Exhibit 10.7
THE MAJESTIC STAR CASINO, LLC
MAJESTIC STAR CAPITAL CORP. II
$200,000,000 9 3/4% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2011
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
December 21, 2005
XXXXXXXXX & COMPANY, INC.
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The Majestic Star Casino, LLC, an Indiana limited liability company (the
"Company"), and Majestic Star Casino Capital Corp. II, an Indiana corporation
("Capital II," and together with the Company, the "Issuers"), are issuing and
selling to Xxxxxxxxx & Company, Inc. (the "Initial Purchaser"), upon the terms
set forth in a purchase agreement, dated as of December 16, 2005 (the "Purchase
Agreement"), $200,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Issuers' 9 3/4 %
Senior Notes due 2011, including the Guarantees (as defined below) endorsed
thereon (the "Notes"). As an inducement to the Initial Purchaser to enter into
the Purchase Agreement, the Issuers and each of the guarantors (the
"Guarantors") signatory to the Purchase Agreement jointly and severally agree
with the Initial Purchaser, for the benefit of the holders of the Securities (as
defined below) (including, without limitation, the Initial Purchaser), as
follows:
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:
"Advice": See the last paragraph of Section 6.
"Agreement": This Registration Rights Agreement.
"Applicable Period": See Section 2(f).
"Business Day": Any day, other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which
banking institutions in the City of New York or at a place of payment are
authorized by law, regulation or executive order to remained closed.
"Closing Date": December 21, 2005.
"Controlling Person": See Section 8(a).
"DTC": See Section 6(i).
"Effectiveness Date": The 270th day following the Closing Date.
"Effectiveness Period": See Section 3(a).
"Event": See Section 4(a).
"Event Date": See Section 4(a).
"Exchange Act": The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the
rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.
"Exchange Offer": See Section 2(a).
"Exchange Offer Registration Statement": See Section 2(a).
"Exchange Securities": 9 3/4% Senior Notes due 2011, Series B, of the
Issuers, including the guarantees endorsed thereon, identical in all respects to
the Notes and the Guarantees, except for references to series and restrictive
legends.
"Filing Date": The 150th day following the Closing Date.
"Guarantees": The full and unconditional guarantee, on a senior basis by
the Guarantors, as to payment of principal, interest, premium, if any, and the
Weekly Liquidated Damages Amount, if any, with respect to the Notes.
"Holder": Each holder of Registrable Securities.
"Holder Indemnified Parties": See Section 8(a).
"Indemnified Party": See Section 8(c).
"Indemnifying Parties": See Section 8(c).
"Indenture": The Indenture, dated December 21, 2005, by and among the
Issuers, the Guarantors and The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as
trustee, pursuant to which the Notes are being issued, as amended or
supplemented from time to time, in accordance with the terms thereof.
"Initial Shelf Registration": See Section 3(a).
"Losses": See Section 8(a).
"Maximum Contribution Amount": See Section 8(d).
"NASD": The National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
"Participating Broker-Dealer": See Section 2(f).
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"Person": An individual, trustee, corporation, limited liability company,
partnership, limited liability partnership, joint stock company, joint venture,
trust, unincorporated organization or association, government or any agency or
political subdivision thereof, union, business association, firm or other
entity.
"Private Exchange": See Section 2(g).
"Private Exchange Securities": See Section 2(g).
"Prospectus": The prospectus included in a Registration Statement at the
time that such Registration Statement is declared effective (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 430A under the Securities Act), as amended or supplemented by any
prospectus supplement with respect to the terms of the offering of any portion
of the Securities covered by such Registration Statement, and all other
amendments and supplements to the Prospectus, including post-effective
amendments, and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be
incorporated by reference in such Prospectus.
"Registrable Securities": Any of the Notes, the Private Exchange Securities
and the Exchange Securities received in the Exchange Offer that may not be sold
without restriction under federal or state securities law.
"Registration Statement": Any registration statement of either of the
Issuers that covers any of the Securities and that is filed pursuant to the
provisions of this Agreement, including the Prospectus included therein, all
amendments and supplements to such registration statement and Prospectus
(including post-effective amendments), all exhibits thereto and all material
incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein.
"Rule 144": Rule 144 under the Securities Act, as such rule may be amended
from time to time, or any similar rule (other than Rule 144A) or regulation
hereafter adopted by the SEC.
"Rule 144A": Rule 144A under the Securities Act, as such rule may be
amended from time to time, or any similar rule (other than Rule 144) or
regulation hereafter adopted by the SEC.
"Rule 415": Rule 415 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": The Notes, the Private Exchange Securities and the Exchange
Securities, collectively.
"Securities Act": The Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and
regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.
"Shelf Effectiveness Date": With respect to a Shelf Registration, the 120th
day after the filing of such Shelf Registration.
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"Shelf Filing Date": With respect to a Shelf Registration, the 150th day
following (i) in the case of an Initial Shelf Registration, delivery of the
Shelf Notice triggering the obligation to file such Initial Shelf Registration,
and (ii) in the case of a Subsequent Shelf Registration, the cessation of
effectiveness of the prior Shelf Registration.
"Shelf Notice": See Section 2(i).
"Shelf Registration": The Initial Shelf Registration and any Subsequent
Shelf Registration.
"Special Counsel": Counsel chosen by the holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of Securities.
"Subsequent Shelf Registration": See Section 3(b).
"TIA": The Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.
"Trustee": The trustee under the Indenture and, if any, the trustee under
any indenture governing the Exchange Securities or the Private Exchange
Securities.
"Underwritten Registration Or Underwritten Offering": A registration in
which securities of either of the Issuers are sold to an underwriter for
reoffering to the public.
"Weekly Liquidated Damages Amount": With respect to any Event, an amount
per week per $1,000 principal amount of Registrable Securities equal to $0.05
for the first 90-day period immediately following the applicable Event Date,
increasing by an additional $0.05 per week per $1,000 principal amount of
Registrable Securities with respect to each subsequent 90-day period, up to a
maximum amount of $0.20 per week per $1,000 principal amount of Registrable
Securities.
2. EXCHANGE OFFER.
(a) The Issuers and the Guarantors shall:
(i) prepare and file with the SEC promptly after the date hereof, but
in no event later than the Filing Date, a registration statement (the
"Exchange Offer Registration Statement") on an appropriate form under the
Securities Act with respect to a proposed offer (the "Exchange Offer") to
the Holders to issue and deliver to such Holders, in exchange for the
Notes, a like aggregate principal amount of Exchange Securities;
(ii) use their respective reasonable best efforts to cause the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement to become effective as promptly as
practicable after the filing thereof, but in no event later than the
Effectiveness Date;
(iii) use their respective reasonable best efforts to keep the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement effective until the consummation of
the Exchange Offer pursuant to its terms; and
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(iv) unless the Exchange Offer would not be permitted by a policy of
the SEC, commence the Exchange Offer and use their respective reasonable
best efforts to, on the earliest practicable date after the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement is declared effective, but in no event later than 30
Business Days thereafter, consummate the Exchange Offer and issue Exchange
Securities in exchange for all Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn on
or prior to the expiration of the Exchange Offer.
The Exchange Offer shall not be subject to any conditions, other than that
the Exchange Offer does not violate applicable law or any applicable
interpretation of the staff of the SEC.
(b) The Exchange Securities shall be issued under, and entitled to the
benefits of, the Indenture or a trust indenture that is identical to the
Indenture (other than such changes as are necessary to comply with any
requirements of the SEC to effect or maintain the qualification thereof under
the TIA).
