Securities or each
such Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, and the underwriters
or agents, if any, and dealers (if any), in connection with the offering
and sale of the Registrable Securities covered by or the sale by
Participating Broker-Dealers of the Exchange Securities pursuant to such
Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto.
(h) Prior to any public offering of Registrable Securities or any
delivery of a Prospectus contained in the Exchange Registration Statement
by any Participating Broker-Dealer who seeks to sell Exchange Securities
during the Applicable Period, to use its reasonable best efforts to
register or qualify, and to cooperate with the selling Holders of
Registrable Securities or each such Participating Broker-Dealer, as the
case may be, the underwriters, if any, and their respective counsel in
connection with the registration or qualification (or exemption from such
registration or qualification) of such Registrable Securities for offer and
sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions within the
United States as any selling Holder, Participating Broker-Dealer, or the
managing underwriters reasonably request in writing, provided that where
Exchange Securities held by Participating
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Broker-Dealers or Registrable Securities are offered other than through an
underwritten offering, the Company agrees to cause its counsel to perform
Blue Sky investigations and file registrations and qualifications required
to be filed pursuant to this Section 5(h); keep each such registration or
qualification (or exemption therefrom) effective during the period such
Registration Statement is required to be kept effective and do any and all
other reasonable acts or things necessary or advisable to enable the
disposition in such jurisdictions of the Exchange Securities held by
Participating Broker-Dealers or the Registrable Securities covered by the
applicable Registration Statement, provided that the Company shall not be
required to (A) qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where
it is not then so qualified, (B) take any action that would subject it to
general service of process in any such jurisdiction where it is not then so
subject or (C) subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction.
(i) If a Shelf Registration is filed pursuant to Section 3, reasonably
cooperate with the selling Holders of Registrable Securities and the
managing underwriters, if any, to facilitate the timely preparation and
delivery of certificates representing Registrable Securities to be sold,
which certificates shall not bear any restrictive legends and shall be in a
form eligible for deposit with The Depository Trust Company ("DTC"); and
enable such Registrable Securities to be registered in such names as the
managing underwriter or underwriters, if any, or Holders may request.
(j) Use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Registrable
Securities covered by the Registration Statement to be registered with or
approved by such other United States governmental agencies or authorities
of the United States as may be necessary to enable the seller or sellers
thereof or the underwriters, if any, to consummate the disposition of such
Registrable Securities, except as may be required solely as a consequence
of the
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nature of such selling Holder's business, in which case the Company will
cooperate in all reasonable respects with the filing of such Registration
Statement and the granting of such approvals.
(k) If (1) a Shelf Registration is filed pursuant to Section 3, or (2)
a Prospectus contained in an Exchange Registration Statement filed pursuant
to Section 2 is required to be delivered under the Securities Act by any
Participating Broker-Dealer who seeks to sell Exchange Securities during
the Applicable Period, upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by
paragraph 5(c)(iv) or 5(c)(v) above, as promptly as practicable prepare and
(subject to Section 5(a) above) file with the SEC, solely at the expense of
the Company, a supplement or post-effective amendment to the Registration
Statement or a supplement to the related Prospectus or any document
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference, or file any
other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers
of the Registrable Securities being sold thereunder or to the purchasers of
the Exchange Securities to whom such Prospectus will be delivered by a
Participating Broker-Dealer, any such Prospectus will not contain an untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to
be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light
of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(l) Use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Registrable
Securities covered by a Registration Statement or the Exchange Securities,
as the case may be, to be rated with the appropriate rating agencies, if so
requested by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of
Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement or the
Exchange Securities, as the case may be, or the managing underwriters, if
any.
(m) Prior to the effective date of the first Registration Statement
relating to the Registrable Securities, (i) provide the Trustee with
printed certificates for the
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Registrable Securities in a form eligible for deposit with DTC and (ii)
provide a CUSIP number for the Registrable Securities.
(n) Use its best efforts to cause all Registrable Securities covered
by such Registration Statement or the Exchange Securities, as the case may
be, to be (i) listed on each securities exchange, if any, on which similar
securities issued by the Company are then listed, or (ii) authorized to be
quoted on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated
Quotation System ("NASDAQ") or the National Market System of NASDAQ if
similar securities of the Company are so authorized.
