EXHIBIT 4.7
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
THIS REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this "Agreement") is made
and entered into as of October 24, 2001, by and between CARNIVAL CORPORATION, a
corporation organized and existing pursuant to the laws of the Republic of
Panama (the "Company") and XXXXXXX XXXXX & CO., XXXXXXX LYNCH, PIERCE, XXXXXX &
XXXXX INCORPORATED (the "Initial Purchaser").
This Agreement is made pursuant to the Purchase Agreement,
dated October 19, 2001 (the "Purchase Agreement"), between the Company, as
issuer of the Liquid Yield OptionTM Notes due 2021 (the "XXXXx"), and the
Initial Purchaser, which provides for, among other things, the sale by the
Company to the Initial Purchaser of the aggregate principal amount at maturity
of XXXXx specified therein. In order to induce the Initial Purchaser to enter
into the Purchase Agreement, the Company has agreed to provide the registration
rights set forth in this Agreement. The execution of this Agreement is a
condition to the closing under the Purchase Agreement.
The Company agrees with the Initial Purchaser, (i) for its
benefit as Initial Purchaser and (ii) for the benefit of the beneficial owners
(including the Initial Purchaser) from time to time of the XXXXx, and the
beneficial owners from time to time of the Underlying Common Stock (as defined
herein) issued upon conversion of, if any, (each of the foregoing a "Holder" and
together the "Holders"), as follows:
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS. Capitalized terms used herein without
definition shall have their respective meanings set forth in the Purchase
Agreement. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the
following meanings:
"Affiliate" With respect to any specified person, an
"affiliate," as defined in Rule 144, of such person.
"Applicable Conversion Price" The Applicable Conversion Price,
as of any date of determination, means the Applicable Principal Amount per
$1,000 principal amount at maturity of XXXXx as of such date of determination
divided by the Conversion Rate in effect as of such date of determination or, if
no XXXXx are then outstanding, the Conversion Rate that would be in effect were
XXXXx then outstanding.
"Applicable Principal Amount" The Applicable Principal Amount,
as of any date of determination, means with respect to each $1,000 principal
amount at maturity of XXXXx, the sum of the Issue Price (as defined in the
Indenture) of such XXXXx plus accrued Original Issue Discount (as defined in the
Indenture) with respect to such XXXXx through such date of determination.
"Business Day" Each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday that is not a day on which banking institutions in The City of New York
are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.
"Common Stock" The Common Stock, $0.01 par value, of the
Company and any other shares of common stock as may constitute "Common Stock"
for purposes of the Indenture, including the Underlying Common Stock.
"Company" See the first paragraph hereof.
"Conversion Rate" Conversion Rate shall have the meaning
assigned to such term in the Indenture.
"Damages Accrual Period" See Section 2(e) hereof.
"Damages Payment Date" Each April 24 and October 24.
"Deferral Notice" See Section 3(h) hereof.
"Deferral Period" See Section 3(h) hereof.
"Effectiveness Deadline Date" See Section 2(a) hereof.
"Effectiveness Period" The period of two years from the Issue
Date or such shorter period ending on the date that all Registrable Securities
have ceased to be Registrable Securities.
"Event" See Section 2(e) hereof.
"Event Date" See Section 2(e) hereof.
"Event Termination Date" See Section 2(e) hereof.
"Exchange Act" The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.
"Filing Deadline Date" See Section 2(a) hereof.
"Holder" See the third paragraph hereof.
"Indenture" The Indenture, dated as of April 25, 2001, between
the Company and U.S. Bank Trust National Association, as trustee, as amended and
supplemented by the Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of October 24, 2001,
pursuant to which the XXXXx are being issued.
"Initial Purchaser" See the first paragraph of this Agreement.
"Initial Shelf Registration Statement" See Section 2(a)
hereof.
"Issue Date" means October 24, 2001.
"Liquidated Damages Amount" See Section 2(e) hereof.
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"XXXXx" See the second paragraph hereof.
"Material Event" See Section 3(h) hereof.
"Notice and Questionnaire" A written notice delivered to the
Company containing substantially the information called for by the Selling
Securityholder Notice and Questionnaire attached as Annex A to the Offering
Memorandum of the Company, dated October 19, 2001, relating to the XXXXx.
"Notice Holder" On any date, any Holder that has delivered a
Notice and Questionnaire to the Company on or prior to such date.
"Prospectus" The prospectus included in any Registration
Statement (including, without limitation, a prospectus that discloses
information previously omitted from a prospectus filed as part of an effective
registration statement in reliance upon Rule 415 promulgated under the
Securities Act), as amended or supplemented by any amendment or prospectus
supplement, including post-effective amendments, and all materials incorporated
by reference in such Prospectus.
"Purchase Agreement" See the second paragraph hereof.
"Record Date" With respect to any Damages Payment Date
relating to any LYON or Underlying Common Stock as to which any Liquidated
Damages Amount has accrued, (i) the 14th day immediately preceding such Damages
Payment Date if the Damages Accrual Period has not ended, or (ii) the date of
the end Damages Accrual Period.
"Record Holder" With respect to any Damages Payment Date
relating to any LYON or Underlying Common Stock as to which any Liquidated
Damages Amount has accrued, the registered holder of such LYON or Underlying
Common Stock, as the case may be, on the Record Date.
"Registrable Securities" The Securities, until such securities
have been converted or exchanged and, at all times subsequent to any such
conversion or exchange, any securities into or for which such securities have
been converted or exchanged, and any security issued with respect thereto upon
any stock dividend, split, merger or similar event until, in the case of any
such security, the earliest of (i) its effective registration under the
Securities Act and resale in accordance with the Registration Statement covering
it, (ii) expiration of the holding period that would be applicable thereto under
Rule 144(k) were it not held by an Affiliate of the Company or (iii) its sale to
the public pursuant to Rule 144.
