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Exhibit 10.1
EXECUTION COPY
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AP HOLDINGS, INC.
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$70,000,000
11-1/4% SENIOR DISCOUNT NOTES DUE 2008
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REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
DATED AS OF MARCH 30, 1998
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XXXXXXXXX, XXXXXX & XXXXXXXX
SECURITIES CORPORATION
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This Registration Rights Agreement (this "Agreement") is made and
entered into as of March 30, 1998, by and between AP Holdings, Inc., a Delaware
corporation ("AP Holdings") and Xxxxxxxxx, Lufkin & Xxxxxxxx Securities
Corporation (the "Initial Purchaser"), who has agreed to purchase AP Holdings'
11-1/4% Senior Discount Notes due 2008 (the "Senior Discount Notes") pursuant to
the Purchase Agreement (as defined below).
This Agreement is made pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, dated
March 25, 1998 (the "Purchase Agreement"), by and among AP Holdings and the
Initial Purchaser. In order to induce the Initial Purchaser to purchase the
Senior Discount Notes, AP Holding has agreed to provide the registration rights
set forth in this Agreement. The execution and delivery of this Agreement is a
condition to the obligations of the Initial Purchaser set forth in the Purchase
Agreement.
The parties hereby agree as follows:
1. DEFINITIONS
As used in this Agreement, the following capitalized terms shall have the
following meanings:
Act: The Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Business Day: Any day except a Saturday, Sunday or other day in the City
of New York, or in the city of the corporate trust office of the Trustee, on
which banks are authorized to close.
Broker-Dealer: Any broker or dealer registered under the Exchange Act.
Broker-Dealer Transfer Restricted Securities: New Senior Discount Notes
that are acquired by a Broker-Dealer in the Exchange Offer in exchange for
Senior Discount Notes that such Broker-Dealer acquired for its own account as a
result of market-making activities or other trading activities (other than
Senior Discount Notes acquired directly from AP Holdings or any of its
respective affiliates).
Certificated Securities: As defined in the Indenture.
Closing Date: The date hereof.
Commission: The Securities and Exchange Commission.
Consummate: An Exchange Offer shall be deemed "Consummated" for purposes
of this Agreement upon the occurrence of (a) the filing and effectiveness under
the Act of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement relating to the New Senior
Discount Notes to be issued in the Exchange Offer, (b) the maintenance of such
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tinuously effective and the keeping of the Exchange Offer open for a period not
less than the minimum period required pursuant to Section 3(b) hereof and (c)
the delivery by AP Holdings to the Registrar under the Indenture of New Senior
Discount Notes in the same aggregate principal amount as the aggregate principal
amount of Section Discount Notes tendered by Holders thereof pursuant to the
Exchange Offer.
Damages Payment Date: With respect to the Transfer Restricted Securities,
each Interest Payment Date.
Effectiveness Target Date: As defined in Section 5.
Exchange Act: The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Exchange Offer: The registration by AP Holdings under the Act of the New
Senior Discount Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement
pursuant to which AP Holdings shall offer the Holders of all outstanding
Transfer Restricted Securities the opportunity to exchange all such outstanding
Transfer Restricted Securities for New Senior Discount Notes in an aggregate
principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Transfer
Restricted Securities tendered in such exchange offer by such Holders.
Exchange Offer Registration Statement: The Registration Statement relating
to the Exchange Offer, including the related Prospectus.
Exempt Resales: The transactions in which the Initial Purchaser proposes
to sell the Senior Discount Notes (i) to certain "qualified institutional
buyers," as such term is defined in Rule 144A under the Act or (ii) outside the
United States in reliance upon Regulation S under the Securities Act to non-U.S.
persons.
Global Note Holder: As defined in the Indenture.
Holders: As defined in Section 2 hereof.
Indemnified Holder: As defined in Section 8(a) hereof.
Indenture: The Indenture, dated the Closing Date, among AP Holdings and
State Street Bank and Trust Company, as trustee (the "Trustee"), pursuant to
which the Notes are to be issued, as such Indenture is amended or supplemented
from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.
Interest Payment Date: As defined in the Indenture and the Notes.
NASD: National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
Offering Memorandum: As defined in the Purchase Agreement.
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Person: Any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, government
or any agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity.
Prospectus: The prospectus included in a Registration Statement at the
time such Registration Statement is declared effective, as amended or
supplemented by any prospectus supplement and by all other amendments thereto,
including post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated by reference
into such Prospectus.
Record Holder: With respect to any Damages Payment Date, each Person who
is a Holder of Notes on the record date with respect to the Interest Payment
Date on which such Damages Payment Date shall occur.
Registration Default: As defined in Section 5 hereof.
Registration Statement: Any registration statement of AP Holdings relating
to (a) an offering of New Senior Discount Notes pursuant to an Exchange Offer or
(b) the registration for resale of Transfer Restricted Securities held by such
holders pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement, in each case, (i) which is
filed pursuant to the provision of this Agreement and (ii) including the
Prospectus included therein, all amendments and supplements thereto (including
post-effective amendments) and all exhibit and material incorporated by
reference therein.
Restricted Broker-Dealer: Any Broker-Dealer which holds Broker-Dealer
Transfer Restricted Securities.
Notes: The Senior Discount Notes and the New Senior Discount Notes.
New Senior Discount Notes: AP Holdings' 11 1/4% New Senior Discount Notes
due 2008 to be issued pursuant to the Indenture (i) in the Exchange Offer or
(ii) upon the request of any Holder of Senior Discount Notes covered by a Shelf
Registration Statement, in exchange for such Senior Discount Notes.
Shelf Registration Statement: As defined in Section 4 hereof.
TIA: The Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. Section 77aaa-77bbbb) as
in effect on the date of the Indenture.
Transfer Restricted Securities: Each Note, until the earliest to occur of
(a) the date on which such Note is exchanged in the Exchange Offer and entitled
to be resold to the public by the Holder thereof without complying with the
prospectus delivery requirements of the Act, (b) the date on which such Note has
been disposed of in accordance with a Shelf Registration Statement, (c) the date
on which such Note is disposed of by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to the "Plan of
Distribution" contemplated by the Exchange Offer
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Registration Statement (including delivery of Prospectus contained therein) or
(d) the date on which such Note is distributed to the public pursuant to Rule
144 under the Act.
Underwritten Registration or Underwritten Offering: A registration in
which securities of AP Holdings are sold to an underwriter for reoffering to the
public.
2. HOLDERS
A Person is deemed to be a holder of Transfer Restricted Securities (each,
a "Holder") whenever such Person owns Transfer Restricted Securities.