(c) In connection with the Exchange Offer, the Issuers and the Guarantors
shall:
(i) mail to each Holder a copy of the Prospectus forming part of the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement, together with an appropriate letter
of transmittal that is an exhibit to the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement, and any related documents;
(ii) keep the Exchange Offer open for not less than 20 Business Days
after the date notice thereof is mailed to the Holders (or longer if
required by applicable law);
(iii) utilize the services of a depositary for the Exchange Offer with
an address in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York;
(iv) permit Holders to withdraw tendered Notes at any time prior to
the close of business, New York time, on the last Business Day on which the
Exchange Offer shall remain open; and
(v) otherwise comply with all laws applicable to the Exchange Offer.
(d) As soon as practicable after the close of the Exchange Offer, the
Issuers and the Guarantors shall:
(i) accept for exchange all Notes properly tendered and not validly
withdrawn pursuant to the Exchange Offer;
(ii) deliver to the Trustee for cancellation all Notes so accepted for
exchange; and
(iii) cause the Trustee promptly to authenticate and deliver to each
Holder of Notes, Exchange Securities equal in aggregate principal amount to
the Notes of such Holder so accepted for exchange.
(e) Interest on each Exchange Security and each Private Exchange Security
will accrue from the last interest payment date on which interest was paid on
the Notes surrendered in
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exchange therefor or, if no interest has been paid on the Notes, from the date
of original issue of the Notes, or as otherwise described in the Indenture. Each
Exchange Security and each Private Exchange Security shall bear interest at the
rate set forth thereon; provided, that interest with respect to the period prior
to the issuance thereof shall accrue at the rate or rates borne by the Notes
surrendered in exchange therefor from time to time during such period.
(f) The Issuers and the Guarantors shall include within the Prospectus
contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement a section entitled "Plan
of Distribution," containing a summary statement of the positions taken or
policies made by the staff of the SEC with respect to the potential
"underwriter" status of any broker-dealer that is the beneficial owner (as
defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of Exchange Securities received by
such broker-dealer in the Exchange Offer (a "Participating Broker-Dealer"). Such
"Plan of Distribution" section shall also allow the use of the Prospectus by all
Persons subject to the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act,
including (without limitation) all Participating Brokers-Dealers, and include a
statement describing the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell
the Exchange Securities. The Issuers and the Guarantors shall use their
respective reasonable best efforts to keep the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement continuously effective and to amend and supplement the Prospectus to
be lawfully delivered by all Persons subject to the prospectus delivery
requirement of the Securities Act for the shorter of : (i) such period of time
as such Persons must comply with such requirements in order to resell the
Exchange Securities and (ii) the period ending when all Registrable Securities
covered by the Exchange Offer Registration Statement have been sold pursuant
thereto (the "Applicable Period").
(g) If, prior to consummation of the Exchange Offer, the Initial Purchaser
holds any Notes acquired by it and having the status as an unsold allotment in
the initial distribution of the Notes, the Issuers and the Guarantors shall,
upon the request of such Initial Purchaser, simultaneously with the delivery of
the Exchange Securities in the Exchange Offer, issue (pursuant to the same
indenture as the Exchange Securities and subject to transfer restrictions
thereon) and deliver to the Initial Purchaser, in exchange for the Notes held by
such Initial Purchaser (the "Private Exchange"), a like principal amount of debt
securities of the Issuers, including guarantees endorsed thereon, that are
identical to the Exchange Securities (the "Private Exchange Securities"). The
Private Exchange Securities shall bear the same CUSIP number as the Exchange
Securities.
(h) The Issuers may require each Holder participating in the Exchange Offer
to represent to the Issuers and the Guarantors that, at the time of the
consummation of the Exchange Offer: (i) any Exchange Securities received by such
Holder in the Exchange Offer will be acquired in the ordinary course of its
business; (ii) such Holder will have no arrangement or understanding with any
Person to participate in the distribution of the Exchange Securities within the
meaning of the Securities Act or resale of the Exchange Securities in violation
of the Securities Act; (iii) if such Holder is not a broker-dealer, that it is
not engaged in and does not intend to engage in, the distribution of the
Exchange Securities; (iv) if such Holder is a broker-dealer that will receive
Exchange Securities for its own account in exchange for Notes that were acquired
as a result of market-making or other trading activities, that it will deliver a
prospectus, as required by law, in connection with any resale of such Exchange
Securities; and (v) if such Holder is an affiliate of either of the Issuers,
that it will comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements
of the Securities Act applicable to it.
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(i) If: (i) prior to the consummation of the Exchange Offer, either of the
Issuers or the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of
Registrable Securities determines in its or their reasonable judgment that the
Exchange Securities would not, upon receipt, be tradeable by the Holders thereof
without restriction under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and without
material restrictions under applicable Blue Sky or state securities laws; (ii)
applicable interpretations of the staff of the SEC would not permit the
consummation of the Exchange Offer prior to 300 days after the Closing Date;
(iii) subsequent to the consummation of the Private Exchange, any Holder of
Private Exchange Securities so requests; (iv) the Exchange Offer is not
consummated within 300 days of the Closing Date for any reason; or (v) in the
case of (A) any Holder prohibited by law or SEC policy from participating in the
Exchange Offer, (B) any Holder participating in the Exchange Offer that receives
Exchange Securities that may not be sold without restriction under state and
federal securities laws (other than due solely to the status of such Holder as
an affiliate of either of the Issuers within the meaning of the Securities Act)
or (C) any broker-dealer that holds Notes acquired directly from the Issuers or
any of their respective affiliates and, in each such case contemplated by this
clause (v), such Holder notifies the Issuers within 20 Business Days of
consummation of the Exchange Offer, then the Issuers shall promptly (and in any
event within five Business Days) deliver to the Holders (or in the case of an
occurrence of any event described in clause (v) of this Section 2(i), to any
such Holder) and the Trustee notice thereof (the "Shelf Notice") and shall as
promptly as possible thereafter (but in no event later than the Shelf Filing
Date) file an Initial Shelf Registration pursuant to Section 3; provided, that
no Holder (other than the Initial Purchaser) shall be entitled to have
Securities held by it covered by such Shelf Registration unless such Holder
agrees to be bound by all of the provisions of this Agreement applicable to such
Holder.
3. SHELF REGISTRATION.
If a Shelf Notice is required to be delivered pursuant to clause (i), (ii)
or (iii) or (iv) of Section 2(i), then this Section 3 shall apply to all
Registrable Securities. Otherwise, upon consummation of the Exchange Offer in
accordance with Section 2, the provisions of this Section 3 shall apply solely
with respect to (i) Notes held by any Holder thereof prohibited by law or SEC
policy from participating in the Exchange Offer, (ii) Notes held by any
broker-dealer that acquired such Notes directly from the Issuers or any of their
respective affiliates, and (iii) Exchange Securities that are not freely
tradeable, in each case, as contemplated by clause (v) of Section 2(i).
(a) Initial Shelf Registration. The Issuers and the Guarantors shall
prepare and file with the SEC a Registration Statement for an offering to be
made on a continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 covering all of the Registrable
Securities (the "Initial Shelf Registration"), subject to the Issuers' right
pursuant to Section 3(c) to exclude the Registrable Securities of Holders which
have not provided the information required to be furnished by such Holders
pursuant to Section 3(c). The Issuers and the Guarantors shall file with the SEC
the Initial Shelf Registration as promptly as possible following the occurrence
of the event described in Section 2(i) which triggered such filing obligation,
but in no event later than the Shelf Filing Date. The Initial Shelf Registration
shall be on Form S-1 or another appropriate form permitting registration of such
Registrable Securities for resale by such Holders in the manner or manners
designated by them (including, without limitation, one or more underwritten
offerings). The Issuers and the Guarantors (i) shall not permit any securities
other than the Registrable Securities to be included
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in any Shelf Registration, and (ii) shall use their respective reasonable best
efforts to cause the Initial Shelf Registration to be declared effective under
the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after the filing thereof (but in
no event later than the Shelf Effectiveness Date) and to keep the Initial Shelf
Registration continuously effective under the Securities Act until the date that
is 24 months after the date it is declared effective (subject to extension
pursuant to the last paragraph of Section 6) (the "Effectiveness Period"), or
such shorter period ending when (i) all Registrable Securities covered by the
Initial Shelf Registration have been sold, (ii) a Subsequent Shelf Registration
covering all of the Registrable Securities has been declared effective under the
Securities Act, (iii) such Registrable Securities are eligible for resale
pursuant to Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act or (iv) there cease to be any
outstanding Registrable Securities.
