Exhibit 10.10
$155,000,000
ICON HEALTH & FITNESS, INC.
11.25% SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2012
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
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April 9, 2002
Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc.
Fleet Securities, Inc.
c/o Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000-0000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
ICON Health & Fitness, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Issuer"),
proposes to issue and sell to Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation, X.X.
Xxxxxx Securities Inc., and Fleet Securities, Inc. (the "Initial Purchasers"),
upon the terms set forth in a purchase agreement dated March 28, 2002 (the
"Purchase Agreement"), $155,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 11.25%
Senior Subordinated Notes due 2012 (the "Notes") to be guaranteed (the
"Guarantees," and together with the Notes, the "Offered Securities") by
JumpKing, Inc., a Utah corporation , Universal Technical Services, a Utah
corporation, ICON International Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation, ICON IP,
Inc., a Delaware corporation, Free Motion Fitness, a Utah corporation,
NordicTrack, Inc., a Utah corporation, 510152 N.B. Ltd., a New Brunswick
corporation and ICON du Canada Inc., a Quebec corporation (each a "Guarantor"
and together, the "Guarantors"; and the Guarantors collectively with the Issuer,
the "Company"). The Offered Securities will be issued pursuant to an Indenture,
dated as of April 9, 2002 (the "Indenture"), among the Issuer, the Guarantors
and The Bank of New York, as trustee (the "Trustee"). As an inducement to the
Initial Purchasers to enter into the Purchase Agreement, the Company agrees with
the Initial Purchasers, for the benefit of the Initial Purchasers and the
holders of the Securities (as defined below) (collectively, the "Holders"), as
follows:
1. Exchange Offer. Unless not permitted by applicable law (after the
Company has complied with the ultimate paragraph of this Section 1), the Company
shall prepare and, on or prior to 90 days (such 90th day being a "Filing
Deadline") after the date on which the Initial Purchasers purchase the Offered
Securities pursuant to the Purchase Agreement (the "Closing Date"), file with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") a registration
statement (the "Exchange Offer Registration Statement") on an appropriate form
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), with
respect to a proposed offer (the "Exchange Offer") to the Holders of Transfer
Restricted Securities (as defined in Section 6 hereof), who are not prohibited
by any law or policy of the Commission from participating in the Exchange Offer,
to issue and deliver to such Holders, in exchange for the Offered Securities, a
like aggregate principal amount of debt securities of the Issuer and Guarantees
of the Guarantors issued under the Indenture, identical in all material respects
to the Offered Securities and registered under the Securities Act (the "Exchange
Notes"). The Company shall (i) use its best efforts to have such Exchange Offer
Registration Statement declared effective by the Commission under the Securities
Act on or prior to 180
days after the Closing Date and (ii) unless the Exchange Offer would not be
permitted by applicable law or Commission policy, the Company will, following
the declaration of the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement (a) commence the Exchange Offer and (b) use its best efforts to issue
on or prior to 30 business days after the date on which the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement was declared effective by the Commission, Exchange Notes,
in exchange for all Offered Securities tendered prior thereto in the Exchange
Offer (such period being called the "Exchange Offer Registration Period").
Following the declaration of the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement, the Company shall promptly commence the Exchange Offer,
it being the objective of such Exchange Offer to enable each Holder of Transfer
Restricted Securities electing to exchange the Offered Securities for Exchange
Notes (assuming that such Holder is not an affiliate of the Company within the
meaning of the Securities Act, acquires the Exchange Notes in the ordinary
course of such Holder's business and has no arrangements with any person to
participate in the distribution of the Exchange Notes and is not prohibited by
any law or policy of the Commission from participating in the Exchange Offer),
to trade such Exchange Notes from and after their receipt without any
limitations or restrictions under the Securities Act and without material
restrictions under the securities laws of the several states of the United
States.
