Contract
Exhibit
99.3
Amended
and Restated Registration Rights Agreement
by
and among
and
The
Parties Specified on
the
Signature Pages Hereof
Dated
as of December 15, 2006
AMENDED
AND RESTATED REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
This
AMENDED AND RESTATED REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”)
dated as of December 15, 2006 is made and entered into among SR Telecom Inc.,
a
Canadian corporation (together with its successors and assigns, the
“Company”),
and certain holders (collectively, the “Holders”)
of the Company’s Common Shares (the “Common
Stock”),
and/or Convertible Notes (as defined below) specified on the signature pages
hereof. Capitalized terms, unless otherwise specifically identified, have
the
meanings set forth in Section 13.
WHEREAS,
on February 1, 2006, certain Holders acquired Common Stock pursuant to those
certain Share Purchase Agreements dated as of January 23, 2006 by and between
the Company and each of such Holders (the “Purchase
Agreements”)
and, in connection with each of the Purchase Agreements, the Company granted
such Holders certain registration rights with respect to the Common Stock
issued
pursuant to the Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase
Agreement Shares”)
pursuant to a Registration Rights Agreement dated as of February 1, 2006
(the
“Existing
Registration Rights Agreement”);
and
WHEREAS,
certain Holders as of the date hereof have entered into that certain Eighth
Amending Agreement between the Company, as borrower, BNY Trust Company of
Canada, as agent, and the lenders party thereto, further amending the Credit
Agreement, dated as of May 19, 2005, among the Company, BNY Trust Company
of
Canada and the lenders party thereto (as the same may from time to time be
amended, restated, modified or supplemented, the “Credit
Agreement”);
and
WHEREAS,
pursuant to the Credit Agreement, the lenders thereunder have made a convertible
term loan to the Company, which loan is convertible into shares of Common
Stock
(such underlying shares of Common Stock, the “Credit
Agreement Shares”
and, together with the Purchase Agreement Shares, the “Shares”);
WHEREAS,
in connection with the Credit Agreement, the Company desires to grant the
Holders that are lenders under the Credit Agreement certain registration
rights
with respect to the Credit Agreement Shares; and
WHEREAS,
the parties to the Existing Registration Rights Agreement wish to amend and
restate such agreement on the terms hereof to include such registration rights
with respect to the Credit Agreement Shares;
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements set forth
in
this Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt
and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
1. DEMAND
REGISTRATION.
(a) Request
by Holders.
If the Company receives at any time a written request from a Holder that
the
Company register Registrable Securities held by a Holder (a
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“Demand
Request”),
then the Company shall promptly, but in any event within two (2) Business
Days,
notify all Holders in writing of the receipt of such Demand Request
and:
(i) use
reasonable best efforts to cause to be filed or confidentially submitted,
as
soon as practicable, but in any case within forty-five (45) days of the date
of
delivery to the Company of the Demand Request, a registration statement covering
such Registrable Securities (the “Demand
Registration Statement”) which
the Company has been so requested to register by the Holder (such Holder,
together with its respective Affiliates (other than the Company), a “Requesting
Holder”),
providing for the registration under the Securities Act of such Registrable
Securities to the extent necessary to permit the disposition of such Registrable
Securities in accordance with the intended method of distribution specified
in
such Demand Request;
(ii) use
its reasonable best efforts to have such registration statement declared
effective by the Commission as soon as practicable thereafter but in any
event
within ninety (90) days of the date of delivery of the Demand Request; and
(iii) refrain
from filing any other registrations with respect to any other securities
of the
Company until such date which is forty-five (45) days following effectiveness
of
the registration statement filed in response to the Demand Request other
than
registrations filed pursuant to or in connection with the Prior Registration
Rights Agreement.
(b) Postponements.
Following delivery of a Demand Request, the Company may postpone for up to
fifteen (15) Business days the filing or effectiveness of a registration
statement effected pursuant to this Section 1 if in the good faith judgment
of
the board of directors of the Company, the filing or effectiveness of the
registration statement or applicable securities laws (A) would reasonably
be
expected to have a material adverse effect on any proposed financing or
recapitalization of the Company or pending negotiations relating to a merger,
consolidation, acquisition or similar transaction or (B) would require the
Company in its sole and reasonable discretion to disclose material non-public
information about the Company (“Non-Public
Information”)
and the disclosure of such Non-Public Information would materially and adversely
affect the business and operations of the Company; provided,
however,
that immediately following such postponement, the Company shall file or request
effectiveness of the registration statement effected pursuant to this Section
1.
(c) Effective
Registration Statement.
A registration requested pursuant to this Section 1 shall not be deemed to
have
been effected (i) unless a registration statement with respect thereto has
become effective (unless a substantial cause of the failure of such registration
statement to become effective shall be attributable to the Requesting
Holder) 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 (not to exceed 270 days) as all of
such
Registrable Securities have been disposed of in accordance with the intended
methods of disposition by the Requesting Holder set forth in such registration
statement; or (ii) if, after it has become effective, such registration is
interfered with by any stop
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order,
injunction or other order or requirement of the Commission or other governmental
agency or court for any reason not attributable to the Requesting Holder.
(d) Limitations
on Demand Requests.
Each Holder shall have the right to make up to two (2) Demand Requests pursuant
to this Section 1 to the Company. The Company shall not be required to comply
with a Demand Request unless the reasonably anticipated aggregate gross proceeds
(before any underwriting discounts and commissions) would equal or exceed
US$2,000,000. No Holder may make a Demand Request if it is able to sell its
Registrable Securities pursuant to Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act,
or any
successor provision, without any limitations.
(e) Cancellation
of Registration.
Each Requesting Holder shall have the right to cancel a proposed registration
of
Registrable Securities pursuant to this Section 1 when the request for
cancellation is based upon material adverse information relating to the Company
that is different from the information known by such Requesting Holder at
the
time of the Demand Request. Such cancellation of a registration shall not
be
counted as one of the two (2) Demand
Requests and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement,
the
Company shall be responsible for the expenses of such Requesting Holder incurred
in connection with the registration prior to the time of
cancellation.
(f) Registration
Expenses.
The Company will pay all Registration Expenses incurred in connection with
each
registration effected in accordance with this Section 1.
(g) Suspension.
The Company may, by notice given to the applicable Requesting Holder, require
such
Requesting Holder not
to make any sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Demand Registration
Statement effected pursuant to this Section 1 if, in the reasonable good
faith
judgment of the board of directors of the Company, (A) securities laws
applicable to such sale would require the Company to disclose Non-Public
Information and (B) the disclosure of such Non-Public Information would
reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business
or
operations of the Company or any proposed financing or recapitalization of
the
Company or pending negotiations relating to a merger, consolidation, acquisition
or similar transaction. In the event that sales under the Demand Registration
Statement are suspended because of the obligation to disclose Non-Public
Information, the Company will notify such Requesting Holder promptly upon
such
Non-Public Information being included by the Company in a filing with the
Commission, being otherwise disclosed to the public (other than through the
actions of such Requesting Holder) or ceasing to be material to the Company,
and
upon such notice being given by the Company, such Requesting Holder shall
again
be entitled to sell Registrable Securities pursuant to such Demand Registration
Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the right of the Company pursuant
to
this clause (g) to require such Requesting Holder to suspend sales under
such
registration statement shall not extend for more than forty-five (45)
consecutive days and shall not exceed ninety (90) total days in any rolling
period of twelve (12) consecutive months during which the Registrable Securities
are saleable pursuant to a registration statement; provided,
however,
that the period of time, if any, used by the Company pursuant to Section
1(b) to
delay the filing or effectiveness of the registration statement shall be
counted
towards this ninety (90) day period.