3. REGISTERED EXCHANGE OFFER
(a) Unless the Exchange Offer shall not be permitted by applicable federal
law (after the procedures set forth in Section 6(a)(i) below have been complied
with), AP Holdings shall (i) cause to be filed with the Commission, on or prior
to 30 days after the Closing Date, the Exchange Offer Registration Statement,
(ii) use their respective best efforts to cause such Exchange Offer Registration
Statement to become effective at the earliest possible time, but in no event
later than 120 days after the Closing Date, (iii) in connection with the
foregoing, (A) file all pre-effective amendments to such Exchange Offer
Registration Statement as may be necessary in order to cause such Exchange Offer
Registration Statement to become effective, (B) file, if applicable, a
post-effective amendment to such Exchange Offer Registration Statement pursuant
to Rule 430A under the Act and (C) cause all necessary filings, if any, in
connection with the registration and qualification of the New Senior Discount
Notes to be made under the Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as are necessary
to permit Consummation of the Exchange Offer provided that in no event shall AP
Holdings be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is
not now so qualified, or take any action which would subject it to the General
Service of Process in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject, and (iv)
upon the effectiveness of such Exchange Offer Registration Statement, use its
reasonable best efforts to commence and Consummate the Exchange Offer. The
Exchange Offer shall be on the appropriate form permitting registration of the
New Senior Discount Notes to be offered in exchange for the Senior Discount
Notes that are Transfer Restricted Securities and to permit sales of
Broker-Dealer Transfer Restricted Securities by Restricted Broker-Dealers as
contemplated by Section 3(c) below.
(b) AP Holdings shall use its respective best efforts to cause the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement to be effective continuously, and shall
keep the Exchange Offer open, for a period of not less than the minimum period
required under applicable federal and state securities laws to Consummate the
Exchange Offer; provided, however, that in no event shall such period be less
than 20 Business Days. AP Holdings shall cause the Exchange Offer to comply with
all applicable federal and state securities laws. No securities other than the
Notes shall be included in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement. AP
Holdings shall use its best efforts to cause the Exchange Offer to be
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summated on the earliest practicable date after the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement has become effective, but in no event later than 30 Business Days
thereafter.
(c) AP Holdings shall include a "Plan of Distribution" section in the
Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and indicate
therein that any Restricted Broker-Dealer who holds Senior Discount Notes that
are Transfer Restricted Securities and that were acquired for the account of
such Broker-Dealer as a result of market-making activities or other trading
activities, may exchange such Senior Discount Notes (other than Transfer
Restricted Securities acquired directly from AP Holdings or any affiliate of AP
Holdings) pursuant to the Exchange Offer; however, such Broker-Dealer may be
deemed to be an "underwriter" within the meaning of the Act and must, therefore,
deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Act in connection with the
initial sales of the New Senior Discount Notes received by such Broker-Dealer in
the Exchange Offer, which prospectus delivery requirement may be satisfied by
the delivery by such Broker-Dealer of the Prospectus contained in the Exchange
Offer Registration Statement. Such "Plan of Distribution" section shall also
contain all other information with respect to such sales of Broker-Dealer
Transfer Restricted Securities by Restricted Broker-Dealers that the Commission
may require in order to permit such sales pursuant thereto, but such "Plan of
Distribution" shall not name any such Broker-Dealer or disclose the amount of
Notes held by any such Broker-Dealer except to the extent required by the
Commission.
AP Holdings shall use its best efforts to keep the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement continuously effective, supplemented and amended as
required by the provisions of Section 6(c) below to the extent necessary to
ensure that it is available for sales of Broker-Dealer Transfer Restricted
Securities by Restricted Broker-Dealers, and to ensure that such Registration
Statement conforms with the requirements of this Agreement, the Act and the
policies, rules and regulations of the Commission as announced from time to
time, for a period of 120 days from the date on which the Exchange Offer is
Consummated.
AP Holdings shall provide sufficient copies of the latest version of such
Prospectus to such Restricted Broker-Dealers promptly upon request, and in no
event later than two days after such request, at any time during such 120-day
period in order to facilitate such sales.
4. SHELF REGISTRATION
(a) Shelf Registration. If (i) AP Holdings is not required to file an
Exchange Offer Registration Statement with respect to the New Senior Discount
Notes because the Exchange Offer is not permitted by applicable law (after the
procedures set forth in Section 6(a)(i) below have been complied with) or (ii)
if any Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities shall notify AP Holdings within
20 Business Days following the Consumma-
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tion of the Exchange Offer that (A) such Holder is prohibited by law or
Commission policy from participating in the Exchange Offer or (B) such Holder
may not resell the New Senior Discount Notes acquired by it in the Exchange
Offer to the public without delivering a prospectus and the Prospectus contained
in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is not appropriate or available for
such resales by such Holder or (C) such Holder is a Broker-Dealer and holds
Senior Discount Notes acquired directly from AP Holdings or one of its
respective affiliates, then AP Holdings shall (x) cause to be filed on or prior
to the earlier of (1) 45 days after the date on which AP Holdings is notified by
the Commission or otherwise determines that they are not required to file the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement pursuant to clause (i) above and (2) 45
days after the date on which AP Holdings receives the notice specified in clause
(ii) above, a shelf registration statement pursuant to Rule 415 under the Act
(which may be an amendment to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement (in
either event, the "Shelf Registration Statement")), relating to all Transfer
Restricted Securities the Holders of which shall have provided the information
required pursuant to Section 4(b) hereof, and (y) use its best efforts to cause
such Shelf Registration Statement to be declared effective by the Commission at
the earliest possible time, but in no event later than 120 days after the date
on which AP Holdings becomes obligated to file such Shelf Registration
Statement. If, after AP Holdings has filed an Exchange Offer Registration
Statement which satisfies the requirements of Section 3(a) above, AP Holdings is
required to file and make effective a Shelf Registration Statement solely
because the Exchange Offer shall not be permitted under applicable federal law,
then the filing of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement shall be deemed to
satisfy the requirements of clause (x) above. Such an event shall have no effect
on the requirements of clause (y) above, or on the Effectiveness Target Date as
defined in Section 5 below. AP Holdings shall use its best effort to keep the
Shelf Registration Statement discussed in this Section 4(a) continuously
effective, supplemented and amended as required by and subject to the provisions
of Sections 6(b) and (c) hereof to the extent necessary to ensure that it is
available for sales of Transfer Restricted Securities by the Holders thereof
entitled to the benefit of this Section 4(a), and to ensure that it conforms
with the requirements of this Agreement, the Act and the policies, rules and
regulations of the Commission as announced from time to time, for a period of at
least two years (as extended pursuant to Section 6(c)(i)) following the date on
which such Shelf Registration Statement first becomes effective under the Act or
such shorter period ending when all of the Transfer Restricted Securities
available for sale thereunder have been sold pursuant thereto.