The Company acknowledges that, pursuant to current interpretations by the
Commission's staff of Section 5 of the Securities Act, in the absence of an
applicable exemption therefrom, (i) each Holder which is a broker-dealer
electing to exchange Offered Securities, acquired for its own account as a
result of market making activities or other trading activities, for Exchange
Notes (an "Exchanging Dealer"), is required to deliver a prospectus containing
the information set forth in (a) Annex A hereto on the cover, (b) Annex B hereto
in the "Exchange Offer Procedures" section and the "Purpose of the Exchange
Offer" section, and (c) Annex C hereto in the "Plan of Distribution" section of
such prospectus in connection with a sale of any such Exchange Notes received by
such Exchanging Dealer pursuant to the Exchange Offer and (ii) an Initial
Purchaser that elects to sell Securities (as defined below) acquired in exchange
for Offered Securities constituting any portion of an unsold allotment, is
required to deliver a prospectus containing the information required by Items
507 or 508 of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act, as applicable, in
connection with such sale.
Subject to the next paragraph, for so long as any of the Securities (as
defined below) are outstanding (but in no event later than 180 days after the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement is declared effective). and if, in the
reasonable judgment of the Initial Purchasers or their counsel, the Initial
Purchasers or any of their affiliates (as defined in the rules and regulations
under the Securities Act) are required to deliver a prospectus (any such
prospectus, a "Market Making Prospectus") in connection with sales of the
Securities, to (i) provide the Initial Purchasers and their affiliates, without
charge, as many copies of the Market Making Prospectus as they may reasonably
request, (ii) periodically amend the Offering Document (as defined in the
Purchase Agreement) and the Exchange Offer Registration Statement so that the
information contained therein complies with the requirements of Section 10(a) of
the Securities Act, (iii) amend the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or
amend or supplement the Market Making Prospectus when necessary to reflect any
material changes in the information provided therein and promptly file such
amendment or supplement with the Commission, (iv) provide the Initial Purchasers
and their affiliates with copies of each amendment or supplement so filed and
such other documents, including opinions of counsel and "comfort" letters, as
they may reasonably request and (v) indemnify the Initial Purchasers and their
affiliates with respect to the Market Making Prospectus and, if applicable,
contribute to any amount paid or payable by the Purchasers and their affiliates
in a manner substantially identical to that specified in [Section 7] of the
Purchase Agreement (with appropriate modifications). The Company consents to the
use, subject to the provisions of the Securities Act and the state securities or
Blue Sky laws of the jurisdictions in which the Offered Securities are offered
by the Purchasers, of each Market Making Prospectus.
The Company shall use its best efforts to keep the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement effective and to amend and supplement the prospectus
contained therein, in order to permit such prospectus to be lawfully delivered
by all persons subject to the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities
Act for such period of time as such persons must comply with such requirements
in order to resell the Exchange
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Notes; provided, however, that (i) in the case where such prospectus and any
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amendment or supplement thereto must be delivered by an Exchanging Dealer or the
Initial Purchasers, such period shall be the lesser of 180 days and the date on
which all Exchanging Dealers and the Initial Purchasers have sold all Exchange
Notes held by them (unless such period is extended pursuant to Section 3(j)
below) and (ii) the Company shall make such prospectus and any amendment or
supplement thereto available to any broker-dealer for use in connection with any
resale of any Exchange Notes for a period of not less than 180 days after the
consummation of the Exchange Offer.
If, upon consummation of the Exchange Offer, the Initial Purchasers hold
Offered Securities acquired by them as part of their initial distribution, the
Company, simultaneously with the delivery of the Exchange Notes pursuant to the
Exchange Offer, shall issue and deliver to the Initial Purchasers upon the
written request of the Initial Purchasers, in exchange (the "Private Exchange")
for the Offered Securities held by the Initial Purchasers, a like principal
amount of debt securities of the Issuer and Guarantees of the Guarantors issued
under the Indenture and identical in all material respects to the Offered
Securities (the "Private Exchange Notes"). The Offered Securities, the Exchange
Notes and the Private Exchange Notes are herein collectively called the
"Securities".
In connection with the Exchange Offer, the Company shall:
(a) mail to each Holder a copy of the prospectus forming part of
the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, together with an appropriate
letter of transmittal and related documents;
(b) keep the Exchange Offer open for not less than 25 days (or
longer, if required by applicable law) after the date notice thereof is
mailed to the Holders;
(c) utilize the services of a depositary for the Exchange Offer
with an address in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, which
may be the Trustee or an affiliate of the Trustee;
(d) permit Holders to withdraw tendered Securities 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
(e) otherwise comply with all applicable laws.