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2. FORM
F-3 REGISTRATION.
(a) Request
by a Requesting Holder.
A Requesting Holder may request at any time that the Company file a registration
statement under the Securities Act on Form F-3 (or similar or successor form)
covering the sale or other distribution of all or any portion of the Registrable
Securities held by such Requesting Holder pursuant to Rule 415 under the
Securities Act (a “Form
F-3 Demand”)
if (i) the reasonably anticipated aggregate gross proceeds (before any
underwriting discounts and commissions) would equal or exceed
US$1,000,000, (ii)
the Company is a registrant qualified to use Form F-3 (or any similar or
successor form) to register such Registrable Securities and (iii) the plan
of
distribution of the Registrable Securities is other than pursuant to an
underwritten public offering. If such conditions are met, the Company shall
use
its reasonable best efforts to register under the Securities Act on Form
F-3 (or
any similar or successor form) at the earliest practicable date but in any
event
within thirty (30) days of the Form F-3 Demand, for sale in accordance with
the
method of disposition specified in the Form F-3 Demand, the number of
Registrable Securities specified in such Form F-3 Demand. In connection with
a
Form F-3 Demand, the Company agrees to include in the prospectus included
in any
registration statement on Form F-3, such material describing the Company
and
intended to facilitate the sale of securities being so registered as is
reasonably requested for inclusion therein by the Requesting Holder, whether
or
not the rules applicable to preparation of Form F-3 require the inclusion
of
such information. No Holder may make a Form F-3 Demand if it is able to sell
its
Registrable Securities pursuant to Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act,
or any
successor provision, without any limitations.
(b) Postponements.
Following delivery of a Form F-3 Demand by a Requesting Holder, the Company
may
postpone for up to forty-five (45) days the filing or effectiveness of a
Form
F-3 registration statement effected pursuant to this Section 2 if in the
good
faith judgment of the board of directors of the Company, the filing or
effectiveness of a Form F-3 registration statement or applicable securities
laws
(A) would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on any
proposed financing or recapitalization of the Company or pending negotiations
relating to a merger, consolidation, acquisition or similar transaction or
(B)
would require the Company to disclose Non-Public Information and the disclosure
of such Non-Public Information would materially and adversely affect the
business and operations of the Company; provided,
however,
that such right to delay or defer a Form F-3 Demand shall be exercised by
the
Company not more than twice in any twelve (12) month period and during such
time
the Company may not file a registration statement for securities to be issued
and solely for its own account or for that of any other holders. Upon the
expiration of such forty-five (45) day period, or earlier upon such Non-Public
Information being included by the Company in a filing with the Commission,
being
otherwise disclosed to the public (other than through the actions of a holder
of
Registrable Securities) or ceasing to be material to the Company, the Company
will as soon as possible file or have declared effective such registration
statement of Form F-3. Form F-3 Demands will not be deemed to be Demand Requests
as described in Section 1 hereof and a Requesting Holder shall have the right
to
request an unlimited number of Form F-3 Demands. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
the Company shall not be obligated to file more than one (1) registration
statement on Form F-3 pursuant to this Section 2 in any given six (6) month
period.
(c) Registration
Expenses.
The Company will pay all Registration Expenses incurred in connection with
each
registration effected in accordance with this Section 2.
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3. PIGGYBACK
REGISTRATIONS.
(a) Right
to Piggyback.
If the Company proposes to file any registration statement (other than a
registration statement filed pursuant to any of the Prior Registration Rights
Agreement) under the Securities Act for the purposes of a public offering
of its
securities (whether or not for sale for its own account and including, but
not
limited to, registration statements relating to secondary offerings of
securities of the Company (including any such registration statement filed
pursuant to Section 1 or 2 hereof)) (a “Piggyback
Registration”),
the Company will give prompt written notice to all the Holders of its intention
to effect such a registration and shall, subject to Section 3(b), use all
commercially reasonable efforts to include in such registration all Registrable
Securities with respect to which the Company has received written requests
for
inclusion therein within 30 days after the receipt of the Company’s notice;
provided,
however,
that the Company (or a Requesting Holder in the case of a registration statement
filed pursuant to Section 1 or 2 hereof) may at any time withdraw or cease
proceeding with any such Piggyback Registration if it (or a Requesting Holder
in
the case of a registration statement filed pursuant to Section 1 or 2 hereof)
will at the same time withdraw or cease proceeding with the registration
of all
other Company securities originally proposed to be registered. The rights
to
Piggyback Registration may be exercised an unlimited number of occasions.
Any
Holder shall have the right to withdraw such Holder’s request for inclusion of
such Holder’s Registrable Securities in any registration statement filed in
connection with a Piggyback Registration by giving written notice to the
Company
of such withdrawal within five (5) Business Days prior to the anticipated
effectiveness of such registration statement in connection
therewith.
(b) Priority
on Piggyback Registrations.
If a Piggyback Registration is an underwritten offering and the Managing
Underwriter advises the Company (and a Requesting Holder in the case of a
registration statement filed pursuant to Section 1 or 2 hereof) in writing
(with
a copy to each party hereto requesting registration of Registrable Securities)
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 without
materially and adversely affecting the marketability of such offering (the
“Maximum
Offering Quantity”),
the Company will include in such registration securities in the following
priority:
(i) first,
the securities the Company proposes to sell (in the case of a Company initiated
filing) or the Requesting Holder proposes to sell in the case of a registration
statement filed pursuant to Section 1 or 2 hereof;
(ii) second,
to the extent (and only to the extent) that the Maximum Offering Quantity
exceeds the aggregate amount of Registrable Securities which are requested
to be
included in such registration, subject any obligation of the Company’s to first
include registrable securities under the Prior Registration Rights Agreement,
the Company shall include in such registration Registrable Securities requested
to be included by the other Holders, and if such number exceeds the remaining
Maximum Offering Quantity, the Company shall include only such other Holders’
pro rata share of the remaining Maximum Offering Quantity based on the amount
of
Registrable Securities beneficially owned on a fully converted basis by such
other Holders; and
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(iii) third,
to the extent (and only to the extent) that the Maximum Offering Quantity
exceeds the aggregate amount of Registrable Securities which are requested
to be
included in such registration, the Company shall include in such registration
any other securities requested to be included in the offering; provided,
that the Company shall not include in any Piggyback Registration any securities
that are not Registrable Securities (other than securities the Company proposes
to sell and other than as required by the Prior Registration Rights Agreement)
without the prior written consent of Holders that hold a majority of the
Registrable Securities to be included in the Piggyback
Registration.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, in the event of a demand registration filed pursuant to a
Form
F-3 Demand, the Registrable Securities to be included in such registration
statement shall be divided pro-rata among the Requesting Holder and all other
Holders that have exercised piggyback rights pursuant to this Section
3.
(c) No
Effect on Demand Registrations.
No registration effected under this Section 3 shall be deemed to have been
effected pursuant to Section 1 or 2 hereof or shall relieve the Company of
its
obligation to effect any registration upon request under Section 1 or 2
hereof.
(d) Registration
Expenses.
The Company will pay all Registration Expenses incurred in connection with
each
registration effected in accordance with this Section 3.
4. REGISTRATION
PROCEDURES.