(b) Provision by Holders of Certain Information in Connection with the
Shelf Registration Statement. No Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities may
include any of its Transfer Restricted Securities in any Shelf Registration
Statement pursuant to this Agreement unless and until such Holder furnishes to
AP Holdings in writing, within 20 days after receipt of a request therefor, such
information specified in Item 507 of Regulation S-K under the Act for use in
connection with any Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus or preliminary
Prospectus included therein. No Holder of Transfer Restricted
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Securities shall be entitled to Liquidated Damages pursuant to Section 5 hereof
unless and until such Holder has provided all such information. Each Holder as
to which any Shelf Registration Statement is being effected agrees to furnish
promptly to AP Holdings all information required to be disclosed in order to
make the information previously furnished to AP Holdings by such Holder not
materially misleading.
5. LIQUIDATED DAMAGES
If (i) any Registration Statement required by this Agreement is not filed
with the Commission on or prior to the date specified for such filing in this
Agreement, (ii) any such Registration Statement has not been declared effective
by the Commission on or prior to the date specified for such effectiveness in
this Agreement (the "Effectiveness Target Date"), (iii) the Exchange Offer has
not been Consummated within 30 Business Days after the Effectiveness Target Date
with respect to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or (iv) any
Registration Statement required by this Agreement is filed and declared
effective but shall thereafter cease to be effective or fail to be usable for
its intended purpose without being succeeded immediately by a post-effective
amendment to such Registration Statement that cures such failure and that is
itself immediately declared effective (each such event referred to in clauses
(i) through (iv), a "Registration Default"), AP Holdings hereby agrees to pay to
each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities, for the first 90-day period
immediately following the occurrence of such Registration Default, liquidated
damages in an amount equal to $.05 per week per $1,000 principal amount of Notes
constituting Transfer Restricted Securities held by such Holder for each week or
portion thereof that the Registration Default continues. The amount of the
liquidated damages payable to each Holder shall increase by an additional $.05
per week per $1,000 in principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities with
respect to each subsequent 90-day period until all Registration Defaults have
been cured, up to a maximum amount of liquidated damages of $.50 per week per
$1,000 principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities held by such Holder.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, (1) upon filing of
the Exchange Offer Registration Statement (and/or, if applicable, the Shelf
Registration Statement), in the case of (i) above, (2) upon the effectiveness of
the Exchange Offer Registration Statement (and/or, if applicable, the Shelf
Registration Statement), in the case of (ii) above, (3) upon Consummation of the
Exchange Offer, in the case of (iii) above, or (4) upon the filing of a
post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or an additional
Registration Statement that causes the Exchange Offer Registration Statement
(and/or, if applicable, the Shelf Registration Statement) to again be declared
effective or made usable in the case of (iv) above, the liquidated damages
payable with respect to the Transfer Restricted Securities as a result of such
clause (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv), as applicable, shall cease.
All accrued liquidated damages shall be paid to the Global Note Holder by
wire transfer of immediately available funds or by federal funds check and to
Holders of Certificated Securities by wire transfer to the accounts specified by
them or by mailing checks
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to their registered addresses if no such accounts have been specified on each
Damages Payment Date. Following the cure of all Registration Defaults relating
to any particular Transfer Restricted Securities, the accrual of liquidated
damages with respect to such Transfer Securities will cease. All obligations of
AP Holdings set forth in the preceding paragraph that are outstanding with
respect to any Transfer Restricted Security at the time such security ceases to
be a Transfer Restricted Security shall survive until such time as all such
obligations with respect to such security shall have been satisfied in full.
6. REGISTRATION PROCEDURES
(a) Exchange Offer Registration Statement. In connection with the Exchange
Offer, AP Holdings shall comply with all applicable provisions of Section 6(c)
below, shall use its best efforts to effect such exchange and to permit the sale
of Broker-Dealer Transfer Restricted Securities being sold in accordance with
the intended method or methods of distribution thereof (which shall be in a
manner consistent with the terms of this Agreement), and shall comply with all
of the following provisions:
(i) If, following the date hereof and prior to Consummation of the
Exchange Offer, there has been published a change in Commission policy
with respect to exchange offers such as the Exchange Offer, such that in
the reasonable judgment of counsel to AP Holdings there is a substantial
question as to whether the Exchange Offer is permitted by applicable
federal law or Commission policy, AP Holdings hereby agrees to seek a
no-action letter or other favorable decision from the Commission allowing
AP Holdings to Consummate an Exchange Offer for such Senior Discount
Notes. AP Holdings hereby agrees to pursue the issuance of such a decision
to the Commission staff level but shall not be required to take
commercially unreasonable action to effect a change of Commission policy.
In connection with the foregoing, AP Holdings hereby agrees, however, but
subject to the proviso set forth above, to take all such other actions as
are reasonably requested by the Commission or otherwise required in
connection with the issuance of such decision, including without
limitation to (A) participate in telephonic conferences with the
Commission, (B) deliver to the Commission staff an analysis prepared by
counsel to AP Holdings setting forth the legal bases, if any, upon which
such counsel has concluded that such an Exchange Offer should be permitted
and (C) diligently pursue a resolution (which need not be favorable) by
the Commission staff of such submission.
(ii) As a condition to its participation in the Exchange Offer
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, each Holder of Transfer
Restricted Securities shall furnish, upon the request of AP Holdings,
prior to the Consummation of the Exchange Offer, a written representation
to AP Holdings (which may be contained in the letter of transmittal
contemplated by the Exchange Offer Registration Statement) to the effect
that (A) it is not an affiliate of AP Holdings, (B) it is not en-
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gaged in, and does not intend to engage in, and has no arrangement or
understanding with any person to participate in, a distribution of the New
Senior Discount Notes to be issued in the Exchange Offer and (C) it is
acquiring the New Senior Discount Notes in its ordinary course of
business. In addition, all such holders of Transfer Restricted Securities
shall otherwise cooperate in AP Holdings' preparation for the Exchange
Offer. Each Holder hereby acknowledges and agrees that any Broker-Dealer
and any such Holder using the Exchange Offer to participate in a
distribution of the securities to be acquired in the Exchange Offer (1)
could not under Commission policy as in effect on the date of this
Agreement rely on the position of the Commission enunciated in Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx and Co., Inc. (available June 5, 1991) and Exxon Capital Holdings
Corporation (available May 13, 1988), as interpreted in the Commission's
letter to Shearman & Sterling dated July 2, 1993, and similar no-action
letters (including, if applicable, any no-action letter obtained pursuant
to clause (i) above), and (2) must comply with the registration and
prospectus delivery requirements of the Act in connection with a secondary
resale transaction and that such a secondary resale transaction must be
covered by an effective registration statement containing the selling
security holder information required by Item 507 or 508, as applicable, of
Regulation S-K if the resales are of New Senior Discount Notes obtained by
such Holder in exchange for Senior Discount Notes acquired by such Holder
directly from AP Holdings or an affiliate thereof.