As soon as practicable after the close of the Exchange Offer or the Private
Exchange, as the case may be, the Company shall:
(x) accept for exchange all the Securities validly tendered and
not withdrawn pursuant to the Exchange Offer and the Private Exchange;
(y) deliver to the Trustee for cancellation all the Offered
Securities so accepted for exchange; and
(z) cause the Trustee to authenticate and deliver promptly to
each Holder of the Offered Securities, Exchange Notes or Private Exchange
Notes, as the case may be, equal in principal amount to the Offered
Securities of such Holder so accepted for exchange.
The Indenture will provide that the Exchange Notes will not be subject to
the transfer restrictions set forth in the Indenture and that all the Securities
will vote and consent together on all matters as one class and that none of the
Securities will have the right to vote or consent as a class separate from one
another on any matter.
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Interest on each Exchange Note and Private Exchange Note issued pursuant to
the Exchange Offer and in the Private Exchange will accrue from the last
interest payment date on which interest was paid on the Offered Securities
surrendered in exchange therefor or, if no interest has been paid on the Offered
Securities, from the date of original issue of the Offered Securities.
Each Holder participating in the Exchange Offer shall be required to
represent to the Company that at the time of the consummation of the Exchange
Offer (i) any Exchange Notes received by such Holder will be acquired in the
ordinary course of business, (ii) such Holder will have no arrangements or
understanding with any person to participate in the distribution of the
Securities or the Exchange Notes within the meaning of the Securities Act, (iii)
such Holder is not an "affiliate," as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act,
of the Company or if it is an affiliate, such Holder will comply with the
registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act to the
extent applicable, (iv) 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
Notes, (v) if such Holder is a broker-dealer, that it will receive Exchange
Notes for its own account in exchange for Offered Securities that were acquired
as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities and that it
will be required to acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection
with any resale of such Exchange Notes, and (vi) that it is not acting on behalf
of any person who could not truthfully make the forgoing statement.
Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, the Company will ensure that
(i) any Exchange Offer Registration Statement and any amendment thereto and any
prospectus forming part thereof and any supplement thereto complies in all
material respects with the Securities Act and the rules and regulations
thereunder, (ii) any Exchange Offer Registration Statement and any amendment
thereto does not, when it becomes effective, contain an untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading and (iii) any prospectus
forming part of any Exchange Offer Registration Statement, and any supplement to
such prospectus, does not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit
to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to
make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading.
If following the date hereof there has been announced a change in
Commission policy with respect to exchange offers that in the reasonable opinion
of counsel to the Company raises a substantial question as to whether the
Exchange Offer is permitted by applicable federal law, the Company will seek a
no-action letter or other favorable decision from the Commission allowing the
Company to consummate the Exchange Offer. The Company will pursue the issuance
of such a decision to the Commission staff level. In connection with the
foregoing, the Company will take all such other actions as may be requested by
the Commission or otherwise required in connection with the issuance of such
decision, including without limitation (i) participating in telephonic
conferences with the Commission, (ii) delivering to the Commission staff an
analysis prepared by counsel to the Company setting forth the legal bases, if
any, upon which such counsel has concluded that the Exchange Offer should be
permitted and (iii) diligently pursuing a resolution (which need not be
favorable) by the Commission staff.