If
and whenever the Company is required to effect the registration of any
Registrable Securities under the Securities Act pursuant to this Agreement,
the
Company will use its reasonable best efforts to effect the registration and
sale
of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended method of
disposition thereof. Without limiting the foregoing, the Company in each
such
case will:
(a) as
far in advance as reasonably practical before filing a registration statement
or
any amendment thereto, will furnish to the holders of the Registrable Securities
included in such registration statement copies of reasonably complete drafts
of
all such documents proposed to be filed (including exhibits), and any such
holder shall have three (3) Business Days to object to any Holder Information
contained therein and the Company will make the corrections reasonably requested
by such Holder with respect to such information;
(b) subject
to Section and paragraph (f) below, use its reasonable best efforts to prepare
and file with the Commission such amendments and supplements to such
registration statement and any prospectus used in connection therewith as
may be
necessary to maintain the effectiveness of such registration statement and
to
comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition
of all Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement, in
accordance with the intended methods of disposition thereof, until such time
(not to exceed 270 days after such registration statement shall have been
declared effective)
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as
all of such Registrable Securities have been disposed of in accordance with
the
intended methods of disposition thereof;
(c) promptly
notify each holder of Registrable Securities included on a registration
statement (and the underwriters, if any):
(i) when
such registration statement or any prospectus used in connection therewith,
or
any amendment or supplement thereto, has been filed and, with respect to
such
registration statement or any post-effective amendment thereto, when the
same
has become effective;
(ii) of
the notification to the Company by the Commission of the issuance of any
stop
order suspending the effectiveness of such registration statement, or of
any
order preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus;
and
(iii) of
the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension
of
the qualification or the exemption from qualification of any Registrable
Securities for sale under the applicable securities or blue sky laws of any
jurisdiction or the initiation of any proceeding for such purpose.
(d) furnish
to each holder of Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement,
not later than two (2) Business Days after filing with the Commission, such
number of copies of the prospectus contained in such registration statement
(including any summary prospectus and prospectus supplements) that has been
declared effective and any other prospectus filed under Rule 424 promulgated
under the Securities Act relating to such holder’s Registrable Securities as
such holder may reasonably request to facilitate the disposition of its
Registrable Securities;
(e) use
its reasonable best efforts to register or qualify all Registrable Securities
covered by such registration statement under such other securities or blue
sky
laws of such jurisdictions as each holder thereof may reasonably request,
to
keep such registration or qualification in effect for so long as such
registration statement remains in effect, and to take any other action which
may
be reasonably necessary or advisable to enable such holder to consummate
the
disposition in such jurisdictions of the Registrable Securities owned by
such
holder, except that the Company shall not for any such purpose be required
(i)
to qualify generally to do business as a foreign corporation in any jurisdiction
wherein it would not but for the requirements of this paragraph (e) be obligated
to be so qualified, (ii) to subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction
or (iii) to consent to general service of process in any jurisdiction unless
the
Company is already subject to service in such jurisdiction and except as
may be
required by the Securities Act or applicable rules or regulations
thereunder;
(f) promptly
notify each holder 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, of the happening of any event, the existence
of any condition or any information becoming known as a result of which any
prospectus included in such registration statement, as then in effect, includes
an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to
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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 at the request of any such holder promptly prepare
and
furnish to such holder 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,
in
the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
provided, however, the Company shall not be required to furnish such supplement
or amendment at any time that sales of Registrable Securities are suspended
under the circumstances described in Section 1(g) for as long as such sales
are
suspended;
(g) otherwise
use its reasonable best efforts to comply with all applicable rules and
regulations of the Commission, and make available to its securityholders,
as
soon as reasonably practicable, an earnings statement of the Company which
complies with the provisions of Rule 158 of the Securities Act;
(h) make
available for inspection by any Holder and any attorney, accountant or other
agent retained by any such Holder (collectively, the “Inspectors”),
all financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties
of
the Company (collectively, the “Records”)
as shall be reasonably necessary to enable them to exercise their due diligence
responsibility, and cause the Company’s officers, directors, employees and its
counsel and its subsidiaries to supply all information reasonably requested
by
any such Inspector in connection with such registration statement; provided
that
nothing in this Agreement will require the waiver of any privilege or the
disclosure of any information that would result in any such waiver. Records
which the Company determines, in good faith, to be confidential and which
it
notifies the Inspectors are confidential will not be disclosed by the Inspectors
unless (i) the release of such Records is ordered pursuant to a subpoena
or
other order from a court of competent jurisdiction, or (ii) the information
in
such Records has been made generally available to the public; provided, however,
that prior notice will be provided as promptly as practicable to the Company
of
the potential disclosure of any information by such Inspector pursuant to
clause
(i) of this sentence in order to permit the Company to obtain a protective
order
(or to waive the provisions of this paragraph). The Company may request the
Inspectors enter into a standard confidentiality agreement to this effect
prior
to furnishing any confidential information. The seller of Registrable Securities
agrees 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 the Company’s expense, to undertake appropriate action to prevent
disclosure of the Records deemed confidential;
(i) provide
a transfer agent and a registrar for all Registrable Securities covered by
such
registration statement not later than the effective date of such registration
statement;
(j) provide
a CUSIP number for all Registrable Securities not later than the effective
date
on which a registration pursuant to this Agreement is effected;
(k) in
the case of an Underwritten Offering, enter into an underwriting agreement
and
take all such other actions in connection therewith in order to expedite
and
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facilitate
the disposition of such Registrable Securities, in each case as the underwriters
determine is reasonable and customary in transactions of this kind, and in
connection therewith: (1) make such representations and warranties to the
underwriters in form, substance and scope as are customarily made by issuers
to
underwriters in secondary underwritten offerings; (2) obtain opinions of
counsel to the Company (which counsel and opinions (in form, scope and
substance) shall be reasonably satisfactory to the underwriters of such
Registrable Securities and shall cover the matters customarily covered in
opinions requested in secondary underwritten offerings); (3) obtain “cold
comfort” letters from the independent public accountants of the Company
addressed to the underwriters, such letters to be in customary form and covering
matters of the type customarily covered in “cold comfort” letters in connection
with secondary underwritten offerings; and (4) deliver such documents and
certificates as may be reasonably requested by the managing underwriters
to
evidence compliance with clause (1) above and with any customary conditions
contained in the underwriting agreement or other agreement entered into by
the
Company in respect of the relevant offering; and
(l) ensure
that (i) any registration statement and any amendment thereto and any prospectus
forming a part thereof and any supplement thereto complies in all material
respects with the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder, (ii) any registration statement and any amendment thereto, at
the
time each becomes effective (in either case, other than with respect to Holder
Information), does not contain an untrue statement of material fact or omit
to
state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the
statements therein not misleading and (iii) any prospectus forming a part
of any
registration statement, and any supplement to such prospectus (in either
case,
other than with respect to Holder Information), as of the date of each, does
not
contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
fact
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading.
The
Company may require each holder of Registrable Securities as to which any
registration is being effected to, and each such holder, as a condition to
including Registrable Securities in such registration, shall, furnish the
Company with such information and affidavits regarding such holder and the
distribution of such securities as the Company may from time to time reasonably
request in writing in connection with such registration.
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 paragraph
(f),
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 paragraph 4(f) and, if so directed by
the
Company, will deliver to the Company or destroy 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.
5. [RESERVED]
6. HOLDBACK
AGREEMENTS.
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If
and to the extent requested by the Managing Underwriter (such request to
be made
at least five (5) Business Days in advance of the beginning of the holdback
period), each holder of Registrable Securities agrees, to the extent permitted
by law, not to effect any public sale or distribution (including a sale under
Rule 144) of Registrable Securities, or securities convertible into or
exchangeable or exercisable for Registrable Securities, during the 90 days
after
the effective date of any registration statement filed by the Company in
connection with an Underwritten Offering of common shares (or securities
convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for common shares) on behalf
of
the Company (or for such shorter period of time as is sufficient and
appropriate, in the opinion of the Managing Underwriter, in order to complete
the sale and distribution of the securities included in such registration),
except as part of such registration statement, whether or not such holder
participates in such registration and each such holder of Registrable Securities
shall sign a customary agreement with the Managing Underwriter with respect
to
the matters set forth above to the extent requested by the Managing Underwriter.