(iii) To the extent required by the Commission, prior to
effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, AP Holdings
shall provide a supplemental letter to the Commission (A) stating that AP
Holdings is registering the Exchange Offer in reliance on the position of
the Commission enunciated in Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation (available
May 13, 1988), Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx and Co., Inc. (available June 5, 1991) and,
if applicable, any no-action letter obtained pursuant to clause (i) above,
(B) including a representation that AP Holdings has not entered into any
arrangement or understanding with any Person to distribute the New Senior
Discount Notes to be received in the Exchange Offer and that, to the best
of AP Holdings' information and belief, each Holder participating in the
Exchange Offer is acquiring the New Senior Discount Notes in its ordinary
course of business and has no arrangement or understanding with any Person
to participate in the distribution of the New Senior Discount Notes
received in the Exchange Offer and (C) any other undertaking or
representation required by the Commission as set forth in any no-action
letter obtained pursuant to clause (i) above.
(b) Shelf Registration Statement. In connection with the Shelf
Registration Statement AP Holdings shall comply with all the provisions of
Section 6(c) below and shall use their respective best efforts to effect such
registration to permit the sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities being sold
in accordance with the intended method or
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methods of distribution thereof (as indicated in the information furnished to AP
Holdings pursuant to Section 4(b) hereof), and pursuant thereto AP Holdings will
prepare and file with the Commission a Registration Statement relating to the
registration on any appropriate form under the Act, which form shall be
available for the sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities in accordance with
the intended method or methods of distribution thereof within the time periods
and otherwise in accordance with the provisions hereof.
(c) General Provisions. In connection with any Registration Statement and
any related Prospectus required by this Agreement to permit the sale or resale
of Transfer Restricted Securities (including, without limitation, any Exchange
Offer Registration Statement and the related Prospectus, to the extent that the
same are required to be available to permit sales of Broker-Dealer Transfer
Restricted Securities by Restricted Broker-Dealers), AP Holdings shall:
(i) use their respective best efforts to keep such Registration
Statement continuously effective and provide all requisite financial
statements for the period specified in Section 3 or 4 of this Agreement,
as applicable. Upon the occurrence of any event that would cause any such
Registration Statement or the Prospectus contained therein (A) to contain
a material misstatement or omission or (B) not to be effective and usable
for resale of Transfer Restricted Securities during the period required by
this Agreement, AP Holdings shall file promptly an appropriate amendment
to such Registration Statement, (1) in the case of clause (A), correcting
any such misstatement or omission, and (2) in the case of either clause
(A) or (B), use their respective best efforts to cause such amendment to
be declared effective and such Registration Statement and the related
Prospectus to become usable for their intended purpose(s) as soon as
practicable thereafter. Notwithstanding the foregoing, at any time after
Consummation of the Exchange Offer, AP Holdings may allow the Shelf
Registration Statement to cease to be effective and usable if (x) the
Board of Directors of AP Holdings determines in good faith that it is in
the best interests of AP Holdings not to disclose the existence of or
facts surrounding any proposed or pending material corporate transaction
involving AP Holdings, and AP Holdings notifies the Holders within two
business days after the Board makes such determination, or (y) the
Prospectus contained in the Shelf Registration Statement contains an
untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
(ii) prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and
post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement as may be
necessary to keep the Registration Statement effective for the applicable
period set forth in Section 3 or 4 hereof, or such shorter period as will
terminate when all Transfer Restricted Securities covered by such
Registration Statement have been sold; cause the Pro-
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spectus to be supplemented by any required Prospectus supplement, and as
so supplemented to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Act, and to
comply fully with Rules 424, 430A and 462 as applicable, under the Act in
a timely manner; and comply with the provisions of the Act with respect to
the disposition of all securities covered by such Registration Statement
during the applicable period in accordance with the intended method or
methods of distribution by the sellers thereof set forth in such
Registration Statement or supplement to the Prospectus;
(iii) advise the underwriter(s), if any, and selling Holders
promptly and, if requested by such Persons, confirm such advice in
writing, (A) when the Prospectus or any Prospectus supplement or
post-effective amendment has been filed, and, with respect to any
Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto, when the
same has become effective, (B) of any request by the Commission for
amendments to the Registration Statement or amendments or supplements to
the Prospectus or for additional information relating thereto, (C) of the
issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness
of the Registration Statement under the Act or of the suspension by any
state securities commission of the qualification of the Transfer
Restricted Securities, as applicable, for offering or sale in any
jurisdiction, or the initiation of any proceeding for any of the preceding
purposes, (D) of the existence of any fact or the happening of any event
that makes any statement of a material fact made in the Registration
Statement, the Prospectus, any amendment or supplement thereto or any
document incorporated by reference therein untrue, or that requires the
making of any additions to or changes in the Registration Statement in
order to make the statements therein not misleading, or that requires the
making of any additions to or changes in the Prospectus in order to make
the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading. If at any time the Commission shall issue any
stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, or
any state securities commission or other regulatory authority shall issue
an order suspending the qualification or exemption from qualification of
the Transfer Restricted Securities under state securities or Blue Sky
laws, AP Holdings shall use its best efforts to obtain the withdrawal or
lifting of such order at the earliest possible time;
(iv) furnish to the Initial Purchaser, each selling Holder named in
any Registration Statement or Prospectus and each of the underwriter(s) in
connection with such sale, if any, before filing with the Commission,
copies of any Registration Statement or any Prospectus included therein or
any amendment or supplements to any such Registration Statement or
Prospectus (including all documents incorporated by reference after the
initial filing of such Registration Statement), which documents will be
subject to the review and comment of such Holders and underwriter(s) in
connection with such sale, if any, for a period of at least five Business
Days, and AP Holdings will not file any such Registration Statement or
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Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to any such Registration
Statement or Prospectus (including all such documents incorporated by
reference) if the selling Holders of the Transfer Restricted Securities
covered by such Registration Statement or the underwriter(s) in connection
with such sale shall not have had an opportunity to participate in the
preparation thereof;
(v) prior to the filing of any document that is to be incorporated
by reference into a Registration Statement or Prospectus, provide copies
