Exhibit 4.2
CARROLS CORPORATION
$170,000,000
9 1/2% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2008
EXCHANGE AND REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
November 24, 1998
CHASE SECURITIES INC.
NATIONSBANC XXXXXXXXXX SECURITIES LLC
c/o Chase Securities Inc.
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Carrols Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"),
proposes to issue and sell to Chase Securities Inc. ("CSI") and NationsBanc
Xxxxxxxxxx Securities LLC (together with CSI, the "Initial Purchasers"), upon
the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in a purchase agreement
dated November 18, 1998 (the "Purchase Agreement"), $170,000,000 aggregate
principal amount of its 9 1/2% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2008 (the
"Notes"). The Notes will be unconditionally guaranteed on a senior
subordinated basis (the "Guarantees" and, together with the Notes, the
"Securities"), jointly and severally, by all of the subsidiaries of the
Company (the "Guarantors" and, together with the Company, the "Issuers").
Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to
such terms in the Purchase Agreement.
As an inducement to the Initial Purchasers to enter into the
Purchase Agreement and in satisfaction of a condition to the obligations of
the Initial Purchasers thereunder, the Issuers agree with the Initial
Purchasers, for the benefit of the holders (including the Initial Purchasers)
of the Securities, the Exchange Securities (as defined herein) and the Private
Exchange Securities (as defined herein) (collectively, the "Holders"), as
follows:
1. Registered Exchange Offer. The Issuers shall (i) prepare and, not later than
75 days following the date of original issuance of the Securities (the "Issue
Date"), file with the Commission a registration statement (the "Exchange Offer
Registration Statement")
on an appropriate form under the Securities Act with respect to a proposed offer
to the Holders of the Securities (the "Registered Exchange Offer") to issue and
deliver to such Holders, in exchange for the Securities, a like aggregate
principal amount of debt securities of the Company (the "Exchange Securities")
that are identical in all material respects to the Notes and are unconditionally
guaranteed by the Guarantors, except for the transfer restrictions relating to
the Securities, (ii) use their reasonable best efforts to cause the Exchange
Offer Registration Statement to become effective under the Securities Act no
later than 150 days after the Issue Date and the Registered Exchange Offer to be
consummated no later than 180 days after the Issue Date and (iii) keep the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement effective for not less than 30 days (or
longer, if required by applicable law) after the date on which notice of the
Registered Exchange Offer is mailed to the Holders (such period being called the
"Exchange Offer Registration Period"). The Exchange Securities will be issued
under the Indenture or an indenture (the "Exchange Securities Indenture")
between the Issuers and the Trustee or such other bank or trust company that is
reasonably satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers, as trustee (the "Exchange
Securities Trustee"), such indenture to be identical in all material respects to
the Indenture, except for the transfer restrictions relating to the Securities
(as described above).
Upon the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement, the Issuers shall promptly commence the Registered Exchange Offer,
it being the objective of such Registered Exchange Offer to enable each Holder
electing to exchange Securities for Exchange Securities (assuming that such
Holder (a) is not an affiliate of any of the Issuers or an Exchanging Dealer
(as defined herein) not complying with the requirements of the next sentence,
(b) is not an Initial Purchaser holding Securities that have, or that are
reasonably likely to have, the status of an unsold allotment in an initial
distribution, (c) acquires the Exchange Securities in the ordinary course of
such Holder's business and (d) has no arrangements or understandings with any
person to participate in the distribution of the Exchange Securities) to do so
and to trade such Exchange Securities from and after their receipt without any
limitations or restrictions under the Securities Act and without material
restrictions under the securities laws of the several states of the United
States. The Issuers, the Initial Purchasers and each Exchanging Dealer
acknowledge that, pursuant to current interpretations by the Commission's
staff of Section 5 of the Securities Act, each Holder that is a broker-dealer
electing to exchange Securities, acquired for its own account as a result of
market-making activities or other trading activities, for Exchange Securities
(an "Exchanging Dealer"), is required to deliver a prospectus containing
substantially the information set forth in Annex A hereto on the cover, in
Annex B hereto in the "Exchange Offer Procedures" section and the "Purpose of
the Exchange Offer" section and in Annex C hereto in the "Plan of
Distribution" section of such prospectus in connection with a sale of any such
Exchange Securities received by such Exchanging Dealer pursuant to the
Registered Exchange Offer.
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If, prior to the consummation of the Registered Exchange
Offer, any Holder holds any Securities acquired by it that have, or that are
reasonably likely to be determined to have, the status of an unsold allotment
in an initial distribution, or any Holder is not entitled to participate in
the Registered Exchange Offer, the Issuers shall, upon the request of any such
Holder, simultaneously with the delivery of the Exchange Securities in the
Registered Exchange Offer, issue and deliver to any such Holder, in exchange
for the Securities held by such Holder (the "Private Exchange"), a like
aggregate principal amount of debt securities of the Company (the "Private
Exchange Securities") that are identical in all material respects to the
Exchange Securities and are unconditionally guaranteed by the Guarantors,
except for the transfer restrictions relating to such Private Exchange
Securities. The Private Exchange Securities will be issued under the same
indenture as the Exchange Securities, and the Issuers shall use their
reasonable best efforts to cause the Private Exchange Securities to bear the
same CUSIP number as the Exchange Securities.