(o) In connection with an underwritten offering of Registrable
Securities pursuant to a Shelf Registration, enter into an underwriting
agreement as is customary in underwritten offerings and take all such other
actions as are reasonably requested by the managing underwriters in order
to expedite or facilitate the registration or the disposition of such
Registrable Securities, and in such connection, (i) make such
representations and warranties to the underwriters, with respect to the
business of the Company and its subsidiaries, if any, and the Registration
Statement, Prospectus and documents, if any, incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference therein, in each case, as are customarily made by
issuers to underwriters in underwritten offerings, and confirm the same if
and when requested; (ii) obtain an opinion of counsel to the Company and
updates thereof in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
managing underwriters, addressed to the underwriters covering the matters
customarily covered in opinions requested in underwritten offerings and
such other matters as may be reasonably requested by underwriters; (iii)
obtain "cold comfort" letters and updates thereof in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the managing underwriters from the independent
certified public accountant(s) of the Company (and, if necessary, any other
independent certified public accountants of any subsidiary of the
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Company or of any business acquired by the Company for which financial
statements and financial data are, or are required to be, included in the
Registration Statement), addressed to each of the underwriters, such
letters to be in customary form and covering matters of the type
customarily covered in "cold comfort" letters in connection with
underwritten offerings and such other matters as may be reasonably
requested by underwriters; and (iv) if an underwriting agreement is entered
into, the same shall contain indemnification provisions and procedures no
less favorable than those set forth in Section 7 hereof (or such other
provisions and procedures acceptable to Holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of Registrable Securities covered by such Registration
Statement and the managing underwriters or agents) with respect to all
parties to be indemnified pursuant to said Section. The above shall be done
at each closing under such underwriting agreement, or as and to the extent
required thereunder.
(p) If (1) a Shelf Registration is filed pursuant to Section 3, or (2)
a Prospectus contained in an Exchange Registration Statement filed pursuant
to Section 2 is required to be delivered under the Securities Act by any
Participating Broker-Dealer who seeks to sell Exchange Securities during
the Applicable Period, make available for inspection by any selling Holder
of such Registrable Securities being sold, or each such Participating
Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, any underwriter participating in any
such disposition of Registrable Securities, if any, and any attorney,
accountant or other agent retained by any such selling holder or each such
Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, or underwriter
(collectively, the "Inspectors"), at the offices where normally kept,
during reasonable business hours, all financial and other records,
pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company and its
subsidiaries (collectively, the "Records"), as shall be reasonably
necessary to enable them to exercise any applicable due diligence
responsibilities, and cause the officers, directors
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and employees of the Company to supply all information in each case
reasonably requested by any such Inspector in connection with such
Registration Statement. Records determined in good faith by the Company to
be confidential shall not be disclosed by any Inspector notified of such
determination unless (i) the disclosure of such Records is necessary to
avoid or correct a misstatement or omission in such Registration Statement,
(ii) the release of such Records is ordered pursuant to a subpoena or other
order from a court of competent jurisdiction or (iii) the information in
such Records has been made generally available to the public. Each selling
Holder of such Registrable Securities and each such Participating Broker-
Dealer will be required to agree that information obtained by it as a
result of such inspections shall be deemed confidential and shall not be
used by it as the basis for any market transactions in the securities of
the Company unless and until such is made generally available to the
public. Each selling Holder of such Registrable Securities and each such
Participating Broker-Dealer will be required to further agree that it will,
upon learning that disclosure of such Records is sought in a court of
competent jurisdiction, give notice to the Company and allow the Company at
its expense to undertake appropriate action to prevent disclosure of the
Records deemed confidential.
(q) Provide an indenture trustee for the Registrable Securities or the
Exchange Securities, as the case may be, and cause the Indenture or the
trust indenture provided for in Section 2(a), as the case may be, to be
qualified under the TIA not later than the effective date of the Exchange
Offer or the first Registration Statement relating to the Registrable
Securities; and in connection therewith, cooperate with the trustee under
any such indenture and the holders of the Registrable Securities, to effect
such changes to such indenture as may be required for such indenture to be
so qualified in accordance with the terms of the TIA; and execute, and use
its reasonable best efforts to cause such trustee to execute, all documents
as may be required to effect such changes, and all other
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forms and documents required to be filed with the SEC to enable such
indenture to be so qualified in a timely manner.