(b) Subsequent Shelf Registrations. If any Shelf Registration ceases to be
effective for any reason at any time during the Effectiveness Period (other than
because of the sale of all of the Registrable Securities registered thereunder),
the Issuers and the Guarantors shall use their respective reasonable best
efforts to obtain the prompt withdrawal of any order suspending the
effectiveness thereof, and in any event shall within 30 days of such cessation
of effectiveness file an amendment to the Shelf Registration in a manner
reasonably expected to obtain the withdrawal of the order suspending the
effectiveness thereof, or file an additional "shelf" Registration Statement
pursuant to Rule 415 covering all of the Registrable Securities (a "Subsequent
Shelf Registration"). If a Subsequent Shelf Registration is filed, the Issuers
and the Guarantors shall use their respective reasonable best efforts to cause
the Subsequent Shelf Registration to be declared effective as promptly as
practicable after such filing and to keep such Subsequent Shelf Registration
continuously effective for a period equal to the number of days in the
Effectiveness Period less the aggregate number of days during which the Initial
Shelf Registration, and any previously filed Subsequent Shelf Registration, was
previously effective.
(c) Provision of Information. The Issuers and the Guarantors may exclude
from any Shelf Registration the Registrable Securities of any Holder who,
without a reasonable basis, fails to furnish to the Issuers in writing, within
20 days after receipt of a written request therefor, the information specified
in Item 507 or 508, as applicable, of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act
for use in connection with any Shelf Registration or Prospectus or preliminary
prospectus included therein. No such Holder shall be entitled to liquidated
damages pursuant to Section 4 unless and until such Holder shall have provided
all such information. Each Holder whose Registrable Securities are to be
included in a Shelf Registration Statement agrees to promptly furnish to the
Issuers all additional information required to be disclosed in order to make the
information previously furnished to the Issuers by such Holder not materially
misleading.
4. LIQUIDATED DAMAGES.
(a) The Issuers and the Guarantors acknowledge and agree that the Holders
will suffer damages, and that it would not be feasible to ascertain the extent
of such damages with precision, if the Issuers and the Guarantors fail to
fulfill their respective obligations hereunder. Accordingly, in the event of
such failure, the Issuers and the Guarantors jointly and severally agree to pay
liquidated damages to each Holder under the circumstances and to the extent set
forth below:
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(i) if the Exchange Offer Registration Statement has not been filed
with the SEC on or prior to the Filing Date;
(ii) if the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is not declared
effective by the SEC on or prior to the Effectiveness Date; or
(iii) if the Issuers and the Guarantors have not exchanged Exchange
Securities for all Notes validly tendered in accordance with the terms of
the Exchange Offer within 30 Business Days after the date on which the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC;
(iv) if obligated to file an Initial Shelf Registration and the
Issuers and the Guarantors fail to file such Initial Shelf Registration
with the SEC on or prior to Shelf Filing Date;
(v) if an Initial Shelf Registration is filed and such Initial Shelf
Registration is not declared effective on or prior to the Shelf
Effectiveness Date; or
(vi) if a Shelf Registration is filed and declared effective by the
SEC but thereafter ceases to be effective without being succeeded within 30
days by a Subsequent Shelf Registration filed and declared effective;
(each of the foregoing an "Event," and the date on which the Event occurs being
referred to herein as an "Event Date").
Upon the occurrence of any Event, the Issuers shall pay, or cause to be
paid (and the Guarantors hereby guarantee the payment of), in addition to
amounts otherwise due under the Indenture and the Registrable Securities, as
liquidated damages, and not as a penalty, to each Holder for each weekly period
beginning on the Event Date an amount equal to the Weekly Liquidated Damages
Amount per $1,000 principal amount of Registrable Securities held by such
Holder; provided, that such liquidated damages will, in each case, cease to
accrue (subject to the occurrence of another Event) on the date on which all
Events have been cured. An Event under clause (i) above shall be cured on the
date that the Exchange Offer Registration Statement (or, if an Initial Shelf
Registration is required to be filed pursuant to clause (i), (ii) or (iii) of
Section 2(i), the date that such Initial Shelf Registration) is filed with the
SEC; an Event under clause (ii) above shall be cured on the date that the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement (or, if an Initial Shelf Registration is
required to be filed pursuant to clause (i), (ii) or (iii) of Section 2(i), the
date that such Initial Shelf Registration) is declared effective by the SEC; an
Event under clause (iii) above shall be cured on the earlier of the date (A) the
Exchange Offer is consummated with respect to all Notes validly tendered or (B)
the Issuers deliver a Shelf Notice to the Holders and the Trustee pursuant to
clause (i), (ii) or (iii) of Section 2(i); an Event under clause (iv) above
shall be cured on the date that such Initial Shelf Registration is filed with
the SEC; an Event under clause (v) above shall be cured on the date that such
Initial Shelf Registration is declared effective by the SEC; and an Event under
clause (vi) above shall be cured on the earlier of (1) the date on which the
applicable Shelf Registration is no longer subject to an order suspending the
effectiveness thereof or proceedings relating thereto or (2) a new Subsequent
Shelf Registration is declared effective.
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(b) The Issuers shall notify the Trustee within five Business Days after
each Event Date. The Issuers shall pay the liquidated damages due on the
Registrable Securities by depositing with the Trustee, in trust, for the benefit
of the Holders thereof, by 12:00 noon, New York City time, on or before the
applicable semi-annual interest payment date for the Registrable Securities,
immediately available funds in sums sufficient to pay the liquidated damages
then due. The liquidated damages amount due shall be payable in the same manner
as interest payments on the Notes on each interest payment date to the record
Holder entitled to receive the interest payment to be made on such date as set
forth in the Indenture.
5. GAMING CONSENTS.
Prior to consummating the Exchange Offer or filing the Initial Shelf
Registration, as the case may be, the Issuers and the Guarantors shall make or
obtain all Permits necessary or desirable for the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby, including without limitation, the Exchange
Offer, and any required approvals of the Indiana Gaming Commission, the
Mississippi Gaming Commission, the Colorado Limited Gaming Control Commission
and the Colorado Division of Gaming or any other applicable gaming authorities,
for any negative pledge on, the membership interests in or the capital stock of
any of the Issuers or the Guarantors.