In connection with the Registered Exchange Offer, the
Issuers shall:
(a) mail to each Holder a copy of the prospectus forming
part of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, together with an
appropriate letter of transmittal and related documents;
(b) keep the Registered Exchange Offer open for not less
than 30 days (or longer, if required by applicable law) after the
date on which notice of the Registered Exchange Offer is mailed to
the Holders;
(c) utilize the services of a depositary for the Registered
Exchange Offer with an address in the Borough of Manhattan, The City
of New York;
(d) permit Holders to withdraw tendered Securities at any
time prior to the close of business, New York City time, on the last
business day on which the Registered Exchange Offer shall remain
open; and
(e) otherwise comply in all respects with all laws that are
applicable to the Registered Exchange Offer.
As soon as practicable after the close of the Registered
Exchange Offer and any Private Exchange, as the case may be, the Issuers
shall:
(a) accept for exchange all Securities tendered and not
validly withdrawn pursuant to the Registered Exchange
Offer and the Private Exchange;
(b) deliver to the Trustee for cancellation all Securities
so accepted for exchange; and
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(c) cause the Trustee or the Exchange Securities Trustee, as
the case may be, promptly to authenticate and deliver to each Holder,
Exchange Securities or Private Exchange Securities, as the case may
be, equal in principal amount to the Securities of such Holder so
accepted for exchange.
The Issuers shall use their reasonable best efforts to keep
the Exchange Offer Registration Statement effective and to amend and
supplement the prospectus contained therein in order to permit such prospectus
to be used 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
(i) in the case where such prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto
must be delivered by an Exchanging Dealer, such period shall be the lesser of
180 days and the date on which all Exchanging Dealers have sold all Exchange
Securities held by them and (ii) the Issuers shall make such prospectus and
any amendment or supplement thereto available to any broker-dealer for use in
connection with any resale of any Exchange Securities for a period of not less
than 90 days after the consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer.
The Indenture or the Exchange Securities Indenture, as the
case may be, shall provide that the Securities, the Exchange Securities and
the Private Exchange Securities shall vote and consent together on all matters
as one class and that none of the Securities, the Exchange Securities or the
Private Exchange Securities will have the right to vote or consent as a
separate class on any matter.
Interest on each Exchange Security and Private Exchange
Security issued pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer and in the Private
Exchange will accrue from the last interest payment date on which interest was
paid on the Securities surrendered in exchange therefor or, if no interest has
been paid on the Securities, from the Issue Date.
Each Holder participating in the Registered Exchange Offer
shall be required to represent to the Issuers that at the time of the
consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer (i) any Exchange Securities
received by such Holder will be acquired in the ordinary course of business,
(ii) such Holder will have no arrangements or understanding with any person to
participate in the distribution of the Securities or the Exchange Securities
within the meaning of the Securities Act and (iii) such Holder is not an
affiliate of any of the Issuers or, if it is such an affiliate, such Holder
will comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the
Securities Act to the extent applicable.
Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, the Issuers
shall ensure that (i) any Exchange Offer Registration Statement and any
amendment thereto and any prospectus forming 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 Exchange Offer
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Registration Statement and any amendment thereto does not, when it becomes
effective, 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 not misleading and (iii) any prospectus forming part of any
Exchange Offer Registration Statement, and any supplement to such prospectus,
does not, as of the consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer, include an
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary
in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading.
2. Shelf Registration. If (i) because of any change in law or
applicable interpretations thereof by the Commission's staff the Issuers are not
permitted to effect the Registered Exchange Offer as contemplated by Section 1
hereof, (ii) any Securities validly tendered pursuant to the Registered Exchange
Offer are not exchanged for Exchange Securities within 180 days after the Issue
Date, (iii) any Initial Purchaser so requests with respect to Securities or
Private Exchange Securities not eligible to be exchanged for Exchange Securities
in the Registered Exchange Offer and held by it following the consummation of
the Registered Exchange Offer, (iv) any applicable law or interpretations do not
permit any Holder to participate in the Registered Exchange Offer, (v) any
Holder that participates in the Registered Exchange Offer does not receive
freely transferable Exchange Securities in exchange for tendered Securities, or
(vi) the Issuers so elect (the date of each, a "Shelf Registration Trigger
Date"), then the following provisions shall apply:
(a) The Issuers shall use their reasonable best efforts to
file as promptly as practicable (but in no event more than 45 days
after the Shelf Registration Trigger Date) with the Commission,
and thereafter shall use their reasonable best efforts to cause to
be declared effective, a shelf registration statement on an
appropriate form under the Securities Act relating to the offer and
sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities (as defined below) by the
Holders thereof from time to time in accordance with the methods of
distribution set forth in such registration statement (hereafter, a
"Shelf Registration Statement" and, together with any Exchange
Offer Registration Statement, a "Registration Statement").
(b) The Issuers shall use their reasonable best efforts
to keep the Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective in
order to permit the prospectus forming part thereof to be used by
Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities for a period ending on
the earlier of (i) two years from the Issue Date or such shorter
period that will terminate when all the Transfer Restricted
Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement have been
sold pursuant thereto and (ii) the date on which the Securities become
eligible for resale without volume restrictions pursuant to Rule 144
under the Securities Act (in any such case, such period being
called the "Shelf Registration Period"). The Issuers shall be deemed
not to have used their reasonable best efforts to keep the Shelf
Registration Statement effective during the requisite
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period if any of the Issuers voluntarily takes any action that would
result in Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities covered thereby not
being able to offer and sell such Transfer Restricted Securities during
that period, unless such action is required by applicable law.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, the Issuers
shall ensure that (i) any Shelf Registration Statement and any amendment
thereto and any prospectus forming 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 Shelf
Registration Statement and any amendment thereto (in either case, other
than with respect to information included therein in reliance upon or in
conformity with written information furnished to the Issuers by or on
behalf of any Holder specifically for use therein (the "Holders'
Information")) does 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 not misleading and (iii) any
prospectus forming part of any Shelf Registration Statement, and any
supplement to such prospectus (in either case, other than with respect
to Holders' Information), does not include an untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to
make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading.