(r) Comply in all material respects with all applicable rules and
regulations of the SEC and make generally available to its securityholders
earning statements satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the
Securities Act and Rule 158 thereunder (or any similar rule promulgated
under the Securities Act) no later than 90 days after the end of any 12-
month period (i) commencing at the end of any fiscal quarter in which
Registrable Securities are sold to underwriters in a firm commitment or
best efforts underwritten offering and (ii) if not sold to underwriters in
such an offering, commencing on the first day of the first fiscal quarter
of the Company after the effective date of a Shelf Registration Statement,
which statements shall cover said 12-month periods.
(s) If an Exchange Offer or a Private Exchange is to be consummated,
upon delivery of the Registrable Securities by Holders to the Company (or
to such other Person as directed by the Company) in exchange for the
Exchange Securities or the Private Exchange Securities, as the case may be,
the Company shall xxxx, or caused to be marked, on such Registrable
Securities that such Registrable Securities are being cancelled in exchange
for the Exchange Securities or the Private Exchange Securities, as the case
may be; in no event shall such Registrable Securities be marked as paid or
otherwise satisfied.
(t) Reasonably cooperate with each seller of Registrable Securities
covered by any Registration Statement and each underwriter, if any,
participating in the disposition of such Registrable Securities and their
respective counsel in connection with any filings required to be made with
the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (the "NASD").
(u) Use its reasonable best efforts to take all other steps necessary
to effect the registration of the
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Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement contemplated
hereby.
The Company may require each seller of Registrable Securities or
Participating Broker-Dealer as to which any registration is being effected to
furnish to the Company such information regarding such seller or Participating
Broker-Dealer and the distribution of such Registrable Securities or Exchange
Securities to be sold by such Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be,
as the Company may, from time to time, reasonably request. The Company may
exclude from such registration the Registrable Securities of any seller or
Participating Broker-Dealer who unreasonably fails to furnish such information
within a reasonable time after receiving such request. Each seller as to which
any Shelf Registration is being effected is deemed to agree to furnish promptly
to the Company all information required to be disclosed in order to make the
information previously furnished to the Company by such seller not materially
misleading.
Each Holder of Registrable Securities and each Participating Broker-
Dealer agrees by acquisition of such Registrable Securities or Exchange
Securities to be sold by such Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be,
that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the happening of any event
of the kind described in Section 5(c)(ii), 5(c)(iii), 5(c)(iv), or 5(c)(v), such
Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of such Registrable Securities
covered by such Registration Statement or Prospectus or Exchange Securities to
be sold by such Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, until such
holder's receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus
contemplated by Section 5(k), or until it is advised in writing (the "Advice")
by the Company that the use of the applicable Prospectus may be resumed, and has
received copies of any amendments or supplements thereto. In the event the
Company shall give any such notice, each of the Effectiveness Period and the
Applicable Period shall be extended by the number of days during such periods
from and including the date of the giving of such notice to and including the
date when each seller of Registrable Securities covered by such Reg-
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istration Statement or Exchange Securities to be sold by such Participating
Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, shall have received (x) the copies of the
supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 5(k) or (y) the
Advice.
6. Registration Expenses
(a) All fees and expenses incident to the performance of or compliance
with this Agreement by the Company shall be borne by the Company whether or
not the Exchange Offer or a Shelf Registration is filed or becomes
effective, including, without limitation, (i) all registration and filing
fees (including, without limitation, (A) fees with respect to filings
required to be made with the NASD in connection with an underwritten
offering and (B) fees and expenses of compliance with state securities or
Blue Sky laws (including, without limitation, reasonable fees and
disbursements of counsel in connection with Blue Sky qualifications of the
Registrable Securities or Exchange Securities and determination of the
eligibility of the Registrable Securities or Exchange Securities for
investment under the laws of such jurisdictions in the United States (x)
where the holders of Registrable Securities are located, in the case of the
Exchange Securities, or (y) as provided in Section 5(h), in the case of
Registrable Securities or Exchange Securities to be sold by a Participating
Broker-Dealer during the Applicable Period)), (ii) printing expenses
(including, without limitation, expenses of printing certificates for
Registrable Securities or Exchange Securities in a form eligible for
deposit with DTC and of printing prospectuses if the printing of
prospectuses is requested by the managing underwriters, if any, or, in
respect of Registrable Securities or Exchange Securities to be sold by any
Participating Broker-Dealer during the Applicable Period, by the Holders of
a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Registrable Securities
included in any Registration Statement or of such Exchange Securities, as
the case may be), (iii) messenger, telephone and delivery expenses, (iv)
fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company and fees and disburse-
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ments of special counsel for the sellers of Registrable Securities (subject
to the provisions of Section 6(b)), (v) fees and disbursements of all
independent certified public accountants referred to in Section 5(o)(iii)
(including, without limitation, the expenses of any special audit and "cold
comfort" letters required by or incident to such performance), (vi) rating
agency fees, (vii) Securities Act liability insurance, if the Company
desires such insurance, (viii) fees and expenses of all other Persons
retained by the Company, (ix) internal expenses of the Company (including,
without limitation, all salaries and expenses of officers and employees of
the Company performing legal or accounting duties), (x) the expense of any
annual audit, (xi) the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the
listing of the securities to be registered on any securities exchange, if
applicable, and (xii) the expenses relating to printing, word processing
and distributing all Registration Statements, underwriting agreements,
securities sales agreements, indentures and any other documents necessary
in order to comply with this Agreement. In the event of an underwritten
offering of Registrable Securities the Company shall not be responsible for
any "roadshow expenses" in connection therewith.