2. Shelf Registration. If, (i) the Company is not: (a) required to file
the Exchange Offer Registration Statement; or (b) permitted to consummate the
Exchange Offer because the Exchange Offer is not permitted by applicable law or
Commission policy; or (ii) any holder of Transfer Restricted Securities notifies
the Issuer prior to the 20th day following consummation of the Exchange Offer
that: (a) it is prohibited by law or Commission policy from participating in the
Exchange Offer; or (b) that it may not resell the Exchange 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; or (c) that it is a broker-dealer and
owns Securities acquired directly from the Company or an affiliate of the
Company, the Company shall take the following actions (the date on which any of
the conditions described in the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii) occur, being a
"Trigger Date"):
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(a) The Company will file a registration statement (the "Shelf
Registration Statement") with the Commission and use its best efforts to
cause such filing to be made on or prior to 90 days after such filing
obligation arises and to cause the Shelf Registration Statement to be
declared effective by the Commission under the Securities Act, on or prior
to 180 days after such filing. The Shelf Registration Statement shall be
filed on an appropriate form under the Securities Act relating to the offer
and sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities by the Holders thereof from
time to time in accordance with the methods of distribution set forth in
the Shelf Registration Statement and Rule 415 under the Securities Act
(hereinafter, the "Shelf Registration"); provided, however, that no Holder
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(other than an Initial Purchaser) shall be entitled to have the Securities
held by it covered by such Shelf Registration Statement unless such Holder
agrees in writing to be bound by all the provisions of this Agreement
applicable to such Holder.
(b) The Company shall use its best efforts to keep the Shelf
Registration Statement continuously effective in order to permit the
prospectus included therein to be lawfully delivered by the Holders of the
relevant Securities, for a period of two years (or for such longer period
if extended pursuant to Section 3(j) below) from the date of its
effectiveness or such shorter period that will terminate when all the
Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement (i) have been sold
pursuant thereto or (ii) are no longer restricted securities (as defined in
Rule 144 under the Securities Act, or any successor rule thereof). The
Company shall be deemed not to have used its best efforts to keep the Shelf
Registration Statement effective during the requisite period if it
voluntarily takes any action that would result in Holders of Securities
covered thereby not being able to offer and sell such Securities during
that period, unless such action in the judgment of counsel for the Company
is required by applicable law.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement to
the contrary, the Company shall cause the Shelf Registration Statement and
the related prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, as of the
effective date of the Shelf Registration Statement, amendment or
supplement, (i) to comply in all material respects with the applicable
requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the
Commission and (ii) not to contain any untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary
in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading.
3. Registration Procedures. In connection with any Shelf Registration
contemplated by Section 2 hereof and, to the extent applicable, any Exchange
Offer contemplated by Section 1 hereof, the following provisions shall apply:
(a) The Company shall (i) furnish to the Initial Purchasers,
prior to the filing thereof with the Commission, a copy of the Registration
Statement and each amendment thereof and each supplement, if any, to the
prospectus included therein and, in the event that the Initial Purchasers
(with respect to any portion of an unsold allotment from the original
offering) are participating in the Exchange Offer or the Shelf Registration
Statement, the Company shall use its best efforts to reflect in each such
document, when so filed with the Commission, such comments as the Initial
Purchasers reasonably may propose; (ii) include the information set forth
in Annex A hereto on the cover, in Annex B hereto in the "Exchange Offer
Procedures" section and the "Purpose of the Exchange Offer" section and in
Annex C hereto in the "Plan of Distribution" section of the prospectus
forming a part of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and include the
information set forth in Annex D hereto in the Letter of Transmittal
delivered pursuant to the Exchange Offer; (iii) if requested by the Initial
Purchasers, include the information required by Items 507 or 508 of
Regulation S-K under the Securities Act, as applicable, in the prospectus
forming a part of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement; (iv) include
within the prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement a section entitled "Plan of Distribution," reasonably acceptable
to the Initial Purchasers, which shall contain a summary statement of the
positions taken or policies made by the staff of the Commission with
respect to the potential
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"underwriter" status of any broker-dealer that is the beneficial owner (as
defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the "Exchange Act")) of Exchange Notes received by such broker-dealer in
the Exchange Offer (a "Participating Broker-Dealer"), whether such
positions or policies have been publicly disseminated by the staff of the
Commission or such positions or policies, in the reasonable judgment of the
Initial Purchasers based upon advice of counsel (which may be in-house
counsel), represent the prevailing views of the staff of the Commission;
and (v) in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, include the names of
the Holders who propose to sell Securities pursuant to the Shelf
Registration Statement as selling securityholders.