6. REGISTRATION PROCEDURES.
In connection with the registration of any Securities pursuant to Sections
2 or 3, the Issuers and the Guarantors shall effect such registrations to permit
the sale of such Securities in accordance with the intended method or methods of
disposition thereof, and pursuant thereto the Issuers and the Guarantors shall:
(a) Prepare and file with the SEC, as soon as practicable after the date
hereof but in any event on or prior to the Filing Date, with respect to an
Exchange Offer Registration Statement, and on or prior to the Shelf Filing Date,
with respect to a Shelf Registration, as prescribed by Sections 2 and 3,
respectively, and use their respective reasonable best efforts to cause each
such Registration Statement to become effective and remain continuously
effective as provided in this Agreement; provided, that if (i) such filing is
pursuant to Section 3 or (ii) a Prospectus contained in an Exchange Offer
Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2 is required to be delivered
under the Securities Act by any Participating Broker-Dealer who seeks to sell
Exchange Securities during the Applicable Period, before filing any Registration
Statement or Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto, (A) the
Issuers shall notify the Holders of the Registrable Securities covered by such
Registration Statement, their Special Counsel, each Participating Broker-Dealer,
the managing underwriters, if any, and their counsel of such filing at least
five Business Days prior to making such filing, (B) if requested, the Issuers
and the Guarantors shall furnish to and afford the Holders of the Registrable
Securities covered by such Registration Statement, their Special Counsel, each
Participating Broker-Dealer, the managing underwriters, if any, and their
counsel a reasonable opportunity to review, and shall make available for
inspection by such Persons, copies of all such documents (including copies of
any documents to be incorporated by reference therein and all exhibits thereto)
proposed to be filed and such financial and other information and books and
records of the Issuers and the Guarantors, as shall be necessary, in the opinion
of Special Counsel and the respective counsels
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to such Participating Broker-Dealers and underwriters, to conduct a reasonable
due diligence investigation within the meaning of the Securities Act, and (C)
the Issuers and the Guarantors shall cause the members, managers, officers,
directors and employees of the Issuers and the Guarantors, and counsel and
independent certified public accountants of the Issuers and the Guarantors, to
respond to such inquiries, as shall be necessary, in the opinion of Special
Counsel and the respective counsels to such Participating Broker-Dealers and
underwriters, to conduct a reasonable due diligence investigation within the
meaning of the Securities Act. The Issuers and the Guarantors may require each
Holder to agree in writing to keep confidential any non-public information
relating to the Issuers and the Guarantors received by such Holder, to refrain
from using such information as the basis for any market transactions in the
securities of the Issuers and not to disclose such information (other than to an
affiliate or prospective purchaser who agrees in writing to respect the
confidentiality provisions of this Section 6(a)) until such information has been
made generally available to the public unless the release of such information is
required by law or necessary to respond to inquiries of regulatory authorities.
The Issuers and the Guarantors shall not file any Registration Statement or
Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto which the Holders must be
afforded an opportunity to review prior to the filing of such document, if the
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Registrable
Securities covered by such Registration Statement, their Special Counsel, any
Participating Broker-Dealer or the managing underwriters, if any, or their
counsel shall reasonably object to such filing within five Business Days after
receipt of the Issuers' notice of filing described above in this Section 6(a). A
Holder shall be deemed to have reasonably objected to such filing if such
Registration Statement, amendment, Prospectus or supplement, as applicable, as
proposed to be filed, contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omits
to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading or fails to comply with the applicable requirements of the Securities
Act.
(b) Provide an indenture trustee for the Registrable Securities or the
Exchange Securities, as the case may be, and cause the Indenture (or other
indenture relating to the Registrable Securities) to be qualified under the TIA
not later than the effective date of the first Registration Statement; in
connection therewith, effect such changes to such indenture as may be required
for such indenture to be so qualified in accordance with the terms of the TIA;
and execute, and use their respective reasonable best efforts to cause such
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 such
indenture to be so qualified in a timely manner.
(c) Prepare and file with the SEC such pre-effective amendments and
post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement as may be necessary in
order to cause the Registration Statement to become effective and to keep such
Registration Statement continuously effective for the time periods required
hereby; cause the related Prospectus to be supplemented by any Prospectus
supplement required by Applicable Law, and as so supplemented to be filed
pursuant to Rule 424 (or any similar provisions then in force) under the
Securities Act, and comply fully with Rules 424, 430A and 462, as applicable,
under the Securities Act in a timely manner; and comply in all material respects
with the provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act applicable
thereto with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such
Registration Statement, as so amended, or in such Prospectus, as so
supplemented, in accordance with the intended methods of distribution set forth
in such Registration Statement, as so amended, and such Prospectus, as so
supplemented.
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(d) Furnish to such selling Holders and Participating Broker-Dealers who so
request (i) upon the Issuers' and the Guarantors' receipt, a copy of the order
of the SEC declaring such Registration Statement and any post-effective
amendment thereto effective, (ii) such reasonable number of copies of such
Registration Statement and of each amendment and supplement thereto (in each
case including any documents incorporated therein by reference and all exhibits
(including exhibits incorporated by reference) to such Registration Statement
and each such amendment and supplement), (iii) such reasonable number of copies
of the Prospectus included in such Registration Statement (including each
preliminary prospectus and each supplement thereto), and such reasonable number
of copies of the final Prospectus as filed by the Issuers and the Guarantors
pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act, in conformity with the
requirements of the Securities Act, and (iv) such other documents (including any
amendments and supplements required to be filed pursuant to Section 6(c) and any
documents incorporated therein by reference and all exhibits thereto, including
exhibits incorporated by reference), as any such Person may reasonably request.
The Issuers and the Guarantors hereby consent to the use (in accordance with
Applicable Law) of the Prospectus by each of the selling Holders of Registrable
Securities and by each such Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, and
the underwriters or agents, if any, and dealers (if any), in connection with the
offering and sale of the Registrable Securities covered by, or the sale by
Participating Broker-Dealers of the Exchange Securities pursuant to, such
Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto.
(e) If (A) a Shelf Registration is filed pursuant to Section 3 or (B) a
Prospectus contained in an Exchange Offer Registration Statement filed pursuant
to Section 2 is required to be delivered under the Securities Act by any
Participating Broker-Dealer who seeks to sell Exchange Securities during the
Applicable Period, notify the selling Holders of Registrable Securities, their
Special Counsel, each Participating Broker-Dealer and the managing underwriters,
if any, promptly (but in any event within five Business Days), and, if requested
by such Person, confirm such notice in writing, (i) when a Prospectus or any
Prospectus supplement or Registration Statement or post-effective amendment has
been filed, and, with respect to a Registration Statement or any post-effective
amendment, when the same has become effective under the Securities Act, (ii) of
the issuance by the SEC of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of a
Registration Statement or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any
Prospectus or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose, (iii) if, at
any time when a Prospectus is required by the Securities Act to be delivered in
connection with sales of the Registrable Securities, the representations and
warranties of the Issuers and the Guarantors contained in any agreement
(including any underwriting agreement) contemplated by Section 6(n) below cease
to be true and correct in any material respect, (iv) of the receipt by the
Issuers or any of the Guarantors of any notification with respect to the
suspension of the qualification or exemption from qualification of a
Registration Statement or any of the Registrable Securities or the Exchange
Securities to be sold by any Participating Broker-Dealer for offer or sale in
any jurisdiction, or the contemplation, initiation or threatening of any
proceeding for such purpose, (v) of the happening of any event that makes any
statement made in such Registration Statement or related Prospectus or any
document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference to be
untrue in any material respect or that requires the making of any additions to
or changes in such Registration Statement, Prospectus or documents so that it
will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made,
not misleading, (vi) of the Issuers' and the Guarantors' reasonable
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determination that a post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement would
be appropriate, and (vii) of any request by the SEC for amendments to the
Registration Statement or supplements to the Prospectus or for additional
information relating thereto.
(f) Use their respective reasonable best efforts to register or qualify,
and, if applicable, to cooperate with the selling Holders of Registrable
Securities, the underwriters, if any, and their respective counsel in connection
with the registration or qualification (or exemption from such registration or
qualification) of, Registrable Securities to be included in a Registration
Statement for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such
jurisdictions within the United States as any selling Holder, Participating
Broker-Dealer or the managing underwriters reasonably request in writing; and,
if Securities are offered other than through an Underwritten Offering, the
Issuers and the Guarantors shall cause their respective counsel to perform Blue
Sky investigations and file registrations and qualifications required to be
filed pursuant to this Section 6(f) at the expense of the Issuers and the
Guarantors; keep each such registration or qualification (or exemption
therefrom) effective during the period such Registration Statement is required
to be kept effective and do any and all other acts or things necessary or
advisable to enable the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Securities
covered by the applicable Registration Statement; provided, however, that none
of the Issuers or the Guarantors shall be required to (i) register or qualify
generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not then so qualified,
(ii) take any action that would subject it to general service of process in any
jurisdiction where it is not then so subject or (iii) take any action that would
subject it to general taxation in respect of doing business in any such
jurisdiction where it is not then so subject.