"Registration Expenses" See Section 5 hereof.
"Registration Statement" Any registration statement of the
Company that covers any of the Registrable Securities pursuant to the provisions
of this Agreement, including the Prospectus, amendments and supplements to such
registration statement, including post-effective amendments, all exhibits, and
all materials incorporated by reference in such registration statement.
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"Restricted Securities" As this term is defined in Rule 144.
"Rule 144" Rule 144 under the Securities Act, as such Rule may
be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter
adopted by the SEC.
"Rule 144A" Rule 144A under the Securities Act, as such Rule
may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter
adopted by the SEC.
"SEC" The Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Securities" Collectively means the XXXXx and the Underlying
Common Stock.
"Securities Act" The Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and
the rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC thereunder.
"Shelf Registration Statement" See Section 2(a) hereof.
"Subsequent Shelf Registration Statement" See Section 2(b)
hereof.
"TIA" The Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.
"Trustee" U.S. Bank Trust Company (or any successor entity),
the Trustee under the Indenture.
"Underlying Common Stock" The Common Stock into which the
XXXXx are convertible or issued upon any such conversion.
SECTION 2. SHELF REGISTRATION.
(a) The Company shall prepare and file or cause to be prepared
and filed with the SEC no later than a date which is ninety (90) days after the
Issue Date (the "Filing Deadline Date") a Registration Statement for an offering
to be made on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 of the
Securities Act (a "Shelf Registration Statement") registering the resale from
time to time by Holders thereof of all of the Registrable Securities (the
"Initial Shelf Registration Statement"). The Initial Shelf Registration
Statement shall be on Form S-3 or another appropriate form permitting
registration of such Registrable Securities for resale by such Holders in
accordance with the methods of distribution reasonably elected by the Holders
and set forth in the Initial Shelf Registration Statement; provided, that in no
event will such method(s) of distribution take the form of an underwritten
offering of the Registrable Securities without the prior agreement of the
Company. The Company shall use reasonable best efforts to cause the Initial
Shelf Registration Statement to be declared effective under the Securities Act
by the date (the "Effectiveness Deadline Date") that is one hundred and eighty
(180) days after the Issue Date, and to keep the Initial Shelf Registration
Statement (or any Subsequent Shelf Registration Statement) continuously
effective under the Securities Act until the expiration of the Effectiveness
Period subject to the rights of the Company under Section 3(h) to create a
Deferral Period. At the time the Initial Shelf Registration Statement is
declared effective, each Holder that became a Notice Holder on or prior to the
date 10 Business Days prior to such time of effectiveness shall be named as a
selling securityholder in the Initial Shelf Registration
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Statement and the related Prospectus in such a manner as to permit such Holder
to deliver such Prospectus to purchasers of Registrable Securities in accordance
with applicable law under ordinary circumstances, subject to compliance with
blue sky laws. The Company shall not permit any of its securityholders (other
than the Holders of Registrable Securities) to include any of the Company's
securities in the Shelf Registration Statement.
(b) If the Initial Shelf Registration Statement or any
Subsequent Shelf Registration Statement ceases to be effective other than during
a Deferral Period for any reason at any time during the Effectiveness Period,
the Company shall use reasonable efforts to obtain the prompt withdrawal of any
order suspending the effectiveness thereof, and in any event shall within thirty
(30) days of such cessation of effectiveness amend the Shelf Registration
Statement in a manner reasonably expected by the Company to obtain the
withdrawal of the order suspending the effectiveness thereof, or file an
additional Shelf Registration Statement covering all of the Securities that as
of the date of such filing are Registrable Securities (a "Subsequent Shelf
Registration Statement"). If a Subsequent Shelf Registration Statement is filed,
the Company shall use reasonable efforts to cause the Subsequent Shelf
Registration Statement to become effective as promptly as reasonably practicable
after such filing, unless during a Deferral Period, or, if filed during a
Deferral Period, after the expiration of a Deferral Period, and to keep such
Registration Statement (or subsequent Shelf Registration Statement) continuously
effective until the end of the Effectiveness Period.
(c) The Company shall supplement and amend the Shelf
Registration Statement if required by the rules, regulations or instructions
applicable to the registration form used by the Company for such Shelf
Registration Statement if required by the Securities Act.
(d) Each Holder of Registrable Securities agrees that if such
Holder wishes to sell Registrable Securities pursuant to a Shelf Registration
Statement and related Prospectus, it will do so only in accordance with this
Section 2(d) and Section 3(h). Each Holder of Registrable Securities wishing to
sell Registrable Securities pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement and
related Prospectus agrees to deliver a Notice and Questionnaire to the Company
at least ten (10) Business Days prior to any intended distribution of
Registrable Securities under the Shelf Registration Statement. From and after
the date the Initial Shelf Registration Statement is declared effective, the
Company shall, as promptly as reasonably practicable after the date a Notice and
Questionnaire is delivered, (i) if required by applicable law, file with the SEC
a post-effective amendment to the Shelf Registration Statement or prepare and,
if required by applicable law, file a supplement to the related Prospectus or a
supplement or amendment to any document incorporated therein by reference or
file any other document required by the SEC so that the Holder delivering such
Notice and Questionnaire is named as a selling securityholder in the Shelf
Registration Statement and the related Prospectus in such a manner as to permit
such Holder to deliver such Prospectus to purchasers of the Registrable
Securities in accordance with applicable law and, if the Company shall file a
post-effective amendment to the Shelf Registration Statement, use reasonable
efforts to cause such post-effective amendment to be declared effective under
the Securities Act as promptly as reasonably practicable; (ii) provide such
Holder copies of any documents filed pursuant to Section 2(d)(i); and (iii)
notify such Holder as promptly as reasonably practicable after the effectiveness
under the Securities Act of any post-effective amendment filed pursuant to
Section 2(d)(i); provided, that if such Notice and Questionnaire is delivered
during a Deferral Period, the Company shall so inform the Holder
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delivering such Notice and Questionnaire and shall take the actions set forth in
clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above upon expiration of the Deferral Period in
accordance with Section 3(h). Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the
contrary, the Company shall be under no obligation to name any Holder that is
not a Notice Holder as a selling securityholder in any Registration Statement or
related Prospectus; provided, however, that any Holder that becomes a Notice
Holder pursuant to the provisions of Section 2(d) of this Agreement (whether or
not such Holder was a Notice Holder at the time the Registration Statement was
initially declared effective) shall be named as a selling securityholder in the
Registration Statement or related Prospectus subject to and in accordance with
the requirements of this Section 2(d).