(b) The Company shall give written notice to the Initial
Purchasers, the Holders of the Securities and any Participating
Broker-Dealer from whom the Company has received prior written notice that
it will be a Participating Broker-Dealer in the Exchange Offer (which
notice pursuant to clauses (ii)-(v) hereof shall be accompanied by an
instruction to suspend the use of the prospectus until the requisite
changes have been made):
(i) when the Registration Statement or any amendment
thereto has been filed with the Commission and when the
Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto
has become effective;
(ii) of any request by the Commission for amendments
or supplements to the Registration Statement or the prospectus
included therein or for additional information;
(iii) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop
order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement
or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose;
(iv) of the receipt by the Company or its legal
counsel of any notification with respect to the suspension of the
qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or
the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose;
and
(v) of the happening of any event that requires the
Company to make changes in the Registration Statement or the
prospectus in order that the Registration Statement or the
prospectus does not contain an untrue statement of a material
fact nor omit to state a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case
of the prospectus, in light of the circumstances under which they
were made) not misleading.
(c) The Company shall make every reasonable effort to obtain the
withdrawal at the earliest possible time, of any order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement.
(d) The Company shall furnish to each Holder of Securities
included within the coverage of the Shelf Registration, without charge, at
least one copy of the Shelf Registration Statement and any post-effective
amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules, and, if
the Holder so requests in writing, all exhibits thereto (including those,
if any, incorporated by reference).
(e) The Company shall deliver to each Exchanging Dealer and the
Initial Purchasers, and to any other Holder who so requests, without
charge, at least one copy of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and
any post-effective amendment thereto, including financial statements and
schedules, and, if the Initial Purchasers or any such Holder requests, all
exhibits thereto (including those incorporated by reference).
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(f) The Company shall, during the Shelf Registration Period,
deliver to each Holder of Securities included within the coverage of the
Shelf Registration, without charge, as many copies of the prospectus
(including each preliminary prospectus) included in the Shelf Registration
Statement and any amendment or supplement thereto as such person may
reasonably request. The Company consents, subject to the provisions of this
Agreement, to the use of the prospectus or any amendment or supplement
thereto by each of the selling Holders of the Securities in connection with
the offering and sale of the Securities covered by the prospectus, or any
amendment or supplement thereto, included in the Shelf Registration
Statement.
(g) The Company shall deliver to the Initial Purchasers, any
Exchanging Dealer, any Participating Broker-Dealer and such other persons
required to deliver a prospectus following the Exchange Offer, without
charge, as many copies of the final prospectus included in the Exchange
Offer Registration Statement and any amendment or supplement thereto as
such persons may reasonably request. The Company consents, subject to the
provisions of this Agreement, to the use of the prospectus or any amendment
or supplement thereto by the Initial Purchasers, if necessary, any
Participating Broker-Dealer and such other persons required to deliver a
prospectus following the Exchange Offer in connection with the offering and
sale of the Exchange Notes covered by the prospectus, or any amendment or
supplement thereto, included in such Exchange Offer Registration Statement.
(h) Prior to any public offering of the Securities pursuant to
any Registration Statement, the Company shall register or qualify or
cooperate with the Holders of the Securities included therein and their
respective counsel in connection with the registration or qualification of
the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or "blue sky" laws
of such states of the United States as any Holder of the Securities
reasonably requests in writing and do any and all other acts or things
necessary or advisable to enable the offer and sale in such jurisdictions
of the Securities covered by such Registration Statement; provided,
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however, that the Company shall not be required to (i) qualify generally to
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do business in any jurisdiction where it is not then so qualified or (ii)
take any action which would subject it to general service of process or to
taxation in any jurisdiction where it is not then so subject.
(i) The Company shall cooperate with the Holders of the
Securities to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of
certificates representing the Securities to be sold pursuant to any
Registration Statement free of any restrictive legends and in such
denominations and registered in such names as the Holders may request a
reasonable period of time prior to sales of the Securities pursuant to such
Registration Statement.
(j) Upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by paragraphs
(ii) through (v) of Section 3(b) above during the period for which the
Company is required to maintain an effective Registration Statement, the
Company shall promptly prepare and file a post-effective amendment to the
Registration Statement or a supplement to the related prospectus and any
other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to Holders of the
Securities or purchasers of Securities, the prospectus will not contain an
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 they were made, not misleading.