(g) Use their respective reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of
any order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement or preventing
or suspending the use of a Prospectus or suspending the qualification (or
exemption from qualification) of any of the Securities for sale in any
jurisdiction, and, if any such order is issued, use their respective reasonable
best efforts to obtain the withdrawal or lifting of any such order at the
earliest possible time.
(h) If (i) a Shelf Registration is filed pursuant to Section 3 or (ii) a
Prospectus contained in an Exchange Offer Registration Statement filed pursuant
to Section 2 is required to be delivered under the Securities Act by any
Participating Broker-Dealer who seeks to sell Exchange Securities during the
Applicable Period, and if requested by the managing underwriters, if any, such
Participating Broker-Dealer or the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the Registrable Securities, (A) promptly incorporate in a Prospectus
supplement or post-effective amendment such information as the managing
underwriters, if any, or such Holders reasonably request to be included therein
as required to comply with any Applicable Law and (B) make all required filings
of such Prospectus supplement or such post-effective amendment as soon as
practicable after the Issuers and the Guarantors have received notification of
such matters required by Applicable Law to be incorporated in such Prospectus
supplement or post-effective amendment.
(i) If (i) a Shelf Registration is filed pursuant to Section 3 or (ii) a
Prospectus contained in an Exchange Offer Registration Statement filed pursuant
to Section 2 is required to be delivered under the Securities Act by any
Participating Broker-Dealer who seeks to sell
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Exchange Securities during the Applicable Period, cooperate with the selling
Holders, such Participating Broker-Dealer and the managing underwriters, if any,
to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing
Registrable Securities to be sold, which certificates shall not bear any
restrictive legends and shall be in a form eligible for deposit with The
Depository Trust Company ("DTC"); and enable such Registrable Securities to be
in such denominations and registered in such names as the managing underwriters,
if any, such Participating Broker-Dealer or the Holders may request.
(j) If (i) a Shelf Registration is filed pursuant to Section 3 or (ii) a
Prospectus contained in an Exchange Offer Registration Statement filed pursuant
to Section 2 is required to be delivered under the Securities Act by any
Participating Broker-Dealer who seeks to sell Exchange Securities during the
Applicable Period, upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by Section
6(e)(v), 6(e)(vi) or 6(e)(vii), as promptly as practicable prepare a
post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement, a supplement to the
related Prospectus or a supplement or amendment to any such document
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference, or file any
other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of
the Registrable Securities being sold thereunder or to the purchasers of the
Exchange Securities to whom such Prospectus will be delivered by a Participating
Broker-Dealer, such Prospectus will not contain an untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading, and, if SEC review is required, use their
respective reasonable best efforts to cause such post-effective amendment to be
declared effective as soon as practicable.
(k) Use their respective reasonable best efforts to cause the Securities
covered by a Registration Statement to be rated with the appropriate rating
agencies, if appropriate, and if so requested by the holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of Securities covered by such Registration Statement
or the managing underwriters, if any.
(l) Prior to the effective date of the first Registration Statement
relating to the Securities, (i) provide the applicable trustee with printed
certificates for the Securities in a form eligible for deposit with DTC and (ii)
provide a CUSIP number for each of the Securities.
(m) Use their respective reasonable best efforts to cause all Securities
covered by such Registration Statement to be listed on each securities exchange,
if any, on which similar debt securities issued by the Issuers are then listed.
(n) If a Shelf Registration is filed pursuant to Section 3, enter into such
agreements (including, an underwriting agreement in form, scope and substance as
is customary in Underwritten Offerings) and take all such other actions in
connection therewith (including those reasonably requested by the managing
underwriters, if any, or the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount
of Registrable Securities being sold) in order to expedite or facilitate the
registration or the disposition of such Registrable Securities, and in such
connection, whether or not an underwriting agreement is entered into and whether
or not the registration is an Underwritten Registration, (i) make such
representations and warranties to the Holders and the underwriters, if any, with
respect to the business of the Issuers and their respective subsidiaries, and
the Registration Statement, Prospectus and documents, if any, incorporated or
deemed to be
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incorporated by reference therein, in each case, in form, substance and scope as
are customarily made by issuers to underwriters in Underwritten Offerings, and
confirm the same if and when reasonably requested; (ii) obtain opinions of
counsel to the Issuers and the Guarantors and updates thereof (which counsel and
opinions (in form, scope and substance) shall be reasonably satisfactory to the
managing underwriters, if any, and the Holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Registrable Securities being sold), addressed to each
selling Holder and each of the underwriters, if any, covering the matters
customarily covered in opinions requested in Underwritten Offerings; (iii)
obtain "cold comfort" letters and updates thereof (which letters and updates (in
form, scope and substance) shall be reasonably satisfactory to the managing
underwriters) from the independent certified public accountants of the Issuers
and the Guarantors (and, if necessary, any other independent certified public
accountants of any subsidiary of the Issuers or of any business acquired by the
Issuers for which financial statements and financial data are, or are required
to be, included in the Registration Statement), addressed to each of the
underwriters and each selling Holder, such letters to be in customary form and
covering matters of the type customarily covered in "cold comfort" letters in
connection with Underwritten Offerings and such other matters as reasonably
requested by underwriters; and (iv) deliver such documents and certificates as
may be reasonably requested by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of
the Registrable Securities being sold and the managing underwriters, if any, to
evidence the continued validity of the representations and warranties of the
Issuers and the Guarantors and their respective subsidiaries made pursuant to
clause (i) above and to evidence compliance with any conditions contained in the
underwriting agreement or other similar agreement entered into by the Issuers
and the Guarantors.
(o) Comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the SEC and make
generally available to their respective security holders earnings statements
satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158
thereunder (or any similar rule promulgated under the Securities Act) no later
than 45 days after the end of any 12-month period (or 90 days after the end of
any 12-month period if such period is a fiscal year) (i) commencing on the first
day of the fiscal quarter following each fiscal quarter in which Registrable
Securities are sold to underwriters in a firm commitment or best efforts
underwritten offering and (ii) if not sold to underwriters in such an offering,
commencing on the first day of the first fiscal quarter of the Issuers after the
effective date of a Registration Statement, which statements shall cover said
12-month periods.
(p) Upon consummation of an Exchange Offer or Private Exchange, obtain an
opinion of counsel to the Issuers and the Guarantors (in form, scope and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Initial Purchaser), addressed to all
Holders participating in the Exchange Offer or Private Exchange, as the case may
be, to the effect that (i) the Issuers and the Guarantors have duly authorized,
executed and delivered the Exchange Securities or the Private Exchange
Securities, as the case may be, and the Indenture, (ii) the Exchange Securities
or the Private Exchange Securities, as the case may be, and the Indenture
constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Issuers and the
Guarantors, enforceable against the Issuers and the Guarantors in accordance
with their respective terms, except as such enforcement may be subject to (A)
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws
affecting creditors' rights and remedies generally and (B) general principles of
equity (regardless of whether such enforcement is sought in a proceeding in
equity or at law).
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(q) If an Exchange Offer or Private Exchange is to be consummated, upon
delivery of the Registrable Securities by such Holders to the Issuers and the
Guarantors (or to such other Person as directed by the Issuers and the
Guarantors) in exchange for the Exchange Securities or the Private Exchange
Securities, as the case may be, the Issuers and the Guarantors shall xxxx, or
caused to be marked, on such Registrable Securities that such Registrable
Securities are being cancelled in exchange for the Exchange Securities or the
Private Exchange Securities, as the case may be, and in no event shall such
Registrable Securities be marked as paid or otherwise satisfied.