of such document to the selling Holders and to the underwriter(s) in
connection with such sale, if any, make AP Holdings' representatives
available for discussion of such document and other customary due
diligence matters, and include such information in such document prior to
the filing thereof as such selling Holders or uinderwriter(s), if any,
reasonably may request;
(vi) make available at reasonable times at AP Holdings principal
place of business for inspection by the selling Holders of Transfer
Restricted Securities, any managing underwriter participating in any
disposition pursuant to such Registration Statement and any attorney or
accountant retained by such selling Holders or any of such underwriter(s),
who shall certify to AP Holdings that they have a current intention to
sell Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to a Shelf Registration
Statement, all pertinent financial and other pertinent information of AP
Holdings, as reasonably requested, and cause AP Holdings' officers,
directors and employees to respond to such inquiries as shall be
reasonable necessary; in the reasonable judgment of counsel to such
Holders, to conduct a reasonable investigation; provided, however, that
each such party shall be required to maintain in confidence and not to
disclose to any other person any information or records reasonably
designated by AP Holdings in writing as being confidential, until such
time as (A) such information becomes a matter of public record (whether by
virtue of its inclusion in such Registration Statement or otherwise), or
(B) such person shall be required so to disclose such information pursuant
to the subpoena or order of any court or other governmental agency or body
having jurisdiction over the matter (subject to the requirements of such
order, and only after such person shall have given AP Holdings prompt
prior written notice of such requirement), or (C) such information is
required to be set forth in such Registration Statement or the Prospectus
included therein or in an amendment or supplement to such Registration
Statement or an amendment or supplement to such Prospectus in order that
such Registration Statement, Prospectus, amendment or supplement, as the
case may be, does not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading;
(vii) if requested by any selling Holders or the underwriter(s), as
applicable, in connection with such sale, if any, promptly include in any
Registration
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Statement or Prospectus, pursuant to a supplement or post-effective
amendment if necessary, such information that is required by the Act as
such selling Holders and underwriter(s), if any, may reasonably request to
have included therein, and make all required filings of such Prospectus
supplement or post-effective amendment as soon as practicable after AP
Holdings is notified of the matters to be included in such Prospectus
supplement or post-effective amendment;
(viii) furnish to each selling Holder and each of the underwriter(s)
in connection with such sale, if any, without charge, at least one copy of
the Registration Statement, as first filed with the Commission, and of
each amendment thereto, including all documents incorporated by reference
therein and all exhibits (including exhibits incorporated therein by
reference);
(ix) deliver to each selling Holder and each of the underwriter(s),
if any, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus (including each
preliminary prospectus) and any amendment or supplement thereto as such
Persons reasonably may request; AP Holdings hereby consents to the use (in
accordance with law) of the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement
thereto by each of the selling Holders and each of the underwriter(s), if
any, in connection with the offering and the sale of the Transfer
Restricted Securities covered by the Prospectus or any amendment or
supplement thereto. Notwithstanding the foregoing, at any time after
Consummation of the Exchange Offer, AP Holdings may allow the Shelf
Registration Statement to cease to be effective and usable if (x) the
Board of Directors of AP Holdings determines in good faith that it is in
the best interests of AP Holdings not to disclose the existence of or
facts surrounding any proposed or pending material corporate transaction
involving AP Holdings, and AP Holdings notifies the Holders within two
business days after the Board makes such determination, or (y) the
Prospectus contained in the Shelf Registration Statement contains an
untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
(x) and take all such other actions in connection therewith in order
to expedite or facilitate the disposition of the Transfer Restricted
Securities pursuant to any Registration Statement contemplated by this
Agreement as may be reasonably requested by any Holder who holds at least
5% in aggregate principal amount of such class of Transfer Restricted
Securities or underwriter in connection with any sale or resale pursuant
to any Registration Statement contemplated by this Agreement, provided,
that, AP Holdings shall not be required to enter into any such agreement
more than once with respect to all of the Transfer Restricted Securities,
and in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, may delay entering into
such agreement if the Board of Directors of AP Holdings determines in good
faith that it is in the best interest of AP Holdings not to disclose the
existence of
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or facts surrounding any proposed or pending corporate transaction
involving AP Holdings; and in such connection, whether or not an
underwriting agreement is entered into and whether or not the registration
is an Underwritten Registration, AP Holdings shall:
(A) furnish to each selling Holder who holds at least 5% in
aggregate principal amount of such class of Transfer Restricted Securities
and each underwriter, if any, in such substance and scope as they may
request and as is customarily made in connection with an offering of debt
securities pursuant to a Registration Statement, upon the effectiveness of
the Shelf Registration Statement and to each Restricted Broker-Dealer upon
Consummation of the Exchange Offer:
(1) a certificate, dated the date of Consummation of the
Exchange Offer or the date of effectiveness of the Shelf
Registration Statement, as the case may be, signed on behalf of AP
Holdings by (x) the President or any Vice President and (y) a
principal financial or accounting officer of AP Holdings confirming,
as of the date thereof, the matters set forth in paragraphs (a)
through (c) of Section 9 of the Purchase Agreement and such other
similar matters as the Holders, underwriter(s) and/or Restricted
Broker-Dealers may reasonably request;
(2) an opinion, dated the date of Consummation of the Exchange
Offer or the date of effectiveness of the Shelf Registration
Statement, as the case may be, of counsel for AP Holdings, covering
matters customarily covered in opinions requested in Underwritten
Offerings and dated the date of effectiveness of the Shelf
Registration Statement or the date of Consummation of the Exchange
Offer, as the case may be; and
(3) customary comfort letters, dated as of the date of
effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement or the date of
Consummation of the Exchange Offer, as the case may be, from AP
Holdings' independent accountants, in the customary form and
covering matters of the type customarily covered in comfort letters
to underwriters in connection with an offering of debt securities
pursuant to a Registration Statement, and affirming the matters set
forth in the comfort letters delivered pursuant to Section 9(f) of
the Purchase Agreement, without exception;
(B) set forth in full or incorporated by reference in the
underwriting agreement, if any, in connection with any sale or resale
pursuant to any Shelf Registration Statement the indemnification
provisions and procedures of Section 8 hereof with respect to all parties
to be indemnified pursuant to said Section; and
(C) deliver such other documents and certificates as may be
reasonably requested by the selling Holders, the underwriter(s), if any,
and Restricted Broker-
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Dealers, if any, to evidence compliance with clause (A) above and with any
customary conditions contained in the underwriting agreement or other
agreement entered into by AP Holdings pursuant to this clause (x).