If the Company notifies the Initial Purchasers, the Holders of the
Securities and any known Participating Broker-Dealer in accordance with
paragraphs (ii) through (v) of Section 3(b) above to suspend the use of the
prospectus until the requisite changes to the prospectus have been made,
then the Initial Purchasers, the Holders of the Securities and any such
Participating Broker-Dealers shall suspend use of such prospectus, and the
period of effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement provided for in
Section 2(b) above and the Exchange Offer Registration Statement provided
for in Section 1 above shall each be extended by the number of days from
and including the date of the giving of such notice to and including the
date when the Initial Purchasers, the Holders of the
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Securities and any known Participating Broker-Dealer shall have received
such amended or supplemented prospectus pursuant to this Section 3(j).
(k) Not later than the effective date of the applicable
Registration Statement, the Company will provide a CUSIP number for the
Notes, the Exchange Notes or the Private Exchange Notes, as the case may
be, and provide the applicable trustee with printed certificates for the
Offered Securities, the Exchange Notes or the Private Exchange Notes, as
the case may be, in a form eligible for deposit with The Depository Trust
Company.
(l) The Company will comply with all rules and regulations of
the Commission to the extent and so long as they are applicable to the
Exchange Offer or the Shelf Registration and will make generally available
to its security holders (or otherwise provide in accordance with Section
11(a) of the Securities Act) an earnings statement satisfying the
provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act, no later than 45 days
after the end of a 12-month period (or 90 days, if such period is a fiscal
year) beginning with the first month of the Company's first fiscal quarter
commencing after the effective date of the Registration Statement, which
statement shall cover such 12-month period.
(m) The Company shall cause the Indenture to be qualified under
the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, in a timely manner and
containing such changes, if any, as shall be necessary for such
qualification. In the event that such qualification would require the
appointment of a new trustee under the Indenture, the Company shall appoint
a new trustee thereunder pursuant to the applicable provisions of the
Indenture.
(n) The Company may require each Holder of Securities to be sold
pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement to furnish to the Company such
information regarding the Holder and the distribution of the Securities as
the Company may from time to time reasonably require for inclusion in the
Shelf Registration Statement, and the Company may exclude from such
registration the Securities of any Holder that fails to furnish such
information within a reasonable time after receiving such request.
(o) The Company shall enter into such customary agreements
(including, if requested, an underwriting agreement in customary form) and
take all such other action, if any, as any Holder of the Securities shall
reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition of the Securities
pursuant to any Shelf Registration.
(p) In the case of any Shelf Registration, the Company shall (i)
make reasonably available for inspection by the Holders of the Securities,
any underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to the Shelf
Registration Statement and any attorney, accountant or other agent retained
by the Holders of the Securities or any such underwriter all relevant
financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties
of the Company and (ii) cause the Company's officers, directors, employees,
accountants and auditors to supply all relevant information reasonably
requested by the Holders of the Securities or any such underwriter,
attorney, accountant or agent in connection with the Shelf Registration
Statement, in each case as shall be reasonably necessary to enable such
persons, to conduct a reasonable investigation within the meaning of
Section 11 of the Securities Act; provided, however, that the foregoing
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inspection and information gathering shall be coordinated on behalf of the
Initial Purchasers by you and on behalf of the other parties, by one
counsel designated by and on behalf of such other parties as described in
Section 4 hereof and shall take place at the offices where such records are
normally kept during normal business hours.