3. Liquidated Damages. (a) The parties hereto agree that the Holders of
Transfer Restricted Securities will suffer damages if the Issuers fail to
fulfill their obligations under Section 1 or Section 2, as applicable, and that
it would not be feasible to ascertain the extent of such damages. Accordingly,
if (i) (x) the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is not filed within 75 days
after the Issue Date or (y) if applicable, the Shelf Registration Statement is
not filed within 45 days after the Shelf Registration Trigger Date, (ii) (x) the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement is not declared effective within 150 days
after the Issue Date or (y) if applicable, the Shelf Registration Statement is
not declared effective within 90 days after the Shelf Registration Trigger Date
(or in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement required to be filed in
response to a change in law or the applicable interpretations of Commission's
staff, if later, within 45 days after publication of the change in law or
interpretation), (iii) the Registered Exchange Offer is not consummated on or
prior to 180 days after the Issue Date, or (iv) if applicable, the Shelf
Registration Statement is filed and declared effective within 90 days after the
Shelf Registration Trigger Date (or in the case of a Shelf Registration
Statement required to be filed in response to a change in law or the applicable
interpretations of Commission's staff, if later, within 45 days after
publication of the change in law or interpretation) but shall thereafter cease
to be effective (at any time that the Issuers are obligated to maintain the
effectiveness thereof) without being succeeded within 30 days by an additional
Registration Statement filed and declared effective (each such event referred to
in clauses (i) through (iv), a "Registration Default"), the Issuers, jointly and
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severally, will be obligated to pay liquidated damages to each Holder of
Transfer Restricted Securities, during the period of one or more such
Registration Defaults, in an amount equal to $ 0.192 per week per $1,000
principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities held by such Holder until (i)
the applicable Registration Statement is filed, (ii) the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement is declared effective and the Registered Exchange Offer
is consummated, (iii) the Shelf Registration Statement is declared effective or
(iv) the Shelf Registration Statement again becomes effective, as the case may
be. Following the cure of all Registration Defaults, the accrual of liquidated
damages will cease. As used herein, the term "Transfer Restricted Securities"
means (i) each Security until the date on which such Security has been exchanged
for a freely transferable Exchange Security in the Registered Exchange Offer,
(ii) each Security or Private Exchange Security until the date on which it has
been effectively registered under the Securities Act and disposed of in
accordance with the Shelf Registration Statement or (iii) each Security or
Private Exchange Security until the date on which it is distributed to the
public pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act or is saleable pursuant to
Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
in this Section 3(a), the Issuers shall not be required to pay liquidated
damages to a Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities if such Holder failed to
comply with its obligations to make the representations set forth in the second
to last paragraph of Section 1 or failed to provide the information required to
be provided by it, if any, pursuant to Section 4(n).
(b) The Issuers shall notify the Trustee and the Paying Agent under the
Indenture immediately upon the happening of each and every Registration Default.
The Issuers shall pay the liquidated damages due on the Transfer Restricted
Securities by depositing with the Paying Agent (which may not be any of the
Issuers for these purposes), in trust, for the benefit of the Holders thereof,
prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the next interest payment date
specified by the Indenture and the Securities, sums sufficient to pay the
liquidated damages then due. The liquidated damages due shall be payable on each
interest payment date specified by the Indenture and the Securities to the
record holder entitled to receive the interest payment to be made on such date.
Each obligation to pay liquidated damages shall be deemed to accrue from and
including the date of the applicable Registration Default.
(c) The parties hereto agree that the liquidated damages provided for
in this Section 3 constitute a reasonable estimate of and are intended to
constitute the sole damages that will be suffered by Holders of Transfer
Restricted Securities by reason of the failure of (i) the Shelf Registration
Statement or the Exchange Offer Registration Statement to be filed, (ii) the
Shelf Registration Statement to remain effective or (iii) the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement to be declared effective and the Registered Exchange
Offer to be consummated, in each case to the extent required by this Agreement.
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4. Registration Procedures. In connection with any Registration
Statement, the following provisions shall apply:
(a) The Issuers shall (i) furnish to each Initial Purchaser, prior to
the filing thereof with the Commission, a copy of the Registration
Statement and each amendment thereof and each supplement, if any, to the
prospectus included therein and shall use its reasonable best efforts to
reflect in each such document, when so filed with the Commission, such
comments as any Initial Purchaser may reasonably propose; (ii) include the
information set forth in Annex A hereto on the cover, in Annex B hereto in
the "Exchange Offer Procedures" section and the "Purpose of the Exchange
Offer" section and in Annex C hereto in the "Plan of Distribution" section
of the prospectus forming a part of the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement, and include the information set forth in Annex D hereto in the
Letter of Transmittal delivered pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer;
and (iii) if requested by any Initial Purchaser, include the information
required by Items 507 or 508 of Regulation S-K, as applicable, in the
prospectus forming a part of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement.
(b) The Issuers shall advise each Initial Purchaser, each Exchanging
Dealer and the Holders (if applicable) and, if requested by any such
person, confirm such advice in writing (which advice pursuant to clauses
(ii)-(v) hereof shall be accompanied by an instruction to suspend the use
of the prospectus until the requisite changes have been made):
(i) when any Registration Statement and any amendment thereto
has been filed with the Commission and when such Registration Statement
or any post-effective amendment thereto has become effective;
(ii) of any request by the Commission for amendments or
supplements to any Registration Statement or the prospectus included
therein or for additional information;
(iii) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order
suspending the effectiveness of any Registration Statement or the
initiation of any proceedings for that purpose;
(iv) of the receipt by the Issuers of any notification with
respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities, the
Exchange Securities or the Private Exchange Securities for sale in any
jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for
such purpose; and
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(v) of the happening of any event that requires the making of
any changes in any Registration Statement or the prospectus included
therein in order that the statements therein are not misleading and do
not omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.