These restrictions in this Section shall only apply to the holders of
Registrable Securities in connection with any registration statement filed
by
the Company in connection with a primary offering of common stock on behalf
of
the Company and only to the extent that all other holders of Registrable
Securities, executive officers of the Company, directors of the Company,
all
shareholders that are an Affiliate of a director of the Company and all
beneficial holders of 10% or more of the Company’s outstanding common shares
agree to or are bound by the same restrictions.
7. INDEMNIFICATION.
(a) Indemnification
by the Company.
The Company shall, to the full extent permitted by law, indemnify and hold
harmless each Holder of Registrable Securities included in any registration
statement filed in connection with this Agreement, its directors, officers,
members, partners, trust beneficiaries and shareholders, and each other Person,
if any, who controls any such Holder within the meaning of the Securities
Act,
against any losses, claims, damages, expenses or liabilities (as actions
or
proceedings in respect thereof), joint or several (together, “Losses”),
to which such Holder or any such director, officer, member, partner or
controlling Person may become subject under the Securities Act or otherwise,
insofar as such Losses (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
such
registration statement, any 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 (in the case of
a
prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made)
not
misleading and the Company will reimburse such Holder and each such director,
officer, member, partner and controlling Person for any legal or any other
expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or
defending against any such Loss (or action or proceeding in respect thereof);
provided, however, that the Company shall not be liable in any such case
to the
extent that any such Loss (or action or proceeding in respect thereof) (i)
is
caused by or contained in any information relating to such Holder furnished
in
writing to the Company by such Holder expressly for use in such registration
statement, preliminary, final or summary prospectus contained therein, or
any
amendment or supplement thereto, (ii) is caused by such Holder’s failure to
deliver a copy of the current prospectus simultaneously with or prior to
such
sale after the Company has furnished such Holder with a sufficient number
of
copies of such
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prospectus
correcting such material misstatement or omission, or (iii) arises in respect
of
any offers to sell or sales made during any period when a Holder is required
to
discontinue sales under Sections 1(g), 4(c)(ii) or (iii) or 4(f) (and after
such
Holder has received notice as contemplated by any of such
Sections). Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect
regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of such Holder or any
such
director, officer, member, partner, trust beneficiaries, shareholders or
controlling Person, and shall survive the transfer of such securities by
such
Holder pursuant to Section 14(g) of this Agreement.
(b) Indemnification
by the Holders.
Each holder of Registrable Securities which are included or are to be included
in any registration statement filed in connection with this Agreement, as
a
condition to including Registrable Securities in such registration statement,
shall, to the full extent permitted by law, severally and not jointly, indemnify
and hold harmless the Company, its directors and officers, and each other
Person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities
Act, against any Losses to which the Company or any such director or officer
or
controlling Person may become subject under the Securities Act or otherwise,
insofar as such Losses (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
such
registration statement, any 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 (in the case of
a
prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made)
not
misleading, if such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission
or
alleged omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with information
furnished or confirmed in writing by such holder of Registrable Securities
to
the Company; provided,
however,
that in no event shall any indemnity provided by a Holder under this Section
7(b) exceed the net proceeds from the offering received by such Holder. 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, member,
partner, trust beneficiaries, shareholder or controlling Person and shall
survive the transfer of such securities by such Holder pursuant to Section
14(g)
of this Agreement.
(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 the preceding
paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section 7, such Indemnified Party will, if a
claim
in respect thereof is to be made against an Indemnifying Party pursuant to
such
paragraphs, give written notice to the latter of the commencement of such
action, provided 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 paragraphs of this Section, except to the extent that
the
Indemnifying Party is actually prejudiced by such failure to give notice.
In
case any such action is brought against an Indemnified Party, the Indemnifying
Party shall be entitled to participate in and to assume the defense thereof,
jointly with any other Indemnifying Party similarly notified to the extent
that
it may wish, and after notice from the Indemnifying Party to such Indemnified
Party of its election so to assume the defense thereof, the Indemnifying
Party
shall not be liable to such Indemnified Party for any legal or other expenses
subsequently incurred by the latter in connection with the defense thereof
other
than reasonable costs of investigation; provided that the Indemnified Party
may
participate in such defense at the Indemnified Party’s expense; and provided
further that the Indemnified Party (or Indemnified Parties) shall have the
right
to
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employ
one counsel and one local counsel to represent it (or them, collectively)
if, in
the reasonable judgment of the Indemnified Party or Indemnified Parties,
it is
advisable for it (or them) to be represented by separate counsel by reason
of
having legal defenses which are different from or in addition to those available
to the Indemnifying Party, and in that event the reasonable fees and expenses
of
such counsel shall be paid by the Indemnifying Party; provided further, however,
that if certain Indemnified Party (or Indemnified Parties) shall have reasonably
concluded, after consultation with counsel, that there may be defenses available
to it (or them) that are different from, additional to, or in conflict with
those available to one or all of the Indemnified Parties such Indemnified
Party
(or Indemnified Parties) shall have the right to employ separately one counsel
and one local counsel to represent it (or them, collectively), and in that
event
the reasonable fees and expenses of such one counsel, shall also be paid
by the
Indemnifying Party. If the Indemnifying Party is not entitled to, or elects
not
to, assume the defense of a claim, it will not be obligated to pay the fees
and
expenses of more than one counsel for the Indemnified Parties with respect
to
such claim. No Indemnifying Party shall consent to entry of any judgment
or
enter into any settlement without the consent of the Indemnified Party which
does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant
or
plaintiff to such Indemnified Party of a release from all liability in respect
of such claim or litigation. No Indemnifying Party shall be subject to any
liability for any settlement made without its consent, which consent shall
not
be unreasonably withheld.
(d) Contribution.
If the indemnity and reimbursement obligation provided for in any paragraph
of
this Section is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an Indemnified
Party in respect of any Losses (or actions or proceedings in respect thereof)
referred to therein, then the Indemnifying Party shall contribute to the
amount
paid or payable by the Indemnified Party as a result of such Losses (or actions
or proceedings in respect thereof) in such proportion as is appropriate to
reflect the relative fault of the Indemnifying Party on the one hand and
the
Indemnified Party on the other hand in connection with the statements or
omissions which resulted in such Losses, as well as any other relevant equitable
considerations. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among
other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material
fact
or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to
information supplied by the Indemnifying Party or the Indemnified Party and
the
parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to
correct or prevent such untrue statement or omission. The parties hereto
agree
that it would not be just and equitable if contributions pursuant to this
paragraph were to be determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method
of
allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred
to in the first sentence of this paragraph. The amount paid by an Indemnified
Party as a result of the Losses referred to in the first sentence of this
paragraph shall be deemed to include any legal and other expenses reasonably
incurred by such Indemnified Party in connection with investigating or defending
any Loss which is the subject of this paragraph.
No
Indemnified Party guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning
of
Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from
the
Indemnifying Party if the Indemnifying Party was not guilty of such fraudulent
misrepresentation. No contribution shall be made by an Indemnifying Party
under
circumstances where such Party would not have been liable for indemnification
under the fault standards of Section 7. Moreover, contribution by a Holder
of
Registrable Securities shall be limited in amount to the net amount of proceeds
received by such Holder from the sale of such Registrable Securities
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pursuant
to the related registration statement. The provisions of this Section 7(d)
shall
remain in full force and effect, regardless of the investigation made by
or on
behalf of the beneficiaries of this Section 7(d) and shall survive the transfer
of Registrable Securities by the Holders pursuant to Section 14(g) of this
Agreement.