(q) In the case of any Shelf Registration, the Company, if
requested by any Holder of Securities covered thereby, shall cause (i) its
counsel to deliver an opinion and updates thereof relating to the
Securities in customary form addressed to such Holders and the managing
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underwriters, if any, thereof and dated, in the case of the initial
opinion, the effective date of such Shelf Registration Statement (it being
agreed that the matters to be covered by such opinion shall include,
without limitation, the due incorporation and good corporate standing of
the Company and its subsidiaries; the qualification of the Company and its
subsidiaries to transact business as foreign corporations; the due
authorization, execution and delivery of the relevant agreement of the type
referred to in Section 3(o) hereof; the due authorization, execution,
authentication and issuance, and the validity and enforceability, of the
applicable Securities; the absence of material legal or governmental
proceedings involving the Company and its subsidiaries; the absence of
governmental approvals required to be obtained in connection with the Shelf
Registration Statement, the offering and sale of the applicable Securities,
or any agreement of the type referred to in Section 3(o) hereof; the
compliance as to form of such Shelf Registration Statement and any
documents incorporated by reference therein and of the Indenture with the
requirements of the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act,
respectively; and, as of the date of the opinion and as of the effective
date of the Shelf Registration Statement or most recent post-effective
amendment thereto, as the case may be, the absence from such Shelf
Registration Statement and the prospectus included therein, as then amended
or supplemented, and from any documents incorporated by reference therein
of an untrue statement of a material fact or the omission to state therein
a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading (in the case of any such documents, in
the light of the circumstances existing at the time that such documents
were filed with the Commission under the Exchange Act); (ii) its officers
to execute and deliver all customary documents and certificates and updates
thereof requested by any underwriters of the applicable Securities and
(iii) its independent public accountants to provide to the selling Holders
of the applicable Securities and any underwriter therefor a comfort letter
in customary form and covering matters of the type customarily covered in
comfort letters in connection with primary underwritten offerings, subject
to receipt of appropriate documentation as contemplated, and only if
permitted, by Statement of Auditing Standards No. 72.
(r) In the case of the Exchange Offer, if requested by the
Initial Purchasers or any known Participating Broker-Dealer, the Company
shall cause (i) its counsel to deliver to the Initial Purchasers or such
Participating Broker-Dealer a signed opinion in the form set forth in
Section 6(c), (e), (f), (g) and (h) of the Purchase Agreement with such
changes as are customary in connection with the preparation of a
Registration Statement and (ii) its independent public accountants to
deliver to such Initial Purchaser or such Participating Broker-Dealer a
comfort letter, in customary form, meeting the requirements as to the
substance thereof as set forth in Section 6(a) and (k) of the Purchase
Agreement, with appropriate date changes.
(s) If an Exchange Offer or a Private Exchange is to be
consummated, upon delivery of the Offered Securities by Holders to the
Company (or to such other Person as directed by the Company) in exchange
for the Exchange Notes or the Private Exchange Notes, as the case may be,
the Company shall mark, or cause to be marked, on the Offered Securities so
exchanged that such Offered Securities are being canceled in exchange for
the Exchange Notes or the Private Exchange Notes, as the case may be; in no
event shall the Offered Securities be marked as paid or otherwise
satisfied.
(t) The Company will use its best efforts to (a) if the Offered
Securities have been rated prior to the initial sale of such Offered
Securities, confirm such ratings will apply to the Securities covered by a
Registration Statement, or (b) if the Offered Securities were not
previously rated, cause the Securities covered by a Registration Statement
to be rated with the appropriate rating agencies, if so requested by
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of Securities covered
by such Registration Statement, or by the managing underwriters, if any.
(u) In the event that any broker-dealer registered under the
Exchange Act shall underwrite any Securities or participate as a member of
an underwriting syndicate or selling group
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or "assist in the distribution" (within the meaning of the Conduct Rules
(the "Rules") of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
("NASD")) thereof, whether as a Holder of such Securities or as an
underwriter, a placement or sales agent or a broker or dealer in respect
thereof, or otherwise, the Company will assist such broker-dealer in
complying with the requirements of such Rules, including, without
limitation, by (i) if such Rules, including Rule 2720, shall so require,
engaging a "qualified independent underwriter" (as defined in Rule 2720) to
participate in the preparation of the Registration Statement relating to
such Securities, to exercise usual standards of due diligence in respect
thereto and, if any portion of the offering contemplated by such
Registration Statement is an underwritten offering or is made through a
placement or sales agent, to recommend the yield of such Securities, (ii)
indemnifying any such qualified independent underwriter to the extent of
the indemnification of underwriters provided in Section 5 hereof and (iii)
providing such information to such broker-dealer as may be required in
order for such broker-dealer to comply with the requirements of the Rules.
(v) The Company shall use its best efforts to take all other steps
necessary to effect the registration of the Securities covered by a
Registration Statement contemplated hereby.