(e) The parties hereto agree that the Holders of Registrable
Securities will suffer damages, and that it would not be feasible to ascertain
the extent of such damages with precision, if (i) the Initial Shelf Registration
Statement has not been filed on or prior to the Filing Deadline Date, (ii) the
Initial Shelf Registration Statement has not been declared effective under the
Securities Act on or prior to the Effectiveness Deadline Date, or (iii) the
aggregate duration of Deferral Periods in any period exceeds the number of days
permitted in respect of such period pursuant to Section 3(h) hereof (each of the
events of a type described in any of the foregoing clauses (i) through (iii) are
individually referred to herein as an "Event," and the Filing Deadline Date in
the case of clause (i), the Effectiveness Deadline Date in the case of clause
(ii), and the date on which the aggregate duration of Deferral Periods in any
period exceeds the number of days permitted by Section 3(h) hereof in the case
of clause (iii), being referred to herein as an "Event Date"). Events shall be
deemed to continue until the "Event Termination Date," which shall be the
following dates with respect to the respective types of Events: the date the
Initial Shelf Registration Statement is filed in the case of an Event of the
type described in clause (i), the date the Initial Shelf Registration Statement
is declared effective under the Securities Act in the case of an Event of the
type described in clause (ii), termination of the Deferral Period that caused
the limit on the aggregate duration of Deferral Periods in a period set forth in
Section 3(h) to be exceeded in the case of the commencement of an Event of the
type described in clause (iii).
Accordingly, commencing on (and including) any Event Date and
ending on (but excluding) the next date on which there are no Events that have
occurred and are continuing (a "Damages Accrual Period"), the Company agrees to
pay, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, an amount (the "Liquidated
Damages Amount"), payable on the Damages Payment Dates to Record Holders of then
outstanding XXXXx that are Registrable Securities, of then outstanding shares of
Underlying Common Stock issued upon conversion of XXXXx that are Registrable
Securities, if any, as the case may be, accruing, for each portion of such
Damages Accrual Period beginning on and including a Damages Payment Date (or, in
respect of the first time that the Liquidation Damages Amount is to be paid to
Record Holders on a Damages Payment Date as a result of the occurrence of any
particular Event, beginning on and including the Event Date) and ending on but
excluding the first to occur of (A) the date of the end of the Damages Accrual
Period or (B) the next Damages Payment Date, at a rate per annum equal to (i) in
respect of any XXXXx, at a rate per year equal to 0.25% for the first 90-day
period from the Event Date and 0.50% for each 90-day period thereafter of the
Applicable Principal Amount thereof as of such Event Date and, (ii) in respect
of any shares of Underlying Common Stock, at a rate per year equal to 0.25% for
the first 90-day period from the Event Date and 0.50% for each 90-day period
thereafter of the Applicable Conversion Price as of such Event Date, in each
case determined as of the Record Date; provided, that any Liquidated Damages
Amount accrued with
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respect to any LYON or portion thereof called for redemption on a redemption
date or converted into Underlying Common Stock on a conversion date prior to the
Damages Payment Date, shall, in any such event, be paid instead to the Holder
who submitted such LYON or portion thereof for redemption or conversion on the
applicable redemption date or conversion date, as the case may be, on such date
(or promptly following the conversion date, in the case of conversion).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Liquidated Damages Amounts shall accrue as to
any Registrable Security from and after the earlier of (x) the date such
security is no longer a Registrable Security and (y) expiration of the
Effectiveness Period. The rate of accrual of the Liquidated Damages Amount with
respect to any period shall not exceed the rate provided for in this paragraph
notwithstanding the occurrence of multiple concurrent Events. Following the cure
of all Events requiring the payment by the Company of Liquidated Damages Amounts
to the Holders of Registrable Securities pursuant to this Section, the accrual
of Liquidated Damages Amounts will cease (without in any way limiting the effect
of any subsequent Event requiring the payment of the Liquidated Damages Amount
by the Company).
The Trustee shall be entitled, on behalf of Holders of XXXXx
or Underlying Common Stock, to seek any available remedy for the enforcement of
this Agreement, including for the payment of any Liquidated Damages Amount.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties agree that the sole remedy for a
violation of the terms of this Agreement with respect to which liquidated
damages are expressly provided shall be such liquidated damages.
All of the Company's obligations set forth in this Section
2(e) that are outstanding with respect to any Registrable Security at the time
such Security ceases to be a Registrable Security shall survive until such time
as all such obligations with respect to such security have been satisfied in
full (notwithstanding termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 8(j)).
The parties hereto agree that the liquidated damages provided
for in this Section 2(e) constitute a reasonable estimate of the damages that
may be incurred by Holders of Registrable Securities by reason of the failure of
the Shelf Registration Statement to be filed or declared effective or available
for effecting resales of Registrable Securities in accordance with the
provisions hereof.