(r) Cooperate with each seller of Registrable Securities covered by any
Registration Statement and each underwriter, if any, participating in the
disposition of such Registrable Securities and their respective counsel in
connection with any filings required to be made with the NASD.
(s) Use their respective reasonable best efforts to take all other steps
necessary to effect the registration of the Registrable Securities covered by a
Registration Statement contemplated hereby.
Each Holder and each Participating Broker-Dealer agrees by acquisition of
such Registrable Securities or Exchange Securities that, upon receipt of written
notice from the Issuers and the Guarantors of the happening of any event of the
kind described in Section 6(e)(ii), 6(e)(iv), 6(e)(v), 6(e)(vi) or 6(e)(vii),
such Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition (in the jurisdictions
specified in a notice of a 6(e)(iv) event, and elsewhere in a notice of a
6(e)(ii), 6(e)(v), 6(e)(vi) or 6(e)(vii) event) of such Securities covered by
such Registration Statement or Prospectus until the earlier of (i) such Holder's
receipt of the copies of the amended or supplemented Prospectus contemplated by
Section 6(j); or (ii) the time such Holder is advised in writing (the "Advice")
by the Issuers and the Guarantors that offers or sales in a particular
jurisdiction may be resumed, or that the use of the applicable Prospectus may be
resumed, as the case may be, and has received copies of any amendments or
supplements thereto. If so directed by the Issuers in such notice, each Holder
and each Participating Broker-Dealer will deliver to the Issuers (at the
Issuers' expense) all copies of the Prospectus contained in the Registration
Statement covering such Securities that was in effect at the time of such
Holder's or Participating Broker-Dealer's receipt of such notice. If the Issuers
and the Guarantors shall give such notice, each of the Effectiveness Period and
the Applicable Period shall be extended by the number of days during such
periods from and including the date of the giving of such notice to and
including the date when each seller of such Securities covered by such
Registration Statement shall have received (x) the copies of the amended or
supplemented Prospectus contemplated by Section 6(j) or (y) the Advice.
7. REGISTRATION EXPENSES.
(a) All fees and expenses incident to the performance of or compliance with
this Agreement by the Issuers and the Guarantors shall be borne by the Issuers
and the Guarantors whether or not the Exchange Offer is consummated or the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement or a Shelf Registration is filed or
becomes effective, including, without limitation:
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(i) all registration and filing fees (including, without limitation,
(A) fees with respect to filings required to be made with the NASD and (B)
fees and expenses of compliance with state securities or Blue Sky laws
(including, without limitation, reasonable fees and disbursements of
counsel in connection with Blue Sky qualifications of the Registrable
Securities or Exchange Securities and determination of the eligibility of
the Registrable Securities or Exchange Securities for investment under the
laws of such jurisdictions (x) where the Holders are located, in the case
of the Exchange Securities, or (y) as provided in Section 6(f), in the case
of Registrable Securities or Exchange Securities to be sold by a
Participating Broker-Dealer during the Applicable Period));
(ii) printing expenses (including, without limitation, expenses of
printing certificates for Registrable Securities or Exchange Securities in
a form eligible for deposit with DTC and of printing prospectuses if the
printing of prospectuses is requested by the managing underwriters, if any,
or, in respect of Registrable Securities or Exchange Securities to be sold
by a Participating Broker-Dealer during the Applicable Period, by the
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Registrable
Securities included in any Registration Statement or of such Exchange
Securities, as the case may be);
(iii) messenger, telephone, duplication, word processing and delivery
expenses incurred by the Issuers and the Guarantors in the performance of
their obligations hereunder;
(iv) fees and disbursements of counsel for the Issuers, the Guarantors
and, subject to Section 7(b), the Holders;
(v) fees and disbursements of all independent certified public
accountants referred to in Section 6(n)(iii) (including, without
limitation, the expenses of any special audit and "cold comfort" letters
required by or incident to such performance);
(vi) fees and expenses of any "qualified independent underwriter" or
other independent appraiser participating in an offering pursuant to
Section 3 of Schedule E to the By-laws of the NASD, but only where the need
for such a "qualified independent underwriter" arises due to a relationship
with the Issuers and the Guarantors;
(vii) Securities Act liability insurance, if the Issuers and the
Guarantors so desire such insurance;
(viii) fees and expenses of all other Persons, including special
experts, retained by the Issuers or the Guarantors; internal expenses of
the Issuers and the Guarantors (including, without limitation, all salaries
and expenses of their respective officers and employees performing legal or
accounting duties), and the expenses of any annual audit; and
(ix) rating agency fees and the fees and expenses incurred in
connection with the listing of the Securities to be registered on any
securities exchange.
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(b) The Issuers and the Guarantors shall reimburse the Holders for the
reasonable fees and disbursements of not more than one counsel (in addition to
appropriate local counsel) chosen by the Holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Registrable Securities to be included in any
Registration Statement and other reasonable and necessary out-of-pocket expenses
of the Holders incurred in connection with the registration of the Registrable
Securities.
8. INDEMNIFICATION.
(a) Indemnification by the Issuers and the Guarantors. The Issuers and the
Guarantors, jointly and severally, shall, without limitation as to time,
indemnify and hold harmless each Holder and each Participating Broker-Dealer,
each Person who controls (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act
or Section 20(a) of the Exchange Act (any of such persons being hereinafter
referred to as a "Controlling Person")) each such Holder and any such
Participating Broker-Dealer and the members, managers, officers, directors,
partners, employees, representatives and agents of each such Holder,
Participating Broker-Dealer and controlling person (collectively, the "Holder
Indemnified Parties"), to the fullest extent lawful, from and against any and
all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, costs (including, without limitation,
costs of preparation and reasonable attorneys' fees) and expenses (including,
without limitation, costs and expenses incurred in connection with
investigating, preparing, pursuing or defending against any of the foregoing)
(collectively, "Losses"), as incurred, directly or indirectly caused by, related
to, based upon, arising out of or in connection with any untrue or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement,
preliminary prospectus, Prospectus or form of prospectus, or in any amendment or
supplement thereto, or any omission or alleged omission to state therein a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading, except insofar as such Losses are based upon information relating to
such Holder or Participating Broker-Dealer and furnished in writing to the
Issuers and the Guarantors by such Holder or Participating Broker-Dealer
expressly for use therein; provided, that the Issuers and the Guarantors shall
not be liable under the indemnity provided in this Section 8(a) to any Holder
Indemnified Party to the extent that such Loss (A) results solely from an untrue
statement of a material fact contained in, or the omission of a material fact
from, any preliminary prospectus, which untrue statement or omission was
corrected in the Prospectus (as then amended or supplemented) if it shall have
been determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable
judgment that (i) such Holder or Participating Broker-Dealer sold the Securities
concerned to the person alleging such Loss and failed to send or give, at or
prior to the written confirmation of such sale, a copy of the Prospectus (as
then amended or supplemented), if required by law to have so delivered it, and
(ii) the Issuers had previously furnished copies of such corrected Prospectus to
such Holder or Participating Broker-Dealer within a reasonable amount of time
prior to such sale or such confirmation, and (iii) the corrected Prospectus, if
delivered, would have been a complete defense against the person asserting such
Loss; or (B) are based on an untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue
statement or omission made in reliance on and in conformity with information
furnished in writing by any Holder to the Issuers and the Guarantors expressly
for use in any Registration Statement, preliminary prospectus, Prospectus or
form of prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto. The Issuers and each
of the Guarantors shall also indemnify underwriters, selling brokers, dealer
managers and similar securities industry professionals participating in the
distribution, their members, managers, officers, directors, agents and employees
and each of their respective controlling
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persons to the same extent as provided above with respect to the indemnification
of the Holder Indemnified Parties.