The above shall be done at each closing under such underwriting or
similar agreement, as and to the extent required thereunder, and if at any
time the representations and warranties of AP Holdings contemplated in
(A)(1) above cease to be true and correct, AP Holdings shall so advise the
underwriter(s), if any, selling Holders who hold at least 5% in aggregate
principal amount of such class of Transfer Restricted Securities and each
Restricted Broker-Dealer promptly and if requested by such Persons, shall
confirm such advice in writing;
(xi) prior to any public offering of Transfer Restricted Securities,
cooperate with the selling Holders, the underwriter(s), if any, and their
respective counsel in connection with the registration and qualification
of the Transfer Restricted Securities under the securities or Blue Sky
laws of such jurisdictions as the selling Holders or underwriter(s), if
any, may reasonably request and do any and all other acts or things
reasonably necessary or advisable to enable the disposition in such
jurisdictions of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the
applicable Registration Statement; provided, however, that AP Holdings
shall not be required to register or qualify as a foreign corporation
where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject
it to the service of process in suits or to taxation, other than as to
matters and transactions relating to the Registration Statement, in any
jurisdiction where it is not now so subject;
(xii) issue, upon the request of any Holder of Senior Discount Notes
covered by any Shelf Registration Statement contemplated by this
Agreement, New Senior Discount Notes, having an aggregate principal amount
equal to the aggregate principal amount of Senior Discount Notes
surrendered to AP Holdings by such Holder in exchange therefor or being
sold by such Holder; such New Senior Discount Notes to be registered in
the name of such Holder or in the name of the purchaser(s) of such Notes,
as the case may be; in return, the Senior Discount Notes held by such
Holder shall be surrendered to AP Holdings for cancellation;
(xiii)in connection with any sale of Transfer Restricted Securities
that will result in such securities no longer being Transfer Restricted
Securities, cooperate with the selling Holders and the underwriter(s), if
any, to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates
representing Transfer Restricted Securities to be sold and not bearing any
restrictive legends; and to enable such Transfer Restricted Securities to
be in such denominations and registered in such names as such Holders or
the underwriter(s), if any, may request at least two Business Days prior
to such sale of Transfer Restricted Securities;
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(xiv) use their respective best efforts to cause the disposition of
the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the Registration Statement
to be registered with or approved by such other governmental agencies or
authorities as may be necessary to enable the seller or sellers thereof or
the underwriter(s), if any, to consummate the disposition of such Transfer
Restricted Securities, subject to the proviso contained in clause (xi)
above;
(xv) subject to Section 6(c)(i), if any fact or event contemplated
by Section 6(c)(iii)(D) above shall exist or have occurred, prepare a
supplement or post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or
related Prospectus or any document incorporated therein by reference or
file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to the
purchasers of Transfer Restricted Securities, the Prospectus will not
contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any
material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of
the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
(xvi) provide a CUSIP number for all Transfer Restricted Securities
not later than the effective date of a Registration Statement covering
such Transfer Restricted Securities and provide the Trustee under the
Indenture with printed certificates for the Transfer Restricted Securities
which are in a form eligible for deposit with the Depository Trust
Company;
(xvii)cooperate and assist in any filings required to be made with
the NASD and in the performance of any due diligence investigation by any
underwriter (including any "qualified independent underwriter") that is
required to be retained in accordance with the rules and regulations of
the NASD;
(xviii) otherwise use their respective best efforts to comply with
all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission, and make generally
available to its security holders with regard to any applicable
Registration Statement, as soon as practicable, a consolidated earnings
statement meeting the requirements of Rule 158 (which need not be audited)
covering a twelve-month period (A) commencing at the end of any fiscal
year in which Transfer Restricted Securities are sold to underwriters in a
firm or best efforts underwritten offering or (B) if not sold to
underwriters in such an offering, beginning with the first month of AP
Holdings' first fiscal quarter commencing after the effective date of the
Registration Statement;
(xix) cause the Indenture to be qualified under the TIA not later
than the effective date of the first Registration Statement required by
this Agreement and, in connection therewith, cooperate with the Trustee
and the Holders of Notes to effect such changes to the 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 re-
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spective best efforts to cause the Trustee to execute, all documents that
may be required to effect such changes and all other forms and documents
required to be filed with the Commission to enable such Indenture to be so
qualified in a timely manner; and
(xx) provide promptly to each Holder upon request each document
filed with the Commission pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or
Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act.
(d) Restrictions on Holders. Each Holder agrees by acquisition of a
Transfer Restricted Security or Broker-Dealer Transfer Restricted Securities, as
applicable, that, upon receipt of the notice referred to in Section 6(c)(i) or
any notice from AP Holdings of the existence of any fact of the kind described
in Section 6(c)(iii)(D) hereof, such Holder will immediately discontinue
disposition of Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to the applicable
Registration Statement until such Holder's receipt of the copies of the
supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 6(c)(xv) hereof, or
until it is advised in writing by AP Holdings that the use of the Prospectus may
be resumed, and has received copies of any additional or supplemental filings
that are incorporated by reference in the Prospectus (the "Advice"). If so
directed by AP Holdings, each Holder will deliver to AP Holdings (at AP
Holdings' expense) all copies, other than permanent file copies then in such
Holder's possession, of the Prospectus covering such Transfer Restricted
Securities or Broker-Dealer Transfer Restricted Securities that was current at
the time of receipt of either such notice. In the event AP Holdings shall give
any such notice, the time period regarding the effectiveness of such
Registration Statement set forth in Section 3 or 4 hereof, as applicable, shall
be extended by the number of days during the period from and including the date
of the giving of such notice pursuant to Section 6(c)(i) or Section 6(c)(iii)(D)
hereof to and including the date when each selling Holder covered by such
Registration Statement shall have received the copies of the supplemented or
amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 6(c)(xv) hereof or shall have
received the Advice.
AP Holdings may require each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities or
Broker-Dealer Transfer Restricted Securities as to which any registration is
being effected to furnish to AP Holdings such information regarding such Holder
and such Holder's intended method of distribution of the applicable Transfer
Restricted Securities as AP Holdings may from time to time reasonably request in
writing, but only to the extent that such information is required in order to
comply with the Act. Each such Holder agrees to notify AP Holdings as promptly
as practicable of (i) any inaccuracy or change in information previously
furnished by such Holder to AP Holdings, or (ii) the occurrence of any event, in
either case, as a result of which any prospectus relating to such registration
contains or would contain an untrue statement of a material fact regarding such
Holder or such Holder's intended method of distribution of the applicable
Transfer Restricted Securities or Broker-Dealer Transfer Restricted Securities
or omits to state any material fact re-
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xxxxxxx such Holder or such Holder's intended method of distribution of the
applicable Transfer Restricted Securities or Broker-Dealer Transfer Restricted
Securities required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading and promptly to furnish to AP Holdings any additional
information required to correct and update any previously furnished information
or required so that such Prospectus shall not contain, with respect to such
Holder or the distribution of the applicable Transfer Restricted Securities or
Broker-Dealer Transfer Restricted Securities or Broker-Dealer Transfer
Restricted Securities an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading.