(e) Indemnification
Payments.
The indemnification required by this Section 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 Losses are incurred, provided
that
each Indemnified Party shall repay such payments if and to the extent it
shall
be determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that such recipient is
not
entitled to such payment.
8. LISTING
REQUIREMENT.
To
the extent the Company then has such class of common shares listed on a U.S.
national securities exchange or quoted on a U.S. national automated interdealer
quotation system, the Company will use its commercially reasonable best efforts
to list the common shares included in any registration statement filed pursuant
to this Agreement, on such U.S. national securities exchange or to have the
common shares included in a registration statement quoted on such U.S. national
automated interdealer quotation system as promptly as practicable following
the
declaration of effectiveness of any registration statement contemplated
hereby.
9. RULE
144
As
long as any Holder owns Registrable Securities, the Company covenants to
timely
file (or obtain extensions in respect thereof and file within the applicable
grace period) all reports required to be filed by the Company after the date
hereof pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act. As long as
any
Holder owns Registrable Securities, if the Company is not required to file
reports pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, it will prepare
and furnish to the Holders and make publicly available in accordance with
Rule
144(c) promulgated under the Securities Act annual financial statements,
together with a discussion and analysis of such financial statements in form
and
substance substantially similar to those that would otherwise be required
to be
included in reports required by Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act,
as
well as any other information required thereby, in the time period that such
filings would have been required to have been made under the Exchange Act.
The
Company further covenants that it will take such further action as any Holder
may reasonably request, all to the extent required from time to time to enable
such Person to sell Registrable Securities without registration under the
Securities Act. Upon the request of any Holder, the Company shall deliver
to
such Holder a written certification of a duly authorized office as to whether
it
has complied with such requirements.
10. OTHER
REGISTRATION RIGHTS.
Other
than this Agreement, that certain Amended and Restated Canadian Registration
Rights Agreement dated the date hereof by and among the Company and the parties
thereto, that certain Canadian registration rights agreement dated the date
hereof entered into with Greywolf Capital Management LP and that certain
Registration Rights Agreement by and among the company and certain parties
dated
as of August 22, 2005 (the “Prior
Registration
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Rights
Agreement”),
the Company represents and warrants to the Holders that there is not in effect
on the date hereof any agreement by the Company pursuant to which any holders
of
securities of the Company have a right to cause the Company to register or
qualify such securities under the Securities Act or any securities or blue
sky
laws of any jurisdiction. The Company agrees that, for so long as any Holder
is
entitled to registration rights under this Agreement, the Company shall not
enter into any agreement granting registration rights with respect to the
Company’s capital stock that conflicts with or impairs, or has any priority
over, the registration rights granted hereby. Notwithstanding anything herein
to
the contrary, in no event shall any provision hereof be construed in a manner
that conflicts with or impairs, or has any priority over, the registration
rights granted pursuant to the Prior Registration Rights Agreement. The rights
granted hereunder are subject in all respects to the rights granted pursuant
to
the Prior Registration Rights Agreement.
11. LIQUIDATED
DAMAGES.
The
Company and the Holders agree that the Holders of Registrable Securities
will
suffer damages if the Company fails to fulfill its obligations under Section
1
or 2 of this Agreement and that it would not be feasible to ascertain the
extent
of such damages with precision. Accordingly, the Company agrees to pay
liquidated damages (“Liquidated
Damages”)
on the Registrable Securities requested to be registered either pursuant
to a
Demand Request or a Form F-3 Demand (collectively, “Demand
Registrable Securities”)
under
the circumstances and to the extent set forth below (each of which shall
be
given independent effect; each a “Registration
Default”):
(a) if
the Corporation does not file, to the extent required hereunder, as applicable:
(i) a Demand Registration Statement with the Commission within forty-five
(45)
days after the date of the delivery of the Demand Request or (ii) a Form
F-3
registration statement within thirty (30) days after delivery of the Form
F-3
Demand, Liquidated Damages shall accrue on the Demand Registrable Securities
at
a rate of 2% per annum on the Amount of Demand Registrable
Securities;
(b) if
the Corporation fails to keep the Demand Registration Statement or Form F-3
effective in compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect
to the disposition or all Demand Registrable Securities covered by such
registration statement until such time (not to exceed 270 days) as all of
such
Demand Registrable Securities have been disposed of in accordance with the
intended methods of disposition by the Holders set forth in such registration
statement, Liquidated Damages shall accrue on the Demand Registrable Securities
at a rate of 2% per annum on the Amount of Demand Registrable
Securities;
(c) if
the Demand Registration Statement is not declared effective by the Commission
within ninety (90) days after the date of delivery of the Demand Request
or if
the Form F-3 registration statement is not declared effective by the Commission
within thirty (30) days of the date of delivery of the From F-3
Demand:
(i) Liquidated
Damages shall accrue on the Demand Registrable Securities at a rate of 0.5%
per
annum on the Amount of Demand
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Registrable
Securities for the thirty (30) day period following the 90th
day or 30th
day, as applicable, after the date of delivery of the Demand
Request;
(ii) Liquidated
Damages shall accrue on the Demand Registrable Securities at a rate of 1%
per
annum on the Amount of Demand Registrable Securities for the thirty (30)
period
following the 120th
day or 60th
day, as applicable, after the date of delivery of the Demand
Request;
(iii) Liquidated
Damages shall accrue on the Demand Registrable Securities at a rate of 1.5%
per
annum on the Amount of Demand Registrable Securities for the thirty (30)
period
following the 150th
day or 90th
day, as applicable, after the date of delivery of the Demand Request;
and
(iv) Liquidated
Damages shall accrue on the Demand Registrable Securities at a rate of 2%
per
annum on the Amount of Demand Registrable Securities for the period following
the 180th
day or 120th
day, as applicable, after the date of delivery of the Demand
Request;
provided,
however,
that upon cure of the circumstance giving rise to Liquidated Damages, Liquidated
Damages on the Demand Registrable Securities as a result of such clause (or
the
relevant subclause thereof), as the case may be, shall cease to accrue.
The
Company shall notify the Holders of Demand Registrable Securities within
two
Business Days after each and every date on which an event occurs in respect
of
which Liquidated Damages is required to be paid. Any amounts of Liquidated
Damages due pursuant to this Section will be payable in cash monthly on the
last
day of each month (each, a “Damages
Payment Date”),
commencing with the first such date occurring after any such Liquidated Damages
commences to accrue, pro rata to the Holders with respect the Demand Registrable
Securities that are the subject of the applicable Registration Default. The
amount of Liquidated Damages for Demand Registrable Securities will be
determined by multiplying the applicable rate of Liquidated Damages by the
Amount of Demand Registrable Securities that are the subject of the applicable
Registration Default outstanding on the Damages Payment Date following such
Registration Default in the case of the first such payment of Liquidated
Damages
with respect to a Registration Default (and thereafter at the next succeeding
Damages Payment Date until the cure of such Registration Default), multiplied
by
a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days such Liquidated
Damages
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.
12. NOTICE
AND QUESTIONNAIRE.
Each
Holder wishing to sell Registrable Securities pursuant to a registration
statement and related prospectus hereunder agrees to deliver at least three
(3)
Business Days prior to any intended distribution of Registrable Securities
under
such registration statement such information regarding such Holder, the
Registrable Securities held by such Holder as set forth in the Notice and
Questionnaire in the form attached hereto as Exhibit
A
(a “Notice
and Questionnaire”);
provided, that a Holder shall not be required to deliver such Notice and
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Questionnaire
prior to any such intended distribution to the extent it has previously provided
a Notice and Questionnaire.