SECTION 3. REGISTRATION PROCEDURES. In connection with the registration
obligations of the Company under Section 2 hereof, the Company shall:
(a) Subject to section 3(h), prepare and file with the SEC
such amendments and post-effective amendments to each Registration Statement as
may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement continuously effective for
the applicable period specified in Section 2(a); cause the related Prospectus to
be supplemented by any required Prospectus supplement, and as so supplemented to
be filed pursuant to Rule 424 (or any similar provisions then in force) under
the Securities Act; and use reasonable efforts to comply with the provisions of
the Securities Act applicable to it with respect to the disposition of all
securities covered by such Registration Statement during the Effectiveness
Period in accordance with the intended methods of disposition by the sellers
thereof set forth in such Registration Statement as so amended or such
Prospectus as so supplemented.
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(b) As promptly as reasonably practicable give notice to the
Notice Holders and the Initial Purchaser (i) when any Prospectus, Prospectus
supplement, Registration Statement or post-effective amendment to a Registration
Statement has been filed with the SEC and, with respect to a Registration
Statement or any post-effective amendment, when the same has been declared
effective, (ii) of any request, following the effectiveness of the Initial Shelf
Registration Statement under the Securities Act, by the SEC or any other federal
or state governmental authority for amendments or supplements to any
Registration Statement or related Prospectus or for additional information,
(iii) of the issuance by the SEC or any other federal or state governmental
authority of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of any Registration
Statement or the initiation or threatening of any proceedings for that purpose,
(iv) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the
suspension of the qualification or exemption from qualification of any of the
Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or
threatening of any proceeding for such purpose, (v) of the occurrence of (but
not the nature of or details concerning) a Material Event (provided, however,
that no notice by the Company shall be required pursuant to this clause (v) in
the event that the Company either promptly files a Prospectus supplement to
update the Prospectus or a Form 8-K or other appropriate Exchange Act report
that is incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement, which, in
either case, contains the requisite information with respect to such Material
Event that results in such Registration Statement no longer containing any
untrue statement of material fact or omitting to state a material fact necessary
to make the statements contained therein not misleading) and (vi) of the
determination by the Company that a post-effective amendment to a Registration
Statement will be filed with the SEC, which notice may, at the discretion of the
Company (or as required pursuant to Section 3(h)), state that it constitutes a
Deferral Notice, in which event the provisions of Section 3(h) shall apply.
(c) Use reasonable efforts to obtain the withdrawal of any
order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement or the lifting of
any suspension of the qualification (or exemption from qualification) of any of
the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction in which they have been
qualified for sale, in either case at the earliest possible moment or, if a
Deferral Period is in effect, at the earliest possible moment after the Deferral
Period.
(d) If reasonably requested by the Initial Purchaser or any
Notice Holder, as promptly as reasonably practicable incorporate in a Prospectus
supplement or post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement such
information as the Initial Purchaser or such Notice Holder shall, on the basis
of an opinion of nationally-recognized counsel experienced in such matters,
determine to be required to be included therein by applicable law and make any
required filings of such Prospectus supplement or such post-effective amendment;
provided, that the Company shall not be required to take any actions under this
Section 3(d) that are not, in the reasonable opinion of counsel for the Company,
in compliance with applicable law or to include the disclosure which at the time
would have an adverse effect on the business or operation of the Company and/or
its Subsidiaries, as determined in good faith by the Company.
(e) As promptly as reasonably practicable furnish to each
Notice Holder and the Initial Purchaser, upon their request and without charge,
at least one (1) conformed copy of the Registration Statement and any amendment
thereto, including financial statements, but excluding schedules, all documents
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by
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reference and all exhibits (unless requested in writing to the Company by such
Notice Holder or the Initial Purchaser, as the case may be).
(f) During the Effectiveness Period, deliver to each Notice
Holder in connection with any sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to a
Registration Statement, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus or
Prospectuses relating to such Registrable Securities (including each preliminary
prospectus) and any amendment or supplement thereto as such Notice Holder may
reasonably request; and the Company hereby consents (except during such periods
that a Deferral Notice is outstanding and has not been revoked) to the use of
such Prospectus or each amendment or supplement thereto by each Notice Holder in
connection with any offering and sale of the Registrable Securities covered by
such Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto in the manner set forth
therein.
(g) Subject to Section 3(h), prior to any public offering of
the Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement, use
commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify or cooperate with the
Notice Holders in connection with the registration or qualification (or
exemption from such registration or qualification) of such Registrable
Securities for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such
jurisdictions within the United States as any Notice Holder reasonably requests
in writing (which request may be included in the Notice and Questionnaire) it
being agreed that no such registration or qualification will be made unless so
requested; prior to any public offering of the Registrable Securities pursuant
to the Shelf Registration Statement, use reasonable efforts to keep each such
registration or qualification (or exemption therefrom) effective during the
Effectiveness Period in connection with such Notice Holder's offer and sale of
Registrable Securities pursuant to such registration or qualification (or
exemption therefrom) and do any and all other acts or things necessary to enable
the disposition in such jurisdictions of such Registrable Securities in the
manner set forth in the relevant Registration Statement and the related
Prospectus; provided, that the Company will not be required to (i) qualify as a
foreign corporation or as a dealer in securities in any jurisdiction where it is
not otherwise qualified but for this Agreement or (ii) take any action that
would subject it to general service of process in suits or to taxation in any
such jurisdiction where it is not then so subject.