(b) Indemnification by Holders of Registrable Securities. In connection
with any Registration Statement, preliminary prospectus, Prospectus or form of
prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, in which a Holder is
participating, such Holder shall furnish to the Issuers and the Guarantors in
writing such information as the Issuers and the Guarantors reasonably request
for use in connection with any such Registration Statement, preliminary
prospectus, Prospectus or form of prospectus, any amendment or supplement
thereto, and shall, severally and not jointly, without limitation as to time,
indemnify and hold harmless the Issuers and the Guarantors, their respective
members, managers, directors, officers, agents and employees, each controlling
person of the Issuers or any of the Guarantors and the members, managers,
directors, officers, agents or employees of such controlling persons, to the
fullest extent lawful, from and against any and all Losses, as incurred, arising
out of or based upon any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
contained in any such Registration Statement, preliminary prospectus, Prospectus
or form of prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any omission
or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading to the extent, but only
to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact or omission or alleged omission of a material fact is contained in
or omitted from any information so furnished in writing by such Holder to the
Issuers and the Guarantors expressly for use in any Registration Statement,
preliminary prospectus, Prospectus or form of prospectus, or any amendment or
supplement thereto. In no event shall the liability of any selling Holder be
greater in amount than such Holder's Maximum Contribution Amount (as defined
below).
(c) Conduct of Indemnification Proceedings. If any Proceeding shall be
brought or asserted against any Person entitled to indemnification hereunder (an
"Indemnified Party"), such indemnified party shall promptly notify the party or
parties from which such indemnification is sought (the "Indemnifying Parties")
in writing; provided, that the failure to so notify the indemnifying parties
shall not relieve the indemnifying parties from any obligation or liability
except to the extent (but only to the extent) that it shall be finally
determined by a court of competent jurisdiction (which determination is not
subject to appeal) that the indemnifying parties have been prejudiced materially
by such failure.
The indemnifying parties shall have the right, exercisable by giving
written notice to an indemnified party, within 20 Business Days after receipt of
written notice from such indemnified party of such Proceeding, to assume, at
their expense, the defense of any such Proceeding; provided, that an indemnified
party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such Proceeding and
to participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel
shall be at the expense of such indemnified party or parties unless: (i) the
indemnifying parties have agreed to pay such fees and expenses; (ii) the
indemnifying parties shall have failed promptly to assume the defense of such
Proceeding or shall have failed to employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to
such indemnified party; or (iii) the named parties to any such Proceeding
(including any impleaded parties) include both such indemnified party and one or
more indemnifying parties (or any affiliates or controlling persons of any of
the indemnifying parties), and such indemnified party shall have been advised by
counsel that there may be one or
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more defenses available to such indemnified party that are in addition to, or in
conflict with, those defenses available to the indemnifying party or such
affiliate or controlling person (in which case, if such indemnified party
notifies the indemnifying parties in writing that it elects to employ separate
counsel at the expense of the indemnifying parties, the indemnifying parties
shall not have the right to assume the defense thereof and the reasonable fees
and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of the indemnifying
parties; it being understood, however, that, the indemnifying parties shall not,
in connection with any one such Proceeding or separate but substantially similar
or related Proceedings in the same jurisdiction, arising out of the same general
allegations or circumstances, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than
one separate firm of attorneys (together with appropriate local counsel) at any
time for such indemnified party).
No indemnifying party shall be liable for any settlement of any such
Proceeding 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
Proceeding, each indemnifying party jointly and severally agrees, subject to the
exceptions and limitations set forth above, to indemnify and hold harmless each
indemnified party from and against any and all Losses by reason of such
settlement or judgment. The indemnifying party shall not consent to the entry of
any judgment or enter into any settlement that does not include as an
unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to each
indemnified party of a release, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
the indemnified party, from all liability in respect of such Proceeding for
which such indemnified party would be entitled to indemnification hereunder
(whether or not any indemnified party is a party thereto).
(d) Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in this Section 8 is
unavailable to an indemnified party or is insufficient to hold such indemnified
party harmless for any Losses in respect of which this Section 8 would otherwise
apply by its terms (other than by reason of exceptions provided in this Section
8), then each applicable indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying such
indemnified party, shall have a joint and several obligation to contribute to
the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such Losses,
(i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits
received by the indemnifying party, on the one hand, and such indemnified party,
on the other hand, from their sale of Registrable Securities, 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 indemnifying
party, on the one hand, and such indemnified party, on the other hand, in
connection with the actions, statements or omissions that resulted in such
Losses as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative
fault of such indemnifying party, on the one hand, and indemnified party, on the
other hand, shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any
untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged
omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by such
indemnifying party or indemnified party, and the parties' relative intent,
knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent any such
statement or omission. The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a
result of any Losses shall be deemed to include any legal or other fees or
expenses incurred by such party in connection with any Proceeding, to the extent
such party would have been indemnified for such fees or expenses if the
indemnification provided for in Section 8(a) or 8(b) was available to such
party.
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The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if
contribution pursuant to this Section 8(d) were determined by pro rata
allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of
the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 8(d), an indemnifying party that
is a selling Holder shall not be required to contribute, in the aggregate, any
amount in excess of such Holder's Maximum Contribution Amount. A selling
Holder's "Maximum Contribution Amount" shall equal the excess, if any, of (i)
the aggregate proceeds received by such Holder pursuant to the sale of the
Registrable Securities giving rise to such indemnification obligation over (ii)
the aggregate amount of damages that such Holder 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. The Holders'
obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 8(d) are several in
proportion to the respective principal amount of the Registrable Securities held
by each Holder hereunder and not joint. The Issuers' obligations to contribute
pursuant to this Section 8(d) are joint and several.
The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section 8 are
in addition to any liability that the indemnifying parties otherwise may have to
the indemnified parties.
9. RULE 144 AND RULE 144A.
Each of the Issuers covenants that (a) during any period that it is
required to file reports under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, it shall
file all reports required to be filed by it in a timely manner in order to
permit resales of Registrable Securities pursuant to Rule 144 under the
Securities Act and (b) during any period that it is not required to file such
reports, it shall, upon the request of any Holder, make available to each Holder
or beneficial owner of Registrable Securities and to any prospective purchaser
of Registrable Securities designated by such Holder or beneficial owner the
information required by Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act to permit
resales of Registrable Securities pursuant to Rule 144A. Each of the Issuers
shall take such further action as any 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 pursuant to the
exemptions provided by Rule 144 and Rule 144A. Upon the request of any Holder,
each of the Issuers and the Guarantors shall deliver to such Holder a written
statement as to whether such Issuer or Guarantor has complied with such
information requirements. Nothing in this Section 9 shall be deemed to require
the Issuers to register any Securities pursuant to the Exchange Act.
10. UNDERWRITTEN REGISTRATIONS.
If any of the Registrable Securities covered by any Shelf Registration are
to be sold in an Underwritten Offering, the investment banker or investment
bankers and manager or managers that will manage the offering will be selected
by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of such Registrable
Securities included in such offering with the consent of the Issuers, which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.
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No Holder may participate in any Underwritten Registration hereunder unless
such Holder (a) agrees to sell such Holder's Registrable Securities on the basis
provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by the Persons entitled
hereunder to approve such arrangements and (b) completes and executes all
questionnaires, powers of attorney, underwriting agreements and other documents
reasonably required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements.
11. MISCELLANEOUS.
(a) Remedies. In the event of a breach by either of the Issuers or any of
the Guarantors of any of their respective obligations under this Agreement, each
Holder, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights provided herein, in
the Indenture or, in the case of the Initial Purchaser, in the Purchase
Agreement, or granted by law, including recovery of damages, will be entitled to
specific performance of its rights under this Agreement. The Issuers and the
Guarantors agree that monetary damages would not be adequate compensation for
any loss incurred by reason of a breach by either of the Issuers or any of the
Guarantors of any of the provisions of this Agreement and hereby further agree
that, in the event of any action for specific performance in respect of such
breach, the Issuers and the Guarantors shall waive the defense that a remedy at
law would be adequate.