(c) The Issuers will make every reasonable effort to obtain the
withdrawal at the earliest possible time of any order suspending the
effectiveness of any Registration Statement.
(d) The Issuers will furnish to each Holder of Transfer Restricted
Securities included within the coverage of any Shelf Registration Statement,
without charge, at least one conformed copy of such Shelf Registration
Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, including financial
statements and schedules and, if any such Holder so requests in writing, all
exhibits thereto (including those, if any, incorporated by reference).
(e) The Issuers will, during the Shelf Registration Period, promptly
deliver to each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities included within the
coverage of any Shelf Registration Statement, without charge, as many copies
of the prospectus (including each preliminary prospectus) included in such
Shelf Registration Statement and any amendment or supplement thereto as such
Holder may reasonably request; and the Issuers consent to the use of such
prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto by each of the selling
Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities in connection with the offer and
sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by such prospectus or any
amendment or supplement thereto.
(f) The Issuers will furnish to each Initial Purchaser and each
Exchanging Dealer, and to any other Holder who so requests, without charge,
at least one conformed copy of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and
any post-effective amendment thereto, including financial statements and
schedules and, if any Initial Purchaser or Exchanging Dealer or any such
Holder so requests in writing, all exhibits thereto (including those, if
any, incorporated by reference).
(g) The Issuers will, during the Exchange Offer Registration Period or
the Shelf Registration Period, as applicable, promptly deliver to each
Initial Purchaser, each Exchanging Dealer and such other persons that are
required to deliver a prospectus following the Registered Exchange Offer,
without charge, as many copies of the final prospectus included in the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement or the Shelf Registration Statement
and any amendment or supplement thereto as such Initial Purchaser,
Exchanging Dealer or other persons may reasonably request; and
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the Issuers consent to the use of such prospectus or any amendment or
supplement thereto by any such Initial Purchaser, Exchanging Dealer or
other persons, as applicable, as aforesaid.
(h) Prior to the effective date of any Registration Statement, the
Issuers will use their reasonable best efforts to register or qualify, or
cooperate with the Holders of Securities, Exchange Securities or Private
Exchange Securities included therein and their respective counsel in
connection with the registration or qualification of, such Securities,
Exchange Securities or Private Exchange Securities for offer and sale under
the securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as any such Holder
reasonably requests in writing and do any and all other acts or things
necessary or advisable to enable the offer and sale in such jurisdictions of
the Securities, Exchange Securities or Private Exchange Securities covered
by such Registration Statement; provided -------- that none of the Issuers
will be required to qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction
where it is not then so qualified or to take any action which would subject
it to general service of process or to taxation in any such jurisdiction
where it is not then so subject.
(i) The Issuers will cooperate with the Holders of Securities, Exchange
Securities or Private Exchange Securities to facilitate the timely
preparation and delivery of certificates representing Securities, Exchange
Securities or Private Exchange Securities to be sold pursuant to any
Registration Statement free of any restrictive legends and in such
denominations and registered in such names as the Holders thereof may
request in writing prior to sales of Securities, Exchange Securities or
Private Exchange Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement.
(j) If any event contemplated by Section 4(b)(ii) through (v) occurs
during the period for which the Issuers are required to maintain an
effective Registration Statement, the Issuers will promptly prepare and file
with the Commission a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement
or a supplement to the related prospectus or file any other required
document so that, as thereafter delivered to purchasers of the Securities,
Exchange Securities or Private Exchange Securities from a Holder, the
prospectus will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit
to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein,
in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading.
(k) Not later than the effective date of the applicable Registration
Statement, the Issuers will provide a CUSIP number for the Securities, the
Exchange Securities and the Private Exchange Securities, as the case may be,
and provide the applicable trustee with printed certificates for the
Securities, the Exchange Securities
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or the Private Exchange Securities, as the case may be, in a form eligible
for deposit with The Depository Trust Company.
(l) The Company will comply with all applicable rules and regulations
of the Commission and will make generally available to its security holders
as soon as practicable after the effective date of the applicable
Registration Statement an earning statement satisfying the provisions of
Section 11(a) of the Securities Act; provided that in no event shall such
earning statement be delivered later than 45 days after the end of a
12-month period (or 90 days, if such period is a fiscal year) beginning with
the first month of the Company's first fiscal quarter commencing after the
effective date of the applicable Registration Statement, which statement
shall cover such 12-month period. (m) The Issuers will cause the Indenture
or the Exchange Securities Indenture, as the case may be, to be qualified
under the Trust Indenture Act as required by applicable law in a timely
manner.
(n) The Issuers may require each Holder of Transfer Restricted
Securities to be registered pursuant to any Shelf Registration Statement to
furnish to the Issuers such information concerning the Holder and the
distribution of such Transfer Restricted Securities as the Issuers may from
time to time reasonably require for inclusion in such Shelf Registration
Statement, and the Issuers may exclude from such registration the Transfer
Restricted Securities of any Holder that fails to furnish such information
within a reasonable time after receiving such request.