(b) In connection with any Shelf Registration hereunder, the Company
shall reimburse the Holders of the Registrable Securities being registered
in such registration for the reasonable fees and disbursements of not more
than one counsel (in addition to appropriate local counsel) chosen by the
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Registrable
Securities to be included in such Registration Statement. Such Holders
shall be responsible for any and all other out-of-pocket expenses of the
Holders of Registrable Securities incurred in connection with the
registration of the Registrable Securities.
7. Indemnification
The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Holder of
Registrable Securities if a Shelf Registration
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is filed pursuant to Section 3 and each Participating Broker-Dealer selling
Exchange Securities during the Applicable Period, the officers and directors of
each such person, and each person, if any, who controls any such person within
the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the
Exchange Act (each, a "Participant"), from and against any and all losses,
claims, damages and liabilities (including, without limitation, the legal fees
and other expenses incurred in connection with any suit, action or proceeding or
any claim asserted) caused by any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement
of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement (or any amendment
thereto) or Prospectus (as amended or supplemented if the Company shall have
furnished any amendments or supplements thereto) or any preliminary prospectus,
or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in
the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading,
except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities are caused by any
untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in
reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Participant
furnished to the Company in writing by such Participant expressly for use
therein; provided that the foregoing indemnity with respect to any preliminary
prospectus shall not inure to the benefit of any Participant (or to the benefit
of any person controlling such Participant) from whom the person asserting any
such losses, claims, damages or liabilities purchased Registrable Securities or
Exchange Securities if such untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue
statement or omission made in such preliminary prospectus is completely remedied
in the related Prospectus (as amended or supplemented if the Company shall have
furnished any amendments or supplements thereto) and a copy of the related
Prospectus (as so amended or supplemented) shall not have been furnished to such
person at or prior to the sale of such Registrable Securities or Exchange
Securities, as the case may be, to such person.
Each Participant will be required to agree, severally and not jointly,
to indemnify and hold harmless the Company,
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its directors, its officers and each person who controls the Company within the
meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act to
the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company to each Participant,
but only with reference to information relating to such Participant furnished to
the Company in writing by such Participant expressly for use in any Registration
Statement or Prospectus, any amendment or supplement thereto, or any preliminary
prospectus. The liability of any Participant under this paragraph shall in no
event exceed the proceeds received by such Participant from sales of Registrable
Securities giving rise to such obligations.