13. DEFINITIONS.
Except
as otherwise specifically indicated, the following terms will have the following
meanings for all purposes of this Agreement:
“Affiliate”
means, with respect to any Person, (i) any other Person of which securities
or other ownership interests representing more than fifty percent (50%) of
the
voting interests are, at the time such determination is being made, owned,
Controlled or held, directly or indirectly, by such Person or (ii) any
other Person which, at the time such determination is being made, is
Controlling, Controlled by or under common Control with, such Person. As
used
herein, “Control,”,
whether used as a noun or verb, refers to the possession, directly or
indirectly, of the power to direct, or cause the direction of, the management
or
policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities
or
otherwise.
“Agreement”
means this Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement, as the same
shall
be amended or modified from time to time.
“Amount
of Demand Registrable Securities”
means the aggregate number of Registrable Securities requested by the Holders
to
be registered pursuant to a Demand Registration or a Form F-3 Demand, as
applicable, multiplied by the par value of the aggregate Demand Registrable
Securities.
“Business
Day”
means a day other than Saturday, Sunday or any other day on which banks located
in the State of New York are authorized or obligated to close.
“Commission”
means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, or any successor
governmental agency or authority.
“Company”
has the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble.
“Damages
Payment Date”
has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 11.
“Demand
Request”
has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2(a).
“Exchange
Act”
means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Form
F-3”
means Form F-3 promulgated by the Commission under the Securities Act, or
any
successor or similar (including a Form F-10, if available) registration
statement.
“Form
F-3 Demand”
has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2(a).
“Holder”
has the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble.
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“Holder
Information”
means information furnished in writing or confirmed in writing to the Company
by
or on behalf of a Holder specifically for use in a registration statement
filed
by the Company pursuant to this Agreement.
“Indemnified
Party”
means a party entitled to indemnity in accordance with Section 7.
“Indemnifying
Party”
means a party obligated to provide indemnity in accordance with Section
7.
“Inspectors”
has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 4(h).
“Liquidated
Damages”
has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 11.
“Losses”
has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 7(a).
“Managing
Underwriter”
means, with respect to any Public Offering, the underwriter or underwriters
managing such Public Offering.
“Maximum
Offering Quantity”
shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 3(b) hereof.
“NASD”
means the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
“Non-Public
Information”
has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1(b).
“Notice
and Questionnaire”
has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 12.
“Person”
means any natural person, corporation, general partnership, limited partnership,
limited liability company, proprietorship, other business organization, trust,
union or association.
“Piggyback
Registration”
shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 3(a) hereof.
“Public
Offering”
means any offering of the Company’s common shares to the public, either on
behalf of the Company or any of its securityholders, pursuant to an effective
registration statement under the Securities Act.
“Purchase
Agreement”
has the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble.
“Prior
Registration Rights Agreement”
has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 10.
“Records”
has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 4(h).
“Registrable
Securities”
means (i) the Shares and (ii) any additional securities issued or issuable
with respect to (i) above by virtue of any stock split, combination, stock
dividend, merger, consolidation or other similar event. As to any particular
Registrable Security,
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such
security shall cease to be Registrable Securities when (i) a registration
statement with respect to the sale of such securities shall have become
effective under the Securities Act and such Registrable Securities shall
have
been disposed of in accordance with such registration statement, (ii) they
shall
have been sold pursuant to Rule 144, (iii) the holding period applicable
to such
Registrable Security held by non-affiliates of the Company under Rule 144(k)
under the Securities Act, or any successor provision, shall have expired
or (iv)
they shall have ceased to be outstanding.
“Registration
Default”
has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 11.
“Registration
Expenses”
means all expenses incident to the Company’s performance of or compliance with
its obligations under this Agreement to effect and maintain the registration
of
Registrable Securities in accordance with Section 1, 2 or 3, including, without
limitation, all registration, filing, securities exchange listing and NASD
fees
(including Nasdaq fees, if applicable), all registration, filing, qualification
and other fees and expenses of complying with securities or blue sky laws
(including fees of counsel retained by the holders of a majority of Registrable
Securities being registered to advise the holders with respect to all of
the
foregoing matters, not to exceed $25,000 in respect of any one registration
statement, 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 any special
audits
or “cold comfort” letters required by or incident to such performance and
compliance in connection with an underwritten offering and any fees and
disbursements of underwriters customarily paid by issuers or holders of
securities, but excluding underwriting discounts and commissions, brokers’ fees
or fees of similar securities professionals and transfer taxes, if any, in
respect of Registrable Securities, which shall be payable by each holder
thereof.
“Requesting
Holder”
has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1(a)(i).
“Rule
144”
means Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission under the Securities Act, and
any
successor provision thereto.
“Securities
Act”
means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.
“Shares”
has the meaning ascribed to it in the preamble.
“Underwritten
Offering”
means a registered offering in which securities are sold to one or more
underwriters on a firm commitment basis for reoffering to the
public.
14. MISCELLANEOUS.
(a) Notices.
All notices, requests and other communications hereunder must be in writing
and
will be deemed to have been duly given only if delivered personally or by
facsimile transmission or mailed (registered or certified mail, postage prepaid)
to the parties at the following addresses or facsimile numbers:
If
to Holder, to the addresses set forth on the signature pages
hereof.
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If
to the Company, to:
0000
XxxxxXxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxx
X0X
0X0
Xxxxxx
Attn:
Chief Financial Officer
Telephone
No.: 000-000-0000
Facsimile
No.: 000-000-0000
With
a copy to:
Pillsbury
Xxxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxx LLP
0000
Xxxxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx, XX 00000
XXX
Attn:
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Telephone
No.: 000-000-0000
Facsimile
No.: 000-000-0000
With
respect to any Holder, such notices, requests and other communications shall
be
sent to their respective addresses set forth on the signature pages to this
Agreement or in the stock transfer records regularly maintained by the Company.
All such notices, requests and other communications will (i) if delivered
personally to the address as provided in this Section, be deemed given upon
delivery, (ii) if delivered by facsimile transmission to the facsimile number
as
provided in this Section, be deemed given when sent by confirmed facsimile
if
sent during normal business hours of the recipient, if not, then on the next
Business Day, and (iii) if delivered by mail in the manner described above
to
the address as provided in this Section, be deemed given five days after
deposit
with the United States Post Office (in each case regardless of whether such
notice, request or other communication is received by any other Person to
whom a
copy of such notice is to be delivered pursuant to this Section). Any party
from
time to time may change its address, facsimile number or other information
for
the purpose of notices to that party by giving notice specifying such change
to
the other parties hereto.
(b) Entire
Agreement.
This Agreement supersedes all prior discussions and agreements between the
parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and contains the sole
and
entire agreement between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter
hereof.
(c) Amendment.
This Agreement may be amended, supplemented or modified only by a written
instrument (which may be executed in any number of counterparts) duly executed
by or on behalf of each of the Company and Holders owning more than fifty
percent (50%) of the Registrable Securities; provided,
however,
that any amendment or modification affecting Section 2 or Section 3 shall
hereof
require only the prior written consent of each of the Holders and the
Company.
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(d) Waiver.
Subject to paragraph (e) of this Section, any term or condition of this
Agreement may be waived at any time by the party that is entitled to the
benefit
thereof, but no such waiver shall be effective unless set forth in a written
instrument duly executed by or on behalf of the party waiving such term or
condition. No waiver by any party of any term or condition of this Agreement,
in
any one or more instances, shall be deemed to be or construed as a waiver
of the
same term or condition of this Agreement on any future occasion.