(o) In the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, each Holder of
Transfer Restricted Securities to be registered pursuant thereto agrees by
acquisition of such Transfer Restricted Securities that, upon receipt of any
notice from the Issuers pursuant to Section 4(b)(ii) through (v), such
Holder will discontinue disposition of such Transfer Restricted Securities
until such Holder's receipt of copies of the supplemental or amended
prospectus contemplated by Section 4(j) or until advised in writing (the
"Advice") by the Issuers that the use of the applicable prospectus may be
resumed. If the Issuers shall give any notice under Section 4(b)(ii) through
(v) during the period that the Issuers are required to maintain an effective
Registration Statement (the "Effectiveness Period"), such Effectiveness
Period shall be extended by the number of days during such period from and
including the date of the giving of such notice to and including the date
when each seller of Transfer Restricted Securities covered by such
Registration Statement shall have received (x) the copies of the
supplemental or amended prospectus contemplated by Section 4(j) (if an
amended or supplemental prospectus is required) or (y) the Advice (if no
amended or supplemental prospectus is required).
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(p) In the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Issuers shall
enter into such customary agreements (including, if requested, an
underwriting agreement in customary form) and take all such other action, if
any, as Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Securities, Exchange Securities and Private Exchange Securities being sold
or the managing underwriters (if any) shall reasonably request in order to
facilitate any disposition of Securities, Exchange Securities or Private
Exchange Securities pursuant to such Shelf Registration Statement.
(q) In the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, each of the Issuers
shall (i) make reasonably available for inspection by a representative of,
and Special Counsel (as defined below) acting for, Holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Securities, Exchange Securities and
Private Exchange Securities being sold and any underwriter participating in
any disposition of Securities, Exchange Securities or Private Exchange
Securities pursuant to such Shelf Registration Statement, all relevant
financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of
such Issuer and (ii) use its reasonable best efforts to have its officers,
directors, employees, accountants and counsel supply all relevant
information reasonably requested by such representative, Special Counsel
or any such underwriter (an "Inspector") in connection with such Shelf
Registration Statement.
(r) In the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, each of the Issuers
shall, if requested by Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount
of the Securities, Exchange Securities and Private Exchange Securities being
sold, their Special Counsel or the managing underwriters (if any) in
connection with such Shelf Registration Statement, use its reasonable best
efforts to cause (i) its counsel to deliver an opinion relating to the Shelf
Registration Statement and the Securities, Exchange Securities or Private
Exchange Securities, as applicable, in customary form, (ii) its officers to
execute and deliver all customary documents and certificates requested by
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities,
Exchange Securities and Private Exchange Securities being sold, their
Special Counsel or the managing underwriters (if any) and (iii) the
Company's and its subsidiaries' independent public accountants to provide a
comfort letter or letters in customary form, subject to receipt of
appropriate documentation as contemplated, and only if permitted, by
Statement of Auditing Standards No. 72.
(s) The Issuers may suspend the use of a prospectus contained in a
Registration Statement for a period not to exceed 30 days in any three-month
period for valid business reasons to be determined by the Issuers in their
sole reasonable judgment; provided, however, that such business reasons may
not include the avoidance of the Issuers' obligations hereunder.
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5. Registration Expenses. The Issuers shall bear all expenses incurred in
connection with the performance of its obligations under Sections 1, 2, 3 and 4
(other than brokers', dealers' and underwriters' discounts and commissions and
brokers', dealers' and underwriters' counsel's fees, and the Issuers, jointly
and severally, shall reimburse the Initial Purchasers and the Holders for the
reasonable fees and disbursements of one firm of attorneys (in addition to any
local counsel) chosen by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount
of the Securities, the Exchange Securities and the Private Exchange Securities
to be sold pursuant to each Registration Statement (the "Special Counsel")
acting for the Initial Purchasers or Holders in connection therewith.
6. Indemnification. (a) In the event of a Shelf Registration Statement or
in connection with any prospectus delivery pursuant to an Exchange Offer
Registration Statement by an Initial Purchaser or Exchanging Dealer, as
applicable, the Issuers, jointly and severally, shall indemnify and hold
harmless each Holder (including, without limitation, any such Initial Purchaser
or Exchanging Dealer), its affiliates, their respective officers, directors,
employees, representatives and agents, and each person, if any, who controls
such Holder within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act
(collectively referred to for purposes of this Section 6 and Section 7 as a
Holder) from and against any loss, claim, damage or liability, joint or several,
or any action in respect thereof (including, without limitation, any loss,
claim, damage, liability or action relating to purchases and sales of
Securities, Exchange Securities or Private Exchange Securities), to which that
Holder may become subject, whether commenced or threatened, under the Securities
Act, the Exchange Act, any other federal or state statutory law or regulation,
at common law or otherwise, insofar as such loss, claim, damage, liability or
action arises out of, or is based upon, (i) any untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact contained in any such Registration Statement
or any prospectus forming part thereof or in any amendment or supplement thereto
or (ii) the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading, and shall reimburse each Holder promptly, but in no event later than
30 days, following demand for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by
that Holder in connection with investigating or defending or preparing to defend
against or appearing as a third party witness in connection with any such loss,
claim, damage, liability or action as such expenses are incurred; provided,
however, that upon a final determination by a court of competent jurisdiction
after all rights of appeal have expired that any Initial Purchaser was not
entitled to payment of such expenses by the Issuers pursuant to this Section
6(a), such Initial Purchaser shall reimburse such payment to the Issuers;
provided further, however, that the Issuers shall not be liable in any such case
to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action arises out
of, or is based upon, an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement in or
omission or alleged omission from any of such documents in reliance upon and in
conformity with any Holders' Information; and provided, further, that with
respect to any such untrue statement in or omission from any related
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preliminary prospectus, the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 6(a)
shall not inure to the benefit of any Holder from whom the person asserting any
such loss, claim, damage, liability or action received Securities, Exchange
Securities or Private Exchange Securities to the extent that such loss, claim,
damage, liability or action of or with respect to such Holder results from the
fact that both (A) a copy of the final prospectus was not sent or given to such
person at or prior to the written confirmation of the sale of such Securities,
Exchange Securities or Private Exchange Securities to such person and (B) the
untrue statement in or omission from the related preliminary prospectus was
corrected in the final prospectus unless, in either case, such failure to
deliver the final prospectus was a result of non-compliance by the Issuers with
Section 4(d), 4(e), 4(f) or 4(g).