If any suit, action, proceeding (including any governmental or
regulatory investigation), claim or demand shall be brought or asserted against
any person in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to either of the
two preceding paragraphs, such person (the "Indemnified Person") shall promptly
notify the person against whom such indemnity may be sought (the "Indemnifying
Person") in writing, and the Indemnifying Person, upon request of the
Indemnified Person, shall retain counsel satisfactory to the Indemnified Person
to represent the Indemnified Person and any others the Indemnifying Person may
designate in such proceeding and shall pay the fees and expenses of such counsel
related to such proceeding. In any such proceeding, any Indemnified Person
shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of
such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Person unless (i) the
Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person shall have mutually agreed to the
contrary, (ii) the Indemnifying Person has failed within a reasonable time to
retain counsel satisfactory to the Indemnified Person or (iii) the named parties
in any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the
Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person and representation of both
parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential
differing interests between them. It is understood that the Indemnifying Person
shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceeding in the same
jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm
(in addition to any lo
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cal counsel) for all Indemnified Persons, and that all such fees and expenses
shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. Any such separate firm for the
Participants and such control persons of Participants shall be designated in
writing by Participants who sold a majority in interest of Registrable
Securities sold by all such Participants and any such separate firm for the
Company, its directors, officers and such control persons of the Company shall
be designated in writing by the Company. The Indemnifying Person shall not be
liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written
consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for
the plaintiff, the Indemnifying Person agrees to indemnify any Indemnified
Person from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or
judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an Indemnified
Person shall have requested an Indemnifying Person to reimburse the Indemnified
Person for fees and expenses actually incurred by counsel as contemplated by the
third sentence of this paragraph, the Indemnifying Person agrees that it shall
be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written
consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 60 days after receipt
by such Indemnifying Person of the aforesaid request and (ii) such Indemnifying
Person shall not have reimbursed the Indemnified Person in accordance with such
request prior to the date of such settlement (or delivered a notice to such
Indemnified Person setting forth its good faith objection to such request's
conformity to the provisions of this Section 7). No Indemnifying Person shall,
without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Person, effect any
settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any
Indemnified Person is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been
sought hereunder by such Indemnified Person, unless such settlement includes an
unconditional written release in form and substance satisfactory to the
Indemnified Person, of such Indemnified Person from all liability on claims that
are the subject matter of such proceeding.
If the Indemnification provided for in the first and second paragraphs
of this Section 7 is unavailable to, or insufficient to hold harmless, an
Indemnified Person in respect
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of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to therein, then each
Indemnifying Person under such paragraph, in lieu of indemnifying such
Indemnified Person thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by
such Indemnified Person as a result of such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault
of the Company on the one hand and the Participants on the other in connection
with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages
or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The
relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Participants 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 Company or by
the Participants and the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to
information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.
The parties shall agree that it would not be just and equitable if
contribution pursuant to this Section 7 were determined by pro rata allocation
(even if the Participants were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any
other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable
considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph. The amount
paid or payable by an Indemnified Person as a result of the losses, claims,
damages and liabilities referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph shall
be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or
other expenses incurred by such Indemnified Person in connection with
investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the
provisions of this Section 7, in no event shall a Participant be required to
contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which proceeds received by such
Participant from sales of Registrable Securities exceeds the amount of any
damages that such Participant has otherwise been required to pay by reason of
such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No
person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section
11(f) of the Se-
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curities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not
guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section 7
will be in addition to any liability which the Indemnifying Persons may
otherwise have to the Indemnified Persons referred to above.
8. Rule 144 and Rule 144A
The Company covenants that it will file the reports required to be
filed by it under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the rules and
regulations adopted by the SEC thereunder in a timely manner and, if at any time
the Company is not required to file such reports, it will, upon the request of
any Holder of Registrable Securities, within a reasonable time period make
publicly available other information so long as necessary to permit sales
pursuant to Rule 144 and Rule 144A under the Securities Act. The Company
further covenants that it will take such further action as any Holder of
Registrable Securities may reasonably request, all to the extent required from
time to time to enable such holder to sell Registrable Securities without
registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions
provided by (a) Rule 144 and Rule 144A under the Securities Act, as such Rules
may be amended from time to time, or (b) any similar rule or regulation
hereafter adopted by the SEC.
9. Underwritten Registrations
If any of the Registrable Securities covered by any Shelf Registration
are to be sold in an underwritten offering, the investment banker or investment
bankers and manager or managers that will manage the offering will be selected
by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of such Registrable
Securities included in such offering and be reasonably acceptable to the
Company.
No Holder of Registrable Securities may participate in any
underwritten registration hereunder unless such Holder (a) agrees to sell such
Holder's Registrable Securities on the
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basis provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by the Persons entitled
hereunder to approve such arrangements and (b) completes and executes all
questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements and
other documents required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements.
10. Miscellaneous
(a) Remedies. In the event of a breach by the Company of any of its
obligations under this Agreement, each Holder of Registrable Securities, in
addition to being entitled to exercise all rights provided herein, in the
Indenture or, in the case of the Initial Purchasers, in the Purchase
Agreement or 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 any of the provisions of
this Agreement and hereby further agree that, in the event of any action
for specific performance in respect of such breach, the Company shall waive
the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.