(e) Consents
and Waivers by Holders of Registrable Securities.
Any consent of the holders of Registrable Securities pursuant to this Agreement,
and any waiver by such holders of any provision of this Agreement, shall
be in
writing (which may be executed in any number of counterparts) and may be
given
or taken by Holders owning more than fifty percent (50%) of the Registrable
Securities and any such consent or waiver so given or taken will be binding
on
all the holders of Registrable Securities; provided, however, that any amendment
or modification affecting Section 2 or Section 3 hereof shall require only
the
prior written consent of each of the Holder and the Company.
(f) No
Third Party Beneficiary.
The terms and provisions of this Agreement are intended solely for the benefit
of each party hereto and their respective successors or assigns. It is not
the
intention of the parties to confer third-party beneficiary rights upon any
other
Person other than any Person entitled to indemnity under Section 7.
(g) Successors
and Assigns.
This Agreement is binding upon, inures to the benefit of and is enforceable
by
the Company and the Holders (or the Person or Persons for which a Holder
is
acting as fiduciary or agent, as the case may be) and their respective
successors and assigns; provided, however, that this Agreement shall not
inure
to the benefit of or be binding upon a successor or assign unless and except
to
the extent such successor or assign holds Registrable Securities (or, in
the
case of Registrable Securities in the form of Credit Agreement Shares, such
successor or assign holds the convertible term loans that are convertible
into
such Credit Agreement Shares) and has provided a written instrument to the
Company notifying the Company of such transfer and assignment and agreeing
in
writing to be bound by this Agreement; provided, further, that nothing herein
shall be deemed to permit any assignment, transfer or other disposition of
Registrable Securities in violation of the terms hereof, the Securities Act
or
any securities or blue sky laws of any jurisdiction.
(h) Headings.
The headings used in this Agreement have been inserted for convenience of
reference only and do not define or limit the provisions hereof.
(i) Invalid
Provisions.
If any provision of this Agreement is held to be illegal, invalid or
unenforceable under any present or future law, and if the rights or obligations
of any party hereto under this Agreement will not be materially and adversely
affected thereby, (i) such provision will be fully severable, (ii) this
Agreement will be construed and enforced as if such illegal, invalid or
unenforceable provision had never comprised a part hereof and (iii) the
remaining provisions of this Agreement will remain in full force and effect
and
will not be affected by the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision or
by
its severance herefrom.
(j) Remedies.
Except as otherwise expressly provided for herein, no remedy conferred by
any of
the specific provisions of this Agreement is intended to be exclusive
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of
any other remedy, and each and every remedy shall be cumulative and shall
be in
addition to every other remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing
at
law or in equity or by statute or otherwise. The election of any one or more
remedies by any party hereto shall not constitute a waiver by any such party
of
the right to pursue any other available remedies.
Damages
in the event of breach of this Agreement by a party hereto or any other holder
of Registrable Securities would be difficult, if not impossible, to ascertain,
and it is therefore agreed that each such Person, in addition to and without
limiting any other remedy or right it may have, will have the right to an
injunction or other equitable relief in any court of competent jurisdiction,
enjoining any such breach, and enforcing specifically the terms and provisions
hereof and the Company and each holder of Registrable Securities, by its
acquisition of such Registrable Securities, hereby waives any and all defenses
it may have on the ground of lack of jurisdiction or competence of the court
to
grant such an injunction or other equitable relief. The existence of this
right
will not preclude any such Person from pursuing any other rights and remedies
at
law or in equity which such Person may have.
(k) Governing
Law.
THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE
LAW OF
THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
(l) Counterparts.
This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which
will
be deemed an original, but all of which together will constitute one and
the
same instrument.
[Signatures
on next page.]
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the
duly
authorized officer of each party hereto as of the date first above
written.
SR TELECOM INC. | ||
By: | (s) Xxxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: | ||
Title: |
[Signature
Page to the Registration Rights Agreement]
B IV CAPITAL PARTNERS, L.P | ||
By: GP Capital IV, LLC, its General Partner | ||
By: DDJ Capital Management, LLC, Manager | ||
By: | (s) Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx | ||
Title: Member | ||
Address: | ||
c/o DDJ Capital Management, LLC | ||
000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx | ||
Xxxxxxxx 0, Xxxxx 000 | ||
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000 | ||
Telephone: (000) 000-0000 | ||
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000 | ||
Attention: Xxxxxx X. XxXxxxxx |
[Signature
Page to the Registration Rights Agreement]
GMAM INVESTMENT FUNDS TRUST II, for the account of the Promark Alternative High Yield Bond Fund (Account No. 7M2E) | ||
By: DDJ Capital Management, LLC, on behalf of GMAM Investment Funds Trust II, for the account of the Promark Alternative High Yield Bond Fund, in its capacity as investment manager | ||
By: | (s) Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx | ||
Title: Member | ||
Address: | ||
c/o DDJ Capital Management, LLC | ||
000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx | ||
Xxxxxxxx 0, Xxxxx 000 | ||
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000 | ||
Telephone: (000) 000-0000 | ||
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000 | ||
Attention: Xxxxxx X. XxXxxxxx |
[Signature
Page to the Registration Rights Agreement]
GMAM INVESTMENT FUNDS TRUST II, for the account of the Promark High Yield Bond Fund (Account No. 7MWD) | ||
By: DDJ Capital Management, LLC, on behalf of GMAM Investment Funds Trust II for the account of the Promark High Yield Bond Fund, in its capacity as investment manager | ||
By: | (s) Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx | ||
Title: Member | ||
Address: | ||
c/o DDJ Capital Management, LLC | ||
000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx | ||
Xxxxxxxx 0, Xxxxx 000 | ||
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000 | ||
Telephone: (000) 000-0000 | ||
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000 | ||
Attention: Xxxxxx X. XxXxxxxx |
[Signature
Page to the Registration Rights Agreement]
DDJ
CANADIAN HIGH YIELD FUND
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By: DDJ Capital Management, LLC, its attorney-in-fact | ||
By: | (s) Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx | ||
Title: Member | ||
Address: | ||
c/o DDJ Capital Management, LLC | ||
000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx | ||
Xxxxxxxx 0, Xxxxx 000 | ||
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000 | ||
Telephone: (000) 000-0000 | ||
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000 | ||
Attention: Xxxxxx X. XxXxxxxx |
[Signature
Page to the Registration Rights Agreement]
DDJ
OCTOBER FUND ONSHORE FEEDER, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
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||
By: October G.P., LLC, its general partner | ||
By: DDJ Capital Management, LLC, its Manager | ||
By: | (s) Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx | ||
Title: Member | ||
Address: | ||
c/o DDJ Capital Management, LLC | ||
000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx | ||
Xxxxxxxx 0, Xxxxx 000 | ||
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000 | ||
Telephone: (000) 000-0000 | ||
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000 | ||
Attention: Xxxxxx X. XxXxxxxx |
[Signature
Page to the Registration Rights Agreement]
OCTOBER
OS INVESTMENT SUB 2006, LTD.