(b) In the event of a Shelf Registration Statement, each
Holder shall indemnify and hold harmless each of the Issuers, its affiliates,
their respective officers, directors, employees, representatives and agents,
and each person, if any, who controls any Issuer within the meaning of the
Securities Act or the Exchange Act (collectively referred to for purposes of
this Section 6(b) and Section 7 as the "Issuers"), from and against any loss,
claim, damage or liability, joint or several, or any action in respect
thereof, to which any of the Issuers may become subject, whether commenced or
threatened, under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, any other federal or
state statutory law or regulation, at common law or otherwise, insofar as such
loss, claim, damage, liability or action arises out of, or is based upon, (i)
any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained
in any such Registration Statement or any prospectus forming part thereof or
in any amendment or supplement thereto or (ii) the omission or alleged
omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, but in each case
only to the extent that the untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or
omission or alleged omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with
any Holders' Information furnished to the Issuers by such Holder, and shall
reimburse the Issuers for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by
the Issuers in connection with investigating or defending or preparing to
defend against or appearing as a third party witness in connection with any
such loss, claim, damage, liability or action as such expenses are incurred;
provided, however, that no such Holder shall be liable for any indemnity
claims hereunder in excess of the amount of net proceeds received by such
Holder from the sale of Securities, Exchange Securities or Private Exchange
Securities pursuant to such Shelf Registration Statement.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under
this Section 6 of notice of any claim or the commencement of any action, the
indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against
the indemnifying party pursuant to Section 6(a) or 6(b), notify the
indemnifying party in writing of the claim or the commencement of that action;
provided, however, that the failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not
relieve it from any liability which it may have under this Section 6 except to
the extent that it has been
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materially prejudiced (through the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses)
by such failure; and provided further, however, that the failure to notify the
indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have to
an indemnified party otherwise than under this Section 6. If any such claim or
action shall be brought against an indemnified party, and it shall notify the
indemnifying party thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to
participate therein and, to the extent that it wishes, jointly with any other
similarly notified indemnifying party, to assume the defense thereof with
counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party. After notice from the
indemnifying party to the indemnified party of its election to assume the
defense of such claim or action, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to
the indemnified party under this Section 6 for any legal or other expenses
subsequently incurred by the indemnified party in connection with the defense
thereof; provided, however, that an indemnified party shall have the right to
employ its own counsel in any such action, but the fees, expenses and other
charges of such counsel for the indemnified party will be at the expense of such
indemnified party unless (1) the employment of counsel by the indemnified party
has been authorized in writing by the indemnifying party, (2) the actual or
potential defendants in, or targets of, any such action include both the
indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the indemnified party has
reasonably concluded (based upon advice of counsel to the indemnified party)
that there may be legal defenses available to it or other indemnified parties
that are different from or in addition to those available to the indemnifying
party, (3) a conflict exists (based upon advice of counsel to the indemnified
party) between the indemnified party and the indemnifying party (in which case
the indemnifying party will not have the right to direct the defense of such
action on behalf of the indemnified party) or (4) the indemnifying party has not
in fact employed counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party to
assume the defense of such action within a reasonable time after receiving
notice of the commencement of the action, in each of which cases the reasonable
fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel will be at the expense of the
indemnifying party or parties. It is understood that the indemnifying party or
parties shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceedings in
the same jurisdiction, be liable for the reasonable fees, disbursements and
other charges of more than one separate firm of attorneys (in addition to any
local counsel) at any one time for all such indemnified party or parties. Each
indemnified party, as a condition of the indemnity agreements contained in
Sections 6(a) and 6(b), shall use all reasonable efforts to cooperate with the
indemnifying party in the defense of any such action or claim. No indemnifying
party shall be liable for any settlement of any such action effected without its
written consent, but if settled with its written consent or if there be a final
judgment for the plaintiff in any such action, the indemnifying party agrees to
indemnify and hold harmless any indemnified party from and against any loss or
liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. No indemnifying party shall,
without the prior written consent of the indemnified party (which consent shall
not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), effect any settlement of any pending
or threatened proceeding in respect of which any indemnified party is or could
have been a party and indemnity could have been
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sought hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such settlement includes an
unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on claims
that are the subject matter of such proceeding.
7. Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in Section 6 is
unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under Section
6(a) or 6(b), then each indemnifying party shall, in lieu of indemnifying such
indemnified party, contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified
party as a result of such loss, claim, damage or liability, or action in respect
thereof, (i) in such proportion as shall be appropriate to reflect the relative
benefits received by the Issuers from the offering and sale of the Securities,
on the one hand, and a Holder with respect to the sale by such Holder of
Securities, Exchange Securities or Private Exchange Securities, on the other, or
(ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by
applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the
relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of
the Issuers on the one hand and such Holder on the other with respect to the
statements or omissions that resulted in such loss, claim, damage or liability,
or action in respect thereof, as well as any other relevant equitable
considerations.. The relative benefits received by the Issuers on the one hand
and a Holder on the other with respect to such offering and such sale shall be
deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering
of the Securities (before deducting expenses) received by or on behalf of the
Issuers as set forth in the table on the cover of the Offering Memorandum, on
the one hand, bear to the total proceeds received by such Holder with respect to
its sale of Securities, Exchange Securities or Private Exchange Securities, on
the other. 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 any of the
Issuers or information supplied by any of the Issuers on the one hand or to any
Holders' Information supplied by such Holder on the other, the intent of the
parties and their relative 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
Section 7 were to be determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of
allocation that does not take into account the equitable considerations referred
to herein. The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the
loss, claim, damage or liability, or action in respect thereof, referred to
above in this Section 7 shall be deemed to include, for purposes of this Section
7, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in
connection with investigating or defending or preparing to defend any such
action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7, an
indemnifying party that is a Holder of Securities, Exchange Securities or
Private Exchange Securities shall not be required to contribute any amount in
excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Securities, Exchange
Securities or Private Exchange Securities sold by such indemnifying party to any
purchaser exceeds the amount of any damages which such indemnifying party has
otherwise paid or become liable to pay by reason of any untrue or
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alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of
fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the
Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not
guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
8. Rules 144 and 144A. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to
file the reports required to be filed by it under the Securities Act and the
Exchange Act in a timely manner and, if at any time such Issuer is not required
to file such reports, it will, upon the written request of any Holder of
Transfer Restricted Securities, make publicly available other information so
long as necessary to permit sales of such Holder's securities pursuant to Rules
144 and 144A. The Company covenants that it will take such further action as any
Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities may reasonably request, all to the
extent required from time to time to enable such Holder to sell Transfer
Restricted Securities without registration under the Securities Act within the
limitation of the exemptions provided by Rules 144 and 144A (including, without
limitation, the requirements of Rule 144A(d)(4)). Upon the written request of
any Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities, the Company shall deliver to such
Holder a written statement as to whether it has complied with such requirements.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section 8 shall be deemed to
require any of the Issuers to register any of its securities pursuant to the
Exchange Act.
9. Underwritten Registrations. If any of the Transfer Restricted Securities
covered by any Shelf Registration Statement are to be sold in an underwritten
offering, the investment banker or investment bankers and manager or managers
that will administer the offering will be selected by the Holders of a majority
in aggregate principal amount of such Transfer Restricted Securities included in
such offering, subject to the consent of the Issuers (which shall not be
unreasonably withheld or delayed), and such Holders shall be responsible for all
underwriting commissions and discounts in connection therewith.
No person may participate in any underwritten registration hereunder unless
such person (i) agrees to sell such person's Transfer Restricted Securities on
the basis reasonably provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by the
persons entitled hereunder to approve such arrangements and (ii) completes and
executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting
agreements and other documents reasonably required under the terms of such
underwriting arrangements.
10. Miscellaneous. (a) Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this
Agreement may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents
to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given, unless the Issuers
have obtained the written consent of Holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Securities, the Exchange Securities and the Private
Exchange Securities, taken as a single class. 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 whose Securities, Exchange
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Securities or Private Exchange Securities are being sold pursuant to a
Registration Statement and that does not directly or indirectly affect the
rights of other Holders may be given by Holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Securities, the Exchange Securities and the Private
Exchange Securities being sold by such Holders pursuant to such Registration
Statement; and, furthermore, the parties hereto may make any amendment that does
not, in the good faith opinion of the Board of Directors of the Company,
adversely affect any Holder.
(b) Notices. All notices and other communications provided
for or permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand-delivery,
first-class mail, telecopier or air courier guaranteeing next-day delivery:
(1) if to a Holder, at the most current address given by
such Holder to the Company in accordance with the provisions of this
Section 10(b), which address initially is, with respect to each
Holder, the address of such Holder maintained by the Registrar under
the Indenture, with a copy in like manner to Chase Securities Inc.
and NationsBanc Xxxxxxxxxx Securities LLC;
(2) if to an Initial Purchaser, initially at its address set forth
in the Purchase Agreement; and
(3) if to the Issuers, initially at the address of the
Company set forth in the Purchase Agreement.
All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have
been duly given: when delivered by hand, if personally delivered; one business
day after being delivered to a next-day air courier; five business days after
being deposited in the mail; and when receipt is acknowledged by the
recipient's telecopier machine, if sent by telecopier.
(c) Successors And Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding
upon the Issuers and their respective successors and assigns.
(d) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any
number of counterparts (which may be delivered in original form or by
telecopier) 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.
(e) Definition of Terms. For purposes of this Agreement, (a)
the term "business day" means any day on which the New York Stock Exchange,
Inc. is open for trading, (b) the term "subsidiary" has the meaning set forth
in Rule 405 under the Securities Act and (c) except where otherwise expressly
provided, the term "affiliate" has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the
Securities Act.
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(f) Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for
convenience of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the
meaning hereof.
(g) Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without regard
to application of 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.
(h) Remedies. In the event of a breach by any of the Issuers
or by any Holder of any of their obligations under this Agreement, each Holder
or the Issuers, as the case may be, in addition to being entitled to exercise
all rights granted by law, including recovery of damages (other than the
recovery of damages for a breach by the Issuers of its obligations under
Sections 1 or 2 hereof for which liquidated damages have been paid pursuant to
Section 3 hereof), will be entitled to specific performance of its rights
under this Agreement. The Issuers and each Holder agree 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, it shall waive the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.