4. Registration Expenses. (a) All expenses incident to the Company's
performance of and compliance with this Agreement will be borne by the Company,
regardless of whether a Registration Statement is ever filed or becomes
effective, including without limitation;
(i) all registration and filing fees and expenses;
(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 Securities to be issued in the Exchange Offer and the Private Exchange
and printing of prospectuses), messenger and delivery services and
telephone;
(iv) all fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company;
(v) all application and filing fees in connection with listing the
Exchange Notes on a national securities exchange or automated quotation
system pursuant to the requirements hereof; and
(vi) all fees and disbursements of independent certified public
accountants of the Company (including the expenses of any special audit and
comfort letters required by or incident to such performance).
The Company will bear its internal expenses (including, without limitation, all
salaries and expenses of its 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 the Company.
(b) In connection with any Registration Statement required by this
Agreement, the Company will reimburse the Initial Purchasers and the Holders of
Transfer Restricted Securities who are tendering Offered Securities in the
Exchange Offer and/or selling or reselling Securities pursuant to the "Plan of
Distribution" contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or the
Shelf Registration Statement, as applicable, for the reasonable fees and
disbursements of not more than one counsel, who shall be Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx unless
another firm 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.
5. Indemnification. (a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless
each Holder of the Securities, any Participating Broker-Dealer and each person,
if any, who controls such Holder or such
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Participating Broker-Dealer within the meaning of the Securities Act or the
Exchange Act (each Holder, any Participating Broker-Dealer and such controlling
persons are referred to collectively as the "Indemnified Parties") from and
against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, or any
actions in respect thereof (including, but not limited to, any losses, claims,
damages, liabilities or actions relating to purchases and sales of the
Securities) to which each Indemnified Party may become subject under the
Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims,
damages, liabilities or actions arise out of or are based upon any untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in a
Registration Statement or prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto
or in any preliminary prospectus relating to a Shelf Registration, or arise out
of, or are based upon, the omission or alleged omission to state therein a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading, and shall reimburse, as incurred, the Indemnified
Parties for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in
connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage,
liability or action in respect thereof; provided, however, that (i) the Company
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shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that such loss, claim, damage
or liability arises out of or is based upon any untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in a Registration
Statement or prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any
preliminary prospectus relating to a Shelf Registration in reliance upon and in
conformity with written information pertaining to such Holder and furnished to
the Company by or on behalf of such Holder specifically for inclusion therein
and (ii) with respect to any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue
statement or omission made in any preliminary prospectus relating to a Shelf
Registration Statement, the indemnity agreement contained in this subsection (a)
shall not inure to the benefit of any Holder or Participating Broker-Dealer from
whom the person asserting any such losses, claims, damages or liabilities
purchased the Securities concerned, to the extent that a prospectus relating to
such Securities was required to be delivered by such Holder or Participating
Broker-Dealer under the Securities Act in connection with such purchase and any
such loss, claim, damage or liability of such Holder or Participating
Broker-Dealer results from the fact that there was not sent or given to such
person, at or prior to the written confirmation of the sale of such Securities
to such person, a copy of the final prospectus if the Company had previously
furnished copies thereof to such Holder or Participating Broker-Dealer; provided
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further, that this indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability
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which the Company may otherwise have to such Indemnified Party. The Company
shall also indemnify underwriters, their officers and directors and each person
who controls such underwriters within the meaning of the Securities Act or the
Exchange Act to the same extent as provided above with respect to the
indemnification of the Holders of the Securities if requested by such Holders.
(b) Each Holder of the Securities, severally and not jointly, will
indemnify and hold harmless the Company and each of the officers, directors and
employees and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning
of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act from and against any losses, claims,
damages or liabilities or any actions in respect thereof, to which the Company
or any such controlling person may become subject under the Securities Act, the
Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities
or actions arise out of or are based upon (i) any untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact contained in a Registration Statement or
prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary
prospectus relating to a Shelf Registration, or (ii) arise out of or are based
upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary
to make the statements therein not misleading, but in each case only to the
extent that the untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or
omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information
pertaining to such Holder and furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such
Holder specifically for inclusion therein; and, subject to the limitation set
forth immediately preceding this clause, shall reimburse