(h) Upon (A) the issuance by the SEC of a stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement or the
initiation of proceedings with respect to the Shelf Registration Statement under
Section 8(d) or 8(e) of the Securities Act, (B) the occurrence of any event or
the existence of any fact (a "Material Event") as a result of which any
Registration Statement shall contain any untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein not misleading, or any Prospectus shall contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required
to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light
of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or (C) the
occurrence or existence of any corporate development that, in the discretion of
the Company, makes it appropriate to suspend the availability of the Shelf
Registration Statement and the related Prospectus, (i) in the case of clause (B)
above, subject to the next sentence, as promptly as reasonably practicable
prepare and file a post-effective amendment to such Registration Statement or a
supplement to the related Prospectus or any document incorporated therein by
reference or file any other required document that would be incorporated by
reference into such
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Registration Statement and Prospectus so that such Registration Statement does
not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading, and such Prospectus does not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, as thereafter
delivered to the purchasers of the Registrable Securities being sold thereunder,
and, in the case of a post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement,
subject to the next sentence, use reasonable efforts to cause it to be declared
effective as promptly as is reasonably practicable, and (ii) give notice to the
Notice Holders that the availability of the Shelf Registration Statement is
suspended (a "Deferral Notice") and, upon receipt of any Deferral Notice, each
Notice Holder agrees to suspend the use of the Prospectus and not to sell any
Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement until such Notice
Holder's receipt of copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus provided
for in clause (i) above, or until it is advised in writing by the Company that
the Prospectus may be used, and has received copies of any additional or
supplemental filings that are incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference
in such Prospectus. The Company will use all reasonable efforts to ensure that
the use of the Prospectus may be resumed (x) in the case of clause (A) above, as
promptly as reasonably practicable, (y) in the case of clause (B) above, as soon
as, in the sole judgment of the Company, public disclosure of such Material
Event would not be prejudicial to or contrary to the interests of the Company
or, if necessary to avoid unreasonable burden or expense, as soon as reasonably
practicable thereafter and (z) in the case of clause (C) above, as soon as, in
the discretion of the Company, such suspension is no longer appropriate. The
period during which the availability of the Registration Statement and any
Prospectus is suspended (the "Deferral Period") shall, without the Company
incurring any obligation to pay liquidated damages pursuant to Section 2(e), not
exceed sixty (60) days in any three (3) month period or one hundred and twenty
(120) days in any twelve (12) month period.
(i) If reasonably requested in writing in connection with a
disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement, make
reasonably available for inspection during normal business hours by a
representative for the Notice Holders of such Registrable Securities and any
broker-dealers, attorneys and accountants retained by such Notice Holders, all
relevant financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and
properties of the Company and its subsidiaries, and cause the appropriate
executive officers, directors and designated employees of the Company and its
subsidiaries to make reasonably available for inspection during normal business
hours all relevant information reasonably requested by such representative for
the Notice Holders or any such broker-dealers, attorneys or accountants in
connection with such disposition, in each case as is customary for similar "due
diligence" examinations; provided, however, that such persons shall first agree
in writing with the Company that any information that is reasonably designated
by the Company in writing as confidential at the time of delivery of such
information shall be kept confidential by such persons and shall be used solely
for the purposes of exercising rights under this Agreement and such person shall
comply with applicable securities laws, unless (i) disclosure of such
information is required by court or administrative order or is necessary to
respond to inquiries of regulatory authorities, (ii) disclosure of such
information is required by law (including any disclosure requirements pursuant
to federal securities laws in connection with the filing of any Registration
Statement or the use of any Prospectus referred to in this Agreement), (iii)
such information becomes generally available to the public other than as a
result of a disclosure or failure to safeguard by
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any such person or (iv) such information becomes available to any such person
from a source other than the Company and such source is not bound by a
confidentiality agreement or fiduciary obligations; and provided further, that
the foregoing inspection and information gathering shall, to the greatest extent
possible, be coordinated on behalf of all the Notice Holders and the other
parties entitled thereto by the counsel referred to in Section 5.
(j) Comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the
SEC and make generally available to its securityholders earning statements
(which need not be audited) satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the
Securities Act and Rule 158 thereunder (or any similar rule promulgated under
the Securities Act) no later than 90 days after the end of the first 12-month
period constituting a fiscal year commencing on the first day of the first
fiscal quarter of the first fiscal year of the Company commencing after the
effective date of a Registration Statement, which statements shall cover said
12-month periods.
(k) Cooperate with each Notice Holder to facilitate the timely
preparation and delivery of certificates representing Registrable Securities
sold pursuant to a Registration Statement, and cause such Registrable Securities
to be in such denominations as are permitted by the Indenture and registered in
such names as such Notice Holder may request in writing at least two Business
Days prior to any sale of such Registrable Securities.
(l) Provide a CUSIP number for all Registrable Securities
covered by each Registration Statement not later than the effective date of such
Registration Statement and provide the Trustee for the XXXXx and the transfer
agent for the Common Stock with certificates for the Registrable Securities that
are in a form eligible for deposit with The Depository Trust Company.
(m) Make reasonable effort to provide such information as is
required for any filings required to be made with the National Association of
Securities Dealers, Inc.
(n) Enter into such customary agreements and take all such
other reasonable necessary actions in connection therewith (including those
reasonably requested by the holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities
being sold) in order to expedite or facilitate the registration or the
disposition of such Registrable Securities; provided that the Company shall not
be required to take any action in connection with an underwritten offering
without its consent; and
(o) Cause the Indenture to be qualified under the TIA not
later than the effective date of any Registration Statement; and in connection
therewith, cooperate with the Trustee to effect such changes to the Indenture as
may be required for the Indenture to be so qualified in accordance with the
terms of the TIA and execute, and use reasonable efforts to cause the Trustee to
execute, all documents as may be required to effect such changes, and all other
forms and documents required to be filed with the SEC to enable the Indenture to
be so qualified in a timely manner.
SECTION 4. HOLDER'S OBLIGATIONS. Each Holder agrees, by acquisition of
the Registrable Securities, that no Holder of Registrable Securities shall be
entitled to sell any of such Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration
Statement or to receive a Prospectus
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relating thereto, unless such Holder has furnished the Company with a Notice and
Questionnaire as required pursuant to Section 2(d) hereof (including the
information required to be included in such Notice and Questionnaire) and the
information set forth in the next sentence. Each Notice Holder agrees promptly
to furnish to the Company all information required to be disclosed in order to
make the information previously furnished to the Company by such Notice Holder
not misleading and any other information regarding such Notice Holder and the
distribution of such Registrable Securities as may be required to be disclosed
in the Registration Statement under applicable law or pursuant to SEC comments.