7. REGISTRATION EXPENSES
(a) All expenses incident to AP Holdings' performance of or compliance
with this Agreement will be borne by AP Holdings regardless of whether a
Registration Statement becomes effective, including without limitation: (i) all
registration and filing fees and expenses (including filings made by any Initial
Purchaser or Holder with the NASD (and, if applicable, the fees and expenses of
any "qualified independent underwriter") and its counsel that may be required by
the rules and regulations of the NASD); (ii) all fees and expenses of compliance
with federal securities and state Blue Sky or securities laws; (iii) all
expenses of printing (including printing certificates for the New Senior
Discount Notes to be issued in the Exchange Offer and printing of Prospectuses);
(iv) all fees and disbursements of counsel for AP Holdings and, in accordance
with Section 7(b) below, the Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities; (v) all
messenger and delivery services and telephone expenses of AP Holdings; (vi) all
application and filing fees in connection with listing the Notes on a national
securities exchange or automated quotation system pursuant to the requirements
hereof and (vii) all fees and disbursements of independent certified public
accountants of AP Holdings (including the expenses of any special audit and
comfort letters required by or incident to such performance).
(b) AP Holdings will, in any event, bear its internal expenses (including,
without limitation, all salaries and expenses of any of their respective
officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties), the expenses of
any annual audit and the fees and expenses of any Person, including special
experts, retained by AP Holdings.
(c) In connection with any Registration Statement required by this
Agreement, as applicable (including, without limitation, the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement and the Shelf Registration Statement), AP Holdings will
reimburse the Initial Purchaser and the Holders of Transfer Restricted
Securities being tendered in the Exchange Offer and/or pursuant to the "Plan of
Distribution" contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or
registered pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement, as applicable, for the
reasonable fees and disbursements of not more than one counsel, who shall be
chosen by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Transfer
Restricted Securities for whose benefit such Registration Statement is being
prepared.
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8. INDEMNIFICATION
(a) AP Holdings agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Initial
Purchaser, its directors, its officers and each person, if any, who controls the
Initial Purchaser within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of
the Exchange Act, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages,
liabilities or judgments (including, without limitation, any legal or other
expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending any
matter, including any action, that could give rise to any such losses, claims,
damages, liabilities or judgments) caused by any untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Offering Memorandum (or any
amendment or supplement thereto), the Preliminary Offering Memorandum or any
Rule 144A Information provided by AP Holdings to any holder or prospective
purchaser of Senior Discount Notes pursuant to Section 5(n) of the Purchase
Agreement or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading, except insofar as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or
judgments are caused by any such untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue
statement or omission based upon information relating to the Initial Purchaser
furnished in writing to AP Holdings by the Initial Purchaser; provided, however,
that the foregoing indemnity agreement with respect to any Preliminary Offering
Memorandum shall not inure to the benefit of the Initial Purchaser who failed to
deliver a Final Offering Memorandum (as then amended or supplemented, provided
by AP Holdings to the Initial Purchasers in the requisite quantity and on a
timely basis to permit proper delivery on or prior to the Closing Date) to the
person asserting any losses, claims, damages and liabilities and judgments
caused by any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
contained in any Preliminary Offering Memorandum, or caused by any omission or
alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, if such material
misstatement or omission or alleged material misstatement or omission was cured
in the Final Offering Memorandum.
(b) The Initial Purchaser agrees to indemnify and hold harmless AP
Holdings, and its respective directors and officers and each person, if any, who
controls (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the
Exchange Act) AP Holdings, to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from AP
Holdings to the Initial Purchaser but only with reference to information
relating to the Initial Purchaser furnished in writing to AP Holdings by the
Initial Purchaser expressly for use in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum or
the Offering Memorandum.
(c) In case any action shall be commenced involving any person in respect
of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to Section 8(a) or 8(b) (the
"indemnified party"), the indemnified party shall promptly notify the person
against whom such indemnity may be sought (the "indemnifying party") in writing
and the indemnifying party
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shall assume the defense of such action, including the employment of counsel
reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party and the payment of all fees and
expenses of such counsel, as incurred (except that in the case of any action in
respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to both Sections 8(a) and
8(b), the Initial Purchaser shall not be required to assume the defense of such
action pursuant to this Section 8(c), but may employ separate counsel and
participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel,
except as provided below, shall be at the expense of the Initial Purchaser). Any
indemnified party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such
action and participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such
counsel shall be at the expense of the indemnified party unless (i) the
employment of such counsel shall have been specifically authorized in writing by
the indemnifying party, (ii) the indemnifying party shall have failed to assume
the defense of such action or employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to the
indemnified party or (iii) the named parties to any such action (including any
impleaded parties) include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying
party, and the indemnified party shall have been advised by such counsel that
there may be one or more legal defenses available to it which are different from
or additional to those available to the indemnifying party (in which case the
indemnifying party shall not have the right to assume the defense of such action
on behalf of the indemnified party). In any such case, the indemnifying party
shall not, in connection with any one action or separate but substantially
similar or related actions 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 (in addition to any local counsel) for
all indemnified parties and all such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as
they are incurred. Such firm shall be designated in writing by Xxxxxxxxx, Lufkin
& Xxxxxxxx Securities Corporation, in the case of the parties indemnified
pursuant to Section 8(a), and by AP Holdings, in the case of parties indemnified
pursuant to Section 8(b). The indemnifying party shall indemnify and hold
harmless the indemnified party from and against any and all losses, claims,
damages, liabilities and judgments by reason of any settlement of any action (i)
effected with its written consent or (ii) effected without its written consent
if the settlement is entered into more than thirty business days after the
indemnifying party shall have received a request from the indemnified party for
reimbursement for the fees and expenses of counsel (in any case where such fees
and expenses are at the expense of the indemnifying party) and, prior to the
date of such settlement, the indemnifying party shall have failed to comply with
such reimbursement request. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior
written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement or compromise
of, or consent to the entry of judgment with respect to, any pending or
threatened action in respect of which the indemnified party is or could have
been a party and indemnity or contribution may be or could have been sought
hereunder by the indemnified party, unless such settlement, compromise or
judgment (i) includes an unconditional release of the indemnified party from all
liability on claims that are or could have been the subject matter of such
action 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 the indemnified party.