(i) No Inconsistent Agreements. Each of the Issuers
represents, warrants and agrees that (i) it has not entered into, shall not,
on or after the date of this Agreement, enter into any agreement that is
inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders in this Agreement or
otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof, (ii) it has not previously
entered into any agreement which remains in effect granting any registration
rights with respect to any of its debt securities to any person and (iii)
without limiting the generality of the foregoing, without the written consent
of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then
outstanding Transfer Restricted Securities, it shall not grant to any person
the right to request the Company to register any debt securities of the
Company under the Securities Act unless the rights so granted are not in
conflict or inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement.
(j) No Piggyback on Registrations. Neither the Issuers nor
any of their respective security holders (other than the Holders of Transfer
Restricted Securities in such capacity) shall have the right to include any
securities of the Company in any Shelf Registration or Registered Exchange
Offer other than Transfer Restricted Securities.
(k) Severability. The remedies provided herein are
cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided by law. 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
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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 reasonable
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.
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Please confirm that the foregoing correctly sets forth the agreement
among the Issuers and the Initial Purchasers.
Very truly yours,
CARROLS CORPORATION
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Vice President, Secretary
and General Counsel
CARROLS REALTY HOLDINGS CORP.,
as Guarantor
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Vice President, Secretary
and General Counsel
CARROLS REALTY I CORP.,
as Guarantor
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Vice President, Secretary
and General Counsel
CARROLS REALTY II CORP.,
as Guarantor
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Vice President, Secretary
and General Counsel
XXXXXXX X.X. CORP.,
as Guarantor
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Vice President, Secretary
and General Counsel
QUANTA ADVERTISING CORP.,
as Guarantor
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Vice President, Secretary
and General Counsel
POLLO FRANCHISE, INC.,
as Guarantor
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Vice President and Secretary
POLLO OPERATIONS, INC.,
as Guarantor
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Vice President and Secretary
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Agreed to and accepted by:
CHASE SECURITIES INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Vice President
NATIONSBANC XXXXXXXXXX SECURITIES LLC
By: /s/ XX Xxxxxxx
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Name: XX Xxxxxxx
Title: Managing Director
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ANNEX A
Each broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its
own account pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer must acknowledge that it
will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange
Securities. The Letter of Transmittal states that by so acknowledging and by
delivering a prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it
is an "underwriter" within the meaning of the Securities Act. This Prospectus,
as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, may be used by a
broker-dealer in connection with resales of Exchange Securities received in
exchange for Securities where such Securities were acquired by such
broker-dealer as a result of market-making activities or other trading
activities. The Issuers have agreed that, for a period of 180 days after the
Expiration Date (as defined herein), it will make this Prospectus available to
any broker-dealer for use in connection with any such resale. See "Plan of
Distribution"
ANNEX B
Each broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its
own account in exchange for Securities, where such Securities were acquired by
such broker-dealer as a result of market-making activities or other trading
activities, must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection
with any resale of such Exchange Securities. See "Plan of Distribution."
ANNEX C
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
Each broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its
own account pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer must acknowledge that it
will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange
Securities. This Prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to
time, may be used by a broker-dealer in connection with resales of Exchange
Securities received in exchange for Securities where such Securities were
acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities.
The Issuers have agreed that, for a period of 180 days after the Expiration
Date, it will make this prospectus, as amended or supplemented, available to
any broker-dealer for use in connection with any such resale. In addition,
until _______________, 199_, all dealers effecting transactions in the
Exchange Securities may be required to deliver a prospectus.
The Issuers will not receive any proceeds from any sale of
Exchange Securities by broker-dealers. Exchange Securities received by
broker-dealers for their own account pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer
may be sold from time to time in one or more transactions in the
over-the-counter market, in negotiated transactions, through the writing of
options on the Exchange Securities or a combination of such methods of resale,
at market prices prevailing at the time of resale, at prices related to such
prevailing market prices or at negotiated prices. Any such resale may be made
directly to purchasers or to or through brokers or dealers who may receive
compensation in the form of commissions or concessions from any such
broker-dealer or the purchasers of any such Exchange Securities. Any
broker-dealer that resells Exchange Securities that were received by it for
its own account pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer and any broker or
dealer that participates in a distribution of such Exchange Securities may be
deemed to be an "underwriter" within the meaning of the Securities Act and any
profit on any such resale of Exchange Securities and any commission or
concessions received by any such persons may be deemed to be underwriting
compensation under the Securities Act. The Letter of Transmittal states that,
by acknowledging that it will deliver and by delivering a prospectus, a
broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an "underwriter" within
the meaning of the Securities Act.
For a period of 180 days after the Expiration Date the
Issuers shall promptly send additional copies of this Prospectus and any
amendment or supplement to this Prospectus to any broker-dealer that requests
such documents in the Letter of Transmittal. The Issuers have agreed to pay
all expenses incident to the Registered Exchange Offer (including the expenses
of one counsel for the Holders of the Securities) other than commissions or
concessions of any broker-dealers and will indemnify the Holders of the
Securities (including any broker-dealers) against certain liabilities,
including liabilities under the Securities Act.
ANNEX D
o CHECK HERE IF YOU ARE A BROKER-DEALER AND WISH TO RECEIVE 10
ADDITIONAL COPIES OF THE PROSPECTUS AND 10 COPIES OF ANY
AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS THERETO.
Name:
Address:
If the undersigned is not a broker-dealer, the undersigned
represents that it is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, a
distribution of Exchange Securities. If the undersigned is a broker-dealer
that will receive Exchange Securities for its own account in exchange for
Securities that were acquired as a result of market-making activities or other
trading activities, it acknowledges that it will deliver a prospectus in
connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities; however, by so
acknowledging and by delivering a prospectus, the undersigned will not be
deemed to admit that it is an "underwriter" within the meaning of the
Securities Act.