Each Holder further agrees to notify the Company within 10 business days of
request, of the amount of Registrable Securities sold pursuant to the
Registration Statement and, in the absence of a response, the Company may assume
that all of the Holder's Registrable Securities were so sold.
In addition, each Holder agrees that:
(a) upon receipt of a Deferral Notice, it will keep the fact
of such notice confidential, forthwith discontinue disposition of its
Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement, and will not
deliver any Prospectus forming part thereof until receipt of the amended or
supplemented Registration Statement or Prospectus, as applicable, or until it is
advised in writing by the Company that the Prospectus may be used and has
received copies of any additional or supplemental filings that are incorporated
or deemed incorporated by reference in such Prospectus;
(b) if so directed by the Company in the Deferral Notice, it
will deliver to the Company (at the Company's expense) all copies, other than
permanent file copies then in its possession, of the Prospectus; and
(c) the sale of the Registrable Securities pursuant to a
Registration Statement shall only be made in the manner set forth in such
currently effective Registration Statement.
SECTION 5. REGISTRATION EXPENSES. The Company shall bear all fees and
expenses incurred in connection with the performance by the Company of its
obligations under Sections 2 and 3 of this Agreement whether or not any of the
Registration Statements are declared effective. Such fees and expenses shall
include, without limitation, (i) all registration and filing fees (including,
without limitation, fees and expenses (x) with respect to filings required to be
made with the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. and (y) of
compliance with federal and state securities or Blue Sky laws to the extent such
filings or compliance are required pursuant to this Agreement (including fees
and expenses of the Company's counsel)), (ii) printing expenses (including,
without limitation, expenses of printing certificates for Registrable Securities
in a form eligible for deposit with The Depository Trust Company), (iii)
duplication expenses relating to copies of any Registration Statement or
Prospectus delivered to any Holders hereunder, (iv) fees and disbursements of
counsel for the Company in connection with the Shelf Registration Statement, and
(v) reasonable fees and disbursements of the Trustee and its counsel and of the
registrar and transfer agent for the Common Stock. In addition, the Company
shall pay the internal expenses of the Company (including, without limitation,
all salaries and expenses of officers and employees performing legal or
accounting duties), the expense of any annual audit, the fees and expenses
incurred in connection with the listing of the Registrable Securities on any
securities exchange on which the same securities of the Company are then
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listed and the fees and expenses of any person, including special experts,
retained by the Company.
SECTION 6. INDEMNIFICATION; CONTRIBUTION.
(a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the
Initial Purchaser and each holder of Registrable Securities and each person, if
any, who controls the Initial Purchaser or any holder of Registrable Securities
within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of
the Exchange Act, as follows:
(i) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and
expense whatsoever, as incurred, arising out of any untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
contained in the Registration Statement (or any amendment
thereto), or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein not misleading or arising out of
any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material
fact included in any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus
(or any amendment or supplement thereto), or the omission or
alleged omission therefrom of a material fact necessary in
order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
(ii) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage
and expense whatsoever, as incurred, to the extent of the
aggregate amount paid in settlement of any litigation, or any
investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or
body, commenced or threatened, or of any claim whatsoever
based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such
alleged untrue statement or omission, provided that (subject
to Section 6(d) below) any such settlement is effected with
the prior written consent of the Company; and
(iii) against any and all expense whatsoever, as incurred
(including the fees and disbursements of counsel chosen by the
Initial Purchaser), reasonably incurred in investigating,
preparing or defending against any litigation, or any
investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or
body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based
upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such
alleged untrue statement or omission, to the extent that any
such expense is not paid under (i) or (ii) above;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that this indemnity agreement shall not apply to any loss,
liability, claim, damage or expense to the extent arising out of any untrue
statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance
upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the
Initial Purchaser, such holder of Registrable Securities (which also
acknowledges the indemnity provisions herein) or any person, if any, who
controls the Initial Purchaser or any such holder of Registrable Securities
expressly for use in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto) or
any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement
thereto); provided, further, that this indemnity agreement shall not apply to
any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense (1) arising from an offer or sale
of Registrable Securities occurring during a Deferral Period, if a Deferral
Notice was given to such
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Notice Holder in accordance with Section 8(b), or (2) if the Holder fails to
deliver at or prior to the written confirmation of sale, the most recent
Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, and such Prospectus, as amended or
supplemented, would have corrected such untrue statement or omission or alleged
untrue statement or omission of a material fact.
(b) In connection with any Shelf Registration in which a
holder, including, without limitation, the Initial Purchaser, of Registrable
Securities is participating, in furnishing information relating to such holder
of Registrable Securities to the Company in writing expressly for use in such
Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus or any
amendments or supplements thereto, the holders of such Registrable Securities
agree, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Initial
Purchaser and each person, if any, who controls the Initial Purchaser within the
meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange
Act and the Company, and each person, if any, who controls the Company within
the meaning of either such Section, against any and all loss, liability, claim,
damage and expense described in the indemnity contained in subsection (a) of
this Section, as incurred, but only with respect to untrue statements or
omissions, or alleged untrue statements or omissions, made in the Registration
Statement (or any amendment thereto), or any preliminary prospectus or the
Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) in reliance upon and in
conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of
such holder of Registrable Securities (which also acknowledges the indemnity
provisions herein) or any person, if any, who controls any such holder of
Registrable Securities expressly for use in the Registration Statement (or any
amendment thereto) or such preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus (or any
amendment or supplement thereto).
The Initial Purchaser agrees to indemnify and hold harmless
the Company, the holders of Registrable Securities, and each person, if any, who
controls the Company or any holder of Registrable Securities within the meaning
of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act
against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense described in the
indemnity contained in subsection (a) of this Section, as incurred, but only
with respect to untrue statements or omissions, or alleged untrue statements or
omissions, made in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), or any
preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement
thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished
to the Company by the Initial Purchaser expressly for use in the Registration
Statement (or any amendment thereto) or such preliminary prospectus or the
Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto).