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(d) To the extent the indemnification provided for in this Section 8 is
unavailable to an indemnified party or insufficient in respect of any losses,
claims, damages, liabilities or judgments referred to herein, then each
indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party, shall
contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result
of such losses, claims, damages, liabilities and judgments (i) in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by AP
Holdings, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchaser on the other hand from the
offering of the Senior Discount Notes or (ii) if the allocation provided by
clause 8(d)(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
8(d)(i) above but also the relative fault of AP Holdings, on the one hand, and
the Initial Purchaser, on the other hand, in connection with the statements or
omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or
judgments, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative
benefits received by AP Holdings, on the one hand and the Initial Purchaser, on
the other hand, shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net
proceeds from the offering of the Senior Discount Notes (after underwriting
discounts and commissions, but before deducting expenses) received by AP
Holdings, and the total discounts and commissions received by the Initial
Purchaser bear to the total price to investors of the Senior Discount Notes, in
each case as set forth in the table on the cover page of the Offering
Memorandum. The relative fault of AP Holdings, on the one hand, and the Initial
Purchaser, on the other hand, shall be determined by reference to, among other
things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the
omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information
supplied by AP Holdings, on the one hand, or the Initial Purchaser, on the other
hand, and the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to information and
opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.
AP Holdings and the Initial Purchaser 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 which does not take account
of the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding
paragraph. The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the
losses, claims, damages, liabilities or judgments referred to in the immediately
preceding paragraph shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set
forth above, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified
party in connection with investigating or defending any matter, including any
action, that could have given rise to such losses, claims, damages, liabilities
or judgments. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 8, the Initial
Purchaser shall not be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount
by which the total discounts and commissions received by the Initial Purchaser
exceeds the amount of any damages which 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 Act) shall be entitled to contribution from
any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
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(e) The remedies provided for in this Section 8 are not exclusive and
shall not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be available to any
indemnified party at law or in equity.
9. RULE 000X
XX Xxxxxxxx hereby agrees with each Holder, for so long as any Transfer
Restricted Securities remain outstanding and during any period in which AP
Holdings is not subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act,
to make available, upon request of any Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities,
to any Holder or beneficial owner of Transfer Restricted Securities in
connection with any sale thereof and any prospective purchaser of such Transfer
Restricted Securities designated by such Holder or beneficial owner, the
information required by Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Act in order to permit resales
of such Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to Rule 144A.
10. UNDERWRITTEN REGISTRATIONS
No Holder may participate in any Underwritten Registration hereunder
unless such Holder (a) agrees to sell such Holder's Transfer Restricted
Securities on the basis provided in customary underwriting arrangements entered
into in connection therewith and (b) completes and executes all reasonable
questionnaires, powers of attorney, lock-up letters and other documents required
under the terms of such underwriting arrangements.
11. SELECTION OF UNDERWRITERS
For any Underwritten Offering of Notes, the investment banker or
investment bankers and manager or managers for any Underwritten Offering of
Notes, that will administer such offering will be selected by the Holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Transfer Restricted Securities
included in such offering provided, however, that such investment bankers and
managers must be reasonably satisfactory to AP Holdings. Such investment bankers
and managers are referred to herein as the "underwriters."
12. MISCELLANEOUS
(a) Remedies. AP Holdings agrees that monetary damages would not be
adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of a breach by them of the
provisions of this Agreement and hereby agree to waive the defense in any action
for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate.
(b) No Inconsistent Agreements. AP Holdings will not on or after the date
of this Agreement, enter into any agreement with respect to its securities that
is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders in this Agreement or
otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof. Except as disclosed in the
Offering Memorandum, AP Holdings has not previously entered into any agreement
granting any registration rights with respect to
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its securities to any Person. The rights granted to the Holders hereunder do not
in any way conflict with and are not inconsistent with the rights granted to the
holders of AP Holdings' securities under any agreement in effect on the date
hereof.
(c) Adjustments Affecting the Notes. AP Holdings will not take any action,
or voluntarily permit any change to occur, with respect to the Notes that would
materially and adversely affect the ability of the Holders to Consummate any
Exchange Offer.
(d) Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement may not be
amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to or departures from
the provisions hereof may not be given unless (i) in the case of Section 5
hereof and this Section 12(d)(i), AP Holdings has obtained the written consent
of the Holders of all outstanding Transfer Restricted Securities and (ii) in the
case of all other provisions hereof, AP Holdings has obtained the written
consent of Holders of a majority of the outstanding principal amount of Transfer
Restricted Securities. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a waiver or consent to
departure from the provisions hereof that relates exclusively to the rights of
Holders whose securities are being tendered pursuant to the Exchange Offer and
that does not affect directly or indirectly the rights of other Holders whose
securities are not being tendered pursuant to such Exchange Offer may be given
by the Holders of a majority of the outstanding principal amount of Transfer
Restricted Securities subject to such Exchange Offer.
(e) Notices. All notices and other communications provided for or
permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand-delivery, first-class mail
(registered or certified, return receipt requested), telex, telecopier, or air
courier guaranteeing overnight delivery:
(i) if to a Holder, at the address set forth on the records of the
Registrar under the Indenture, with a copy to the Registrar under the
Indenture;
With a copy to:
Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Telecopier No.: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Xx.
(ii) if to AP Holdings:
AP Holdings, Inc.
000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxx 00000
Telecopier No.: (000) 000-0000
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Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
With a copy to:
Wachtell, Lipton, Xxxxx & Xxxx
00 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Telecopier No.: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly
given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five Business
Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when receipt
acknowledged, if telecopied; and on the next business day, if timely delivered
to an air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery.
Copies of all such notices, demands or other communications shall be
concurrently delivered by the Person giving the same to the Trustee at the
address specified in the Indenture.
(f) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of
and be binding upon the successors and assigns of each of the parties, including
without limitation and without the need for an express assignment, subsequent
Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities; provided, however, that this
Agreement shall not inure to the benefit of or be binding upon a successor or
assign of a Holder unless and to the extent such successor or assign acquired
Transfer Restricted Securities directly from such Holder at a time when such
Holder could not transfer such Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to a
Shelf Registration Statement. Each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities
agrees to be bound by and comply with the terms and provisions of this
Agreement.
(g) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which
when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken
together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
(h) Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of
reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
(i) Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AS APPLIED TO
CONTRACTS MADE AND PERFORMED ENTIRELY WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT
REGARD TO THE CONFLICT OF LAW RULES.
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(j) Severability. In the event that any one or more of the provisions
contained herein, or the application thereof in any circumstance, is held
invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of
any such provision in every other respect and of the remaining provisions
contained herein shall not be affected or impaired thereby.
(k) Entire Agreement. This Agreement is intended by the parties as a final
expression of their agreement and 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 with respect to the Transfer
Restricted Securities. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and
understandings among the parties with respect to such subject matter.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the
date first written above.
AP HOLDINGS, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
Title: Treasurer
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The foregoing Registration Rights Agreement
is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the
date first above written.
XXXXXXXXX, XXXXXX & XXXXXXXX
SECURITIES CORPORATION
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Title: Vice President
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