(b) No Inconsistent Agreements. The Company has not, as of the date
hereof, entered and shall not, after the date of this Agreement, enter into
any agreement with respect to any of its securities that is inconsistent
with the rights granted to the Holders of Registrable Securities in this
Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof. The Company
has not entered and will not enter into any agreement with respect to any
of its securities which will grant to any Person piggy-back rights with
respect to a Registration Statement.
(c) Adjustments Affecting Registrable Securities. The Company shall
not, directly or indirectly, take any action with respect to the
Registrable Securities as a class that would adversely affect the ability
of the Holders of Registrable Securities to include such Registrable
Securities in a registration undertaken pursuant to this Agreement.
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(d) Amendments and Waivers. 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, unless the Company has obtained the written
consent of Holders of at least a majority of the then outstanding aggregate
principal amount of Registrable Securities. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
a waiver or consent to depart from the provisions hereof with respect to a
matter that relates exclusively to the rights of Holders of Registrable
Securities whose securities are being sold pursuant to a Registration
Statement and that does not directly or indirectly affect, impair, limit or
compromise the rights of other Holders of Registrable Securities may be
given by Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of
the Registrable Securities being sold by such Holders pursuant to such
Registration Statement, provided that the provisions of this sentence may
not be amended, modified or supplemented except in accordance with the
provisions of the immediately preceding sentence.
(e) Notices. All notices and other communications (including without
limitation any notices or other communications to the Trustee) provided for
or permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand-delivery,
registered first-class mail, next-day air courier or telecopier:
(i) if to a Holder of Registrable Securities, at the most current
address given by the Trustee to the Company; and
(ii) if to the Company, at 0000 Xxxx Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx, 00000, Attention: Xxxxx Xxxx; with a copy to Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxx,
000 Xxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx, 00000, Attention: Xxxxxxx X.
Xxxxxxxx.
All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly
given: when delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five business days
after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; one business day
after being
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timely delivered to a next-day air courier; and when receipt is acknowledged by
the addressee, if telecopied.
Copies of all such notices, demands or other communications shall be
concurrently delivered by the Person giving the same to the trustee under the
Indenture at the address specified in such Indenture.
(f) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit
of and be binding upon the successors and assigns of each of the parties,
including without limitation and without the need for an express
assignment, subsequent Holders of Registrable Securities; provided, that,
with respect to the indemnity and contribution agreements in Section 7,
each Holder of Registrable Securities subsequent to the Initial Purchasers
shall be bound by the terms thereof if such Holder elects to include
Registrable Securities in a Shelf Registration; provided, however, that
this Agreement shall not inure to the benefit of or be binding upon a
successor or assign of a Holder unless and to the extent such successor or
assign holds Registrable Securities.
(g) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of
which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which
taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
(h) Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of
reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
(i) Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AS APPLIED TO
CONTRACTS MADE AND PERFORMED WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD
TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES TO
SUBMIT TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK IN ANY
ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT.
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(j) Severability. If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of
this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid,
illegal, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions,
covenants and restrictions set forth herein shall remain in full force and
effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated, and the
parties hereto shall use their best efforts to find and employ an
alternative means to achieve the same or substantially the same result as
that contemplated by such term, provision, covenant or restriction. It is
hereby stipulated and declared to be the intention of the parties that they
would have executed the remaining terms, provisions, covenants and
restrictions without including any of such that may be hereafter declared
invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable.
(k) Entire Agreement. This Agreement, together with the Purchase
Agreement, is intended by the parties as a final expression of their
agreement, and is intended to be a complete and exclusive statement of the
agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in respect of the subject
matter contained herein and therein.
(l) Securities Held by the Company or Its Affiliates. Whenever the
consent or approval of holders of a specified percentage of Registrable
Securities is required hereunder, Registrable Securities held by the
Company or any of its affiliates (as such term is defined in Rule 405 under
the Securities Act) shall not be counted in determining whether such
consent or approval was given by the Holders of such required percentage.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the
date first written above.
NAVISTAR FINANCIAL CORPORATION
By: /s/ R. Xxxxx Xxxx
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Name: R. Xxxxx Xxxx
Title: Vice President
and Treasurer
X.X. XXXXXX SECURITIES INC.
CHASE SECURITIES INC.
NATIONSBANC CAPITAL MARKETS, INC.
By: X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc.
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
Title: Vice President