(c) Each indemnified party shall give notice as promptly as
reasonably practicable to each indemnifying party of any action commenced
against it in respect of which indemnity may be sought hereunder, but failure to
so notify an indemnifying party shall not relieve such indemnifying party from
any liability hereunder to the extent it is not materially prejudiced as a
result thereof and in any event shall not relieve it from any liability which it
may have otherwise than on account of this indemnity agreement. The indemnifying
party, upon request of the indemnified party, shall retain counsel reasonably
satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party and any
others the indemnifying party may designate in such proceeding and shall pay the
fees and disbursements of such counsel related to such proceeding. In any such
proceeding, any indemnified party shall have the right to retain its own
counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of
such indemnified
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party unless (i) the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have
mutually agreed to the retention of such counsel or (ii) the named parties to
any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the
indemnifying party and the indemnified party and representation of both parties
by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing
interests between them. It is understood that the indemnifying party shall not,
in respect of the legal expenses of any indemnified party in connection with any
proceeding or related proceedings in the same jurisdiction, be liable for (a)
the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local
counsel), whose fees must be reasonable, for the Initial Purchaser, Holders of
Registrable Securities, and all persons, if any, who control the Initial
Purchaser or Holders of Registrable Securities within the meaning of either
Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, collectively
(b) the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any
local counsel), whose fees must be reasonable, for the Company, and each person,
if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of either such Section, and
that all fees and expenses payable under (a) and (b) above shall be reimbursed
as they are incurred. In the case of any such separate firm for the Initial
Purchaser, Holders of Registrable Securities, and control persons of the Initial
Purchaser and Holders of Registrable Securities, such firm shall be designated
in writing by the Initial Purchaser. In the case of any such separate firm for
the Company, and control persons of the Company, such firm shall be designated
in writing by the Company. The indemnifying party shall not be liable for any
settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but if
settled with such consent or if there be a final non-appealable judgment for the
plaintiff, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify the 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
parties, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with
respect to any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any
governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever in
respect of which indemnification or contribution could be sought under this
Section 6 (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential
parties thereto), unless such settlement, compromise or consent (i) includes an
unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out
of such litigation, investigation, proceeding or claim and (ii) does not include
a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by
or on behalf of any indemnified party.
(d) If at any time an indemnified party shall have requested
an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses
of counsel, such indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any
settlement of the nature contemplated by Section 6(a)(ii) effected without its
written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 45 days after
receipt by such indemnifying party of aforesaid request, (ii) such indemnifying
party shall have received notice of the terms of such settlement at least 30
days prior to such settlement being entered into and (iii) such indemnifying
party shall not have reimbursed such indemnified party in accordance with such
request prior to the date of such settlement. Notwithstanding the immediately
preceding sentence, if at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an
indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of
counsel, an indemnifying party shall not be liable for any settlement of the
nature contemplated by Section 6(a)(ii) effected without its consent if such
indemnifying party (1) reimburses such indemnified party in accordance with such
request to the extent it considers such request to be reasonable and (2)
provides written notice to the indemnified party substantiating the unpaid
balance as unreasonable, in each case prior to the date of such settlement.
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(e) If the indemnification to which an indemnified party is
entitled under this Section 6 is for any reason unavailable to or insufficient
although applicable in accordance with its terms to hold harmless an indemnified
party in respect of any losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses
referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the
aggregate amount of such losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses
incurred by such indemnified party, as incurred (i) in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the indemnifying party
on the one hand and the indemnified party on the other hand from the offering of
the Registrable Securities or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) 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 indemnifying party on the one hand and of the indemnified
party on the other hand in connection with the statements or omissions which
resulted in such losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses, as well as
any other relevant equitable considerations.
The relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the
holders of the Registrable Securities or the Initial Purchaser on the other hand
shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any such untrue
or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission
to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or by
the holder of the Registrable Securities or the Initial Purchaser and the
parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to
correct or prevent such statement or omission.
The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and
equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 6(e) were determined by pro
rata allocation or by any other method of allocation which does not take account
of the equitable considerations referred to above in this Section 6(e). The
aggregate amount of losses, liabilities, claims, damages, and expenses incurred
by an indemnified party and referred to above in this Section 6(e) shall be
deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such
indemnified party in investigating, preparing or defending against any
litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or
body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such
untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 6, neither the
holder of any Registrable Securities nor the Initial Purchaser, shall be
required to indemnify or contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which
the total price at which the Registrable Securities sold by such holder of
Registrable Securities or by the Initial Purchaser, as the case may be, and
distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any
damages that such holder of Registrable Securities or the Initial Purchaser has
otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue
statement or omission or alleged omission.
No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the
meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to
contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent
misrepresentation.
For purposes of this Section 6(e), each person, if any, who
controls the Initial Purchaser or any holder of Registrable Securities within
the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange
Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the
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Initial Purchaser or such holder, and each person, if any, who controls the
Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of
the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company.
SECTION 7. INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS. The Company covenants that, if at
any time before the end of the Effectiveness Period the Company is not subject
to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, the Company will cooperate
with any Holder of Registrable Securities and take such further reasonable
action as any Holder of Registrable Securities may reasonably request in writing
(including, without limitation, making such reasonable representations as any
such Holder may reasonably request), all to the extent required from time to
time to enable such Holder to sell Registrable Securities without registration
under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by
Rule 144 and Rule 144A under the Securities Act and customarily taken in
connection with sales pursuant to such exemptions.
SECTION 8. MISCELLANEOUS; NO CONFLICTING AGREEMENTS. Except for such
agreements that will be waived or amended prior to the filing of the
Registration Statement, the Company is not, as of the date hereof, a party to,
nor shall the Company, on or after the date of this Agreement, enter into any
agreement with respect to its securities that conflicts with the rights granted
to the Holders of Registrable Securities in this Agreement. Except for such
agreements that will be waived or amended prior to the filing of the
Registration Statement, the Company represents and warrants that the rights
granted to the Holders of Registrable Securities hereunder do not in any way
conflict with the rights granted to the holders of the Company's other issued
and outstanding securities under any other agreements.
(a) AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS. The provisions of this Agreement,
including the provisions of this sentence, may not be amended, modified or
supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof
may not be given, unless the Company has obtained the written consent of Holders
of a majority of the then outstanding Underlying Common Stock constituting
Registrable Securities (with Holders of XXXXx deemed to be the Holders, for
purposes of this Section, of the number of outstanding shares of Underlying
Common Stock into which such XXXXx are or would be convertible or exchangeable
as of the date on which such consent is requested). Notwithstanding the
foregoing, a waiver or consent to depart from the provisions hereof with respect
to a matter that relates exclusively to the rights of Holders of Registrable
Securities whose securities are being sold pursuant to a Registration Statement
and that does not directly or indirectly affect the rights of other Holders of
Registrable Securities may be given by Holders of at least a majority of the
Registrable Securities being sold by such Holders pursuant to such Registration
Statement; provided, that the provisions of this sentence may not be amended,
modified, or supplemented except in accordance with the provisions of the
immediately preceding sentence. Each Holder of Registrable Securities
outstanding at the time of any such amendment, modification, supplement, waiver
or consent or thereafter shall be bound by any such amendment, modification,
supplement, waiver or consent effected pursuant to this Section 8(a), whether or
not any notice, writing or marking indicating such amendment, modification,
supplement, waiver or consent appears on the Registrable Securities or is
delivered to such Holder.
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(b) NOTICES. All notices and other communications provided for
or permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand delivery, by telecopier,
by courier guaranteeing overnight delivery or by first-class mail, return
receipt requested, and shall be deemed given (i) when made, if made by hand
delivery, (ii) upon confirmation, if made by telecopier, (iii) one (1) Business
Day after being deposited with such courier, if made by overnight courier or
(iv) on the date indicated on the notice of receipt, if made by first-class
mail, to the parties as follows:
(w) if to a Holder of Registrable Securities that is not a
Notice Holder, at the address for such Holder then appearing in the Registrar
(as defined in the Indenture);
(x) if to a Notice Holder, at the most current address given
by such Holder to the Company in a Notice and Questionnaire or any amendment
thereto;
(y) if to the Company, to:
Carnival Corporation
0000 X.X. 00xx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx, XX 00000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, Esq., General Counsel
Telecopier No.:
with a copy to:
Xxxx, Weiss, Rifkind, Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx
1285 Avenue of the Americas
New York, N.Y. 10019
Attention: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Esq.
Telecopier No.: (000) 000-0000
and
(z) if to the Initial Purchaser, to:
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Co.,
Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx
Incorporated
Xxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxx Xxxxx
Telecopy No.: (000) 000-0000
or to such other address as such person may have furnished to the other persons
identified in this Section 8(c) in writing in accordance herewith.
(c) APPROVAL OF HOLDERS. Whenever the consent or approval of
Holders of a specified percentage of Registrable Securities is required
hereunder, Registrable Securities held by the Company or its affiliates (as such
term is defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act)
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(other than the Initial Purchaser or subsequent Holders of Registrable
Securities if such subsequent Holders are deemed to be such affiliates solely by
reason of their holdings of such Registrable Securities) shall not be counted in
determining whether such consent or approval was given by the Holders of such
required percentage.
(d) SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. Any person who purchases any
Registrable Securities from the Initial Purchaser shall be deemed, for purposes
of this Agreement, to be an assignee of the Initial Purchaser. This Agreement
shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and assigns of
each of the parties and shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon each
Holder of any Registrable Securities.
(e) COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in any number
of counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of
which when so executed shall be deemed to be original and all of which taken
together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
(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.
(h) SEVERABILITY. If any term, provision, covenant or
restriction of this Agreement is held to be invalid, illegal, void or
unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and
restrictions set forth herein shall remain in full force and effect and shall in
no way be affected, impaired or invalidated thereby, and the parties hereto
shall use their best efforts to find and employ an alternative means to achieve
the same or substantially the same result as that contemplated by such term,
provision, covenant or restriction, it being intended that all of the rights and
privileges of the parties shall be enforceable to the fullest extent permitted
by law.
(i) ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement is intended by the
parties as a final expression of their agreement and is intended to be a
complete and exclusive statement of the agreement and understanding of the
parties hereto in respect of the subject matter contained herein and the
registration rights granted by the Company with respect to the Registrable
Securities. Except as provided in the Purchase Agreement, there are no
restrictions, promises, warranties or undertakings, other than those set forth
or referred to herein, with respect to the registration rights granted by the
Company with respect to the Registrable Securities. This Agreement supersedes
all prior agreements and undertakings among the parties solely with respect to
such registration rights.
(j) TERMINATION. This Agreement and the obligations of the
parties hereunder shall terminate upon the end of the Effectiveness Period,
except for any liabilities or obligations under Sections 4, 5 or 6 hereof and
the obligations to make payments of and provide for Liquidated Damages under
Section 2(e) hereof to the extent such damages accrue prior to the
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end of the Effectiveness Period, each of which shall remain in effect in
accordance with its terms.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Registration Rights
Agreement as of the date first written above.
CARNIVAL CORPORATION
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Title: Vice President and Secretary
Accepted as of the date
first above written:
XXXXXXX XXXXX & CO.
XXXXXXX LYNCH, PIERCE, XXXXXX & XXXXX
INCORPORATED
By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxx
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Authorized Signatory