(b) No Inconsistent Agreements. The Issuers and the Guarantors have not
entered into, as of the date hereof, and shall not enter into, after the date of
this Agreement, any agreement with respect to any of their respective securities
that is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders in this Agreement or
otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof.
(c) 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 Issuers have obtained the written consent of Holders of at least a
majority of the then outstanding aggregate principal amount of Registrable
Securities; provided, that Sections 4(a) and 8 shall not be amended, modified or
supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from this proviso may not be
given, unless the Issuers have obtained the written consent of each Holder.
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 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 at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Registrable Securities being sold by such Holders pursuant to such Registration
Statement; provided that the provisions of this sentence may not be amended,
modified or supplemented except in accordance with the provisions of the
immediately preceding sentence.
(d) Notices. All notices and other communications (including, without
limitation, any notices or other communications to the Trustee) provided for or
permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand-delivery, certified
first-class mail with return receipt requested, next-day air courier or
facsimile:
(i) if to a Holder, at the most current address given by such Holder
to the Issuers in accordance with the provisions of this Section 11(d),
which address initially is,
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with respect to each Holder, the address of such Holder maintained by the
Registrar (as defined in the Indenture), with a copy to Mayer, Brown, Xxxx
& Maw LLP, 0000 Xxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, facsimile number (212)
262-1910, Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Esq.; and
(ii) if to either of the Issuers or any of the Guarantors, initially
at 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxx 00000, facsimile
number: (000) 000-0000, Attention: Chief Financial Officer, with a copy to
Xxx Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000-0000, facsimile number:
(000) 000-0000, Attention: Chief Financial Officer, and an additional copy
to Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx PLLC, 000 Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000,
facsimile number (000) 000-0000, Attention: Jin-Xxx Xxx, Esq., and
thereafter at such other address, notice of which is given in accordance
with the provisions of this Section 11(d).
All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly
given: when delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five Business Days after
being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; one Business Day after
being timely delivered to a next-day air courier, if sent by next-day air
courier; and when receipt is acknowledged by the addressee, if sent by
facsimile.
Copies of all such notices, demands or other communications shall be
concurrently delivered by the Person giving the same to the Trustee under the
Indenture at the address specified in the Indenture.
(e) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of
and be binding upon the successors and assigns of each of the parties hereto,
including without limitation and without the need for an express assignment,
subsequent Holders; provided, that nothing herein shall be deemed to permit any
assignment, transfer or other disposition of Registrable Securities in violation
of the terms hereof or of the Purchase Agreement or the Indenture. If any
transferee of any Holder shall acquire Registrable Securities in any manner,
whether by operation of law or otherwise, such Registrable Securities shall be
held subject to all of the terms of this Agreement, and by taking and holding
such Registrable Securities such Person shall be conclusively deemed to have
agreed to be bound by and to perform all of the terms and provisions of this
Agreement, including the restrictions on resale set forth in this Agreement and,
if applicable, the Purchase Agreement, and such Person shall be entitled to
receive the benefits hereof.
(f) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which
when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken
together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
(g) Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of
reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof. When
a reference is made in this Agreement to a Section, paragraph, subparagraph,
Schedule or Exhibit, such reference shall mean a Section, paragraph,
subparagraph, Schedule or Exhibit to this Agreement unless otherwise indicated.
The words "include," "includes," and "including" when used in this
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Agreement shall be deemed in each case to be followed by the words "without
limitation." The phrases "the date of this Agreement," "the date hereof," and
terms of similar import, unless the context otherwise requires, shall be deemed
to refer to December 21, 2005. The words "hereof," "herein," "herewith,"
"hereby" and "hereunder" and words of similar import shall, unless otherwise
stated, be construed to refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any
particular provision of this Agreement.
(h) GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED, AND
THE RIGHTS OF THE PARTIES SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE
STATE OF NEW YORK, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF
THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW AND RULE 327(b) OF NEW YORK CIVIL PRACTICE
LAWS AND RULES. EACH ISSUER AND EACH GUARANTOR HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE
JURISDICTION OF ANY NEW YORK STATE COURT SITTING IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN IN
THE CITY OF NEW YORK OR ANY FEDERAL COURT SITTING IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN IN
THE CITY OF NEW YORK IN RESPECT OF ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF
OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, AND IRREVOCABLY ACCEPTS FOR ITSELF AND IN RESPECT
OF ITS PROPERTY, GENERALLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY, JURISDICTION OF THE AFORESAID
COURTS. EACH ISSUER AND EACH GUARANTOR IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT
IT MAY EFFECTIVELY DO SO UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, TRIAL BY JURY AND ANY OBJECTION
THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF THE VENUE OF ANY SUCH SUIT,
ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN ANY SUCH COURT AND ANY CLAIM THAT ANY SUCH SUIT,
ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN SUCH COURT HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT
FORUM. EACH ISSUER AND EACH GUARANTOR IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS, TO THE FULLEST
EXTENT IT MAY EFFECTIVELY DO SO UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, TO THE SERVICE OF PROCESS
OF ANY OF THE AFOREMENTIONED COURTS IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING BY THE
MAILING OF COPIES THEREOF BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL, POSTAGE PREPAID, TO
SUCH ISSUER OR SUCH GUARANTOR, AS THE CASE MAY BE, AT ITS ADDRESS SET FORTH
HEREIN, SUCH SERVICE TO BECOME EFFECTIVE 30 DAYS AFTER SUCH MAILING. NOTHING
HEREIN SHALL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF THE INITIAL PURCHASER TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY
OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW OR TO COMMENCE LEGAL PROCEEDINGS OR OTHERWISE
PROCEED AGAINST EITHER OF THE ISSUERS OR ANY OF THE GUARANTORS IN ANY OTHER
JURISDICTION.
(i) Severability. If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this
Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal,
void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and
restrictions set forth herein shall remain in full force and effect and shall in
no way be affected, impaired or invalidated, and the parties hereto shall use
their respective 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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(j) 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. 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 Issuers and the
Guarantors in respect of securities sold pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.
This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings between the
parties with respect to such subject matter.
(k) Attorneys' Fees. In any Proceeding brought to enforce any provision of
this Agreement, or where any provision hereof is validly asserted as a defense,
the prevailing party, as determined by the courts, shall be entitled to recover
reasonable attorneys' fees in addition to its costs and expenses and any other
available remedy.
(l) Securities Held by Either of the Issuers or their Respective
Affiliates. Whenever the consent or approval of Holders of a specified
percentage of the principal amount of Registrable Securities is required
hereunder, Registrable Securities held by either of the Issuers or their
respective affiliates (as such term is defined in Rule 405 under the Securities
Act) (other than Holders 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.
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EXECUTION VERSION
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date
first written above.
THE MAJESTIC STAR CASINO, LLC
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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MAJESTIC STAR CASINO CAPITAL CORP. II
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
MAJESTIC INVESTOR, LLC
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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MAJESTIC INVESTOR HOLDINGS, LLC
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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MAJESTIC INVESTOR CAPITAL CORP.
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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XXXXXX MISSISSIPPI GAMING, LLC
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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XXXXXX COLORADO GAMING, LLC
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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SENIOR NOTES REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
MAJESTIC STAR CASINO II, INC.
(f/k/a XXXXX INDIANA, INC.)
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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XXXXXXXXXX HARBOR PARKING ASSOCIATES, LLC
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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XXXXXXXXXX HARBOR RIVERBOATS, L.L.C.
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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SENIOR NOTES REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
ACCEPTED AND AGREED TO:
XXXXXXXXX & COMPANY, INC.
By:
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Managing Director
SENIOR NOTES REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