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By: DDJ Capital Management, LLC, in its capacity as Investment Manager | ||
By: | (s) Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx | ||
Title: Member | ||
Address: | ||
c/o DDJ Capital Management, LLC | ||
000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx | ||
Xxxxxxxx 0, Xxxxx 000 | ||
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000 | ||
Telephone: (000) 000-0000 | ||
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000 | ||
Attention: Xxxxxx X. XxXxxxxx |
[Signature
Page to the Registration Rights Agreement]
THE
OCTOBER FUND LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
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||
By: October G.P., LLC, its General Partner | ||
By: DDJ Capital Management, LLC, its Manager | ||
By: | (s) Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx | ||
Title: Member | ||
Address: | ||
c/o DDJ Capital Management, LLC | ||
000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx | ||
Xxxxxxxx 0, Xxxxx 000 | ||
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000 | ||
Telephone: (000) 000-0000 | ||
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000 | ||
Attention: Xxxxxx X. XxXxxxxx |
[Signature
Page to the Registration Rights Agreement]
GREYWOLF
CAPITAL MANAGEMENT L.P., on behalf of Greywolf Capital
Overseas Fund and
Greywolf Capital Partners II LP
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By: | (s) Xxxxxxxx Xxxx | |
Name: Xxxxxxxx Xxxx | ||
Title: Authorized Signatory | ||
Address: Greywolf Capital Management LP | ||
0
Xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxx
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Xxxxx 000 | ||
Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000 | ||
Phone number: 000-000-0000 | ||
Facsimile number: 000-000-0000 | ||
Attention: X. XxXxxxx |
[Signature
Page to the Registration Rights Agreement]
XXXXXX
XXXXXXX & CO. INCORPORATED
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By: | (s) Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx | ||
Title: Managing Director | ||
Address: | ||
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000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx
Xxxxx
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Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
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Telephone: (000) 000-0000 | ||
Facsimile: | ||
Attention: |
[Signature
Page to the Registration Rights Agreement]
XXXXXX
XXXXXXX & CO. INCORPORATED
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By: | (s) Xxxx Xxxxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxxx | ||
Title: Managing Director | ||
Address: | ||
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00
Xxxxx Xxxxxx
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Xxxxxx,
X00 0XX
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Telephone: 0000 000 0000 | ||
Facsimile: 0207 677 4608 | ||
Attention: Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx |
EXHIBIT
A
NOTICE
AND QUESTIONNAIRE1
1. |
(a)
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Full
Legal Name of Selling Shareholder:
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(b)
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Full
Legal Name of Investor (if not the same as (a) above) through which
Registrable Securities Listed in Item 3 below are
held:
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2. |
Address
for Notices to Selling Shareholder:
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Telephone: | |
Fax: | |
Contact Person: |
3.
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Beneficial
Ownership of Registrable
Securities:
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(a)
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Type
and Principal Amount or number of Registrable Securities beneficially
owned:
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(b)
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CUSIP
No(s). of such Registrable Securities beneficially
owned:
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1 Capitalized
terms not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to in the
Amended and
Restated Registration Rights Agreement, dated December 15, 2006, by
and among SR
Telecom Inc. and the holders identified in the signature pages.
4.
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Beneficial
Ownership of Other Securities of the Company Owned by the Selling
Shareholder.
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Except
as set forth below in this Item 4, the undersigned is not the beneficial
or
registered owner of any securities of the Company other than the Registrable
Securities listed above in Item 3.
(a)
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Type
and Amount of Other Securities beneficially owned by the Selling
Shareholder:
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(b)
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CUSIP
No(s). of such Other Securities beneficially
owned:
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5.
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Relationships
with the Company:
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Except
as set forth below, neither the undersigned nor any of its affiliates, officers,
directors or principal equity holders (owners of more than 5% of the equity
securities of the undersigned) has held any position or office or has had
any
other material relationship with the Company (or its predecessors or affiliates)
during the past three years.
State
any exceptions here:
6. Broker-Dealers
and their Affiliates
(a) Is
the Selling Shareholder a broker-dealer or an affiliate of a
broker-dealer:
Yes
____ No
____
If
so, please answer the remaining question in this section.
(i)
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Please
advise whether the Registrable Securities were received by the
Selling
Shareholder as compensation for investment banking services or
as
investment shares, and if so please describe the
circumstances.
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Note
that in general we may be required to identify any registered broker-dealer
as
an underwriter
in the prospectus.
(ii)
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Except
as set forth below, if the Selling Shareholder is a registered
broker-dealer, the Selling Shareholder does not plan to make a
market in
the Registrable Securities. If the Selling Shareholder plans to
make a
market in the Registrable Securities, please indicate whether the
Selling
Shareholder plans to use the prospectus relating to the Registrable
Securities as a market-making
prospectus.
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(b)
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Affiliation with Broker-Dealers |
Is
the Selling
Shareholder an affiliate2
of a registered broker-dealer?
Yes
____ No
____
If
so, please answer the remaining question in this section.
(i)
|
Please
describe the affiliation between the Selling Shareholder and any
registered broker-dealer.
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(ii)
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If
the Registrable Securities were purchased by the Selling Shareholder
other
than in the ordinary course of business, please describe the
circumstances.
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(iii)
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Please
advise whether the Registrable Securities were received by the
Selling
Shareholder as compensation for investment banking services or
as
investment shares, and if so please describe the
circumstances.
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(iv)
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If
the Selling Shareholder, at the time of its purchase of Registrable
Securities, had any agreements or understandings, directly or indirectly,
with any person to distribute the Registrable Securities, please
describe
such agreements or undertakings.
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Note
that if the Selling Shareholder is an affiliate of a broker-dealer and did
not
purchase its Registrable Securities in the ordinary course of business or
at the time of the purchase had any agreements or understandings, directly
or
indirectly, to distribute the securities, we may be required to identify
the
Selling Shareholder as an underwriter in the prospectus.
2 An
"affiliate" of a specified person or entity means a person or entity that
directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or
is
controlled by, or is under common control with, the person or entity specified.
For purposes of this definition, "control", refers to the possession, directly
or indirectly, of the power to direct, or cause the direction of, the management
or policies of a person, whether through the ownership of voting securities
or
otherwise.
(c) Beneficial
Ownership by Natural Persons:
If
the Selling Shareholder is an entity, does any natural person have voting
or
investing power over the Registrable Securities held by the Selling
Shareholder?3
If
so, please state the person's or persons' name(s):
7. Beneficial
Ownership by Natural Persons or by a Board or Committee
Is
the Selling Shareholder a reporting entity with the Securities and Exchange
Commission?
If
the Selling Shareholder is a majority owned subsidiary of a reporting entity,
identify the majority stockholder that is a reporting entity.
Yes
____ No
____
If
No, please answer the remaining questions in this section.
(i)
|
Please
name the natural person or person(s) having voting and/or investment
control over the Selling Shareholder.4
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(ii)
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If
the voting and/or investment control over the Selling Shareholder
is held
by board or committee, please state the name of the natural person
or
person(s) on such board or
committee.
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3 Please
answer "Yes" if any natural person, directly or indirectly, through any
contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship, or otherwise has or
shares:
(a) voting power which includes the power to vote, or to direct the voting
of,
such security; and/or, (b) investment power which includes the power to
dispose,
or to direct the disposition of, the Registrable Securities held by the
Selling
Shareholder.
4
Please
include any natural person that, directly or indirectly, through any contract,
arrangement, understanding, relationship, or otherwise has or shares: (a)
voting
power which includes the power to vote, or to direct the voting of, such
security; and/or, (b) investment power which includes the power to dispose,
or
to direct the disposition of, the Registrable Securities held by the Selling
Shareholder.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned, by authority duly given, has caused this
Notice
and Questionnaire to be executed and delivered either in person or by its
duly
authorized agent.
Dated: | Beneficial Owner: | ||||
By: | |||||
Name: | |||||
Title: |
PLEASE
RETURN THE COMPLETED AND EXECUTED NOTICE AND QUESTIONNAIRE TO
SR
TELECOM INC.
0000
Xxxxx-Xxxxxx Xxx
Xxxxxxxx,
XX X00 0X0
Xxxxxx
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Telephone:
000-000-0000
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Attention:
[______________]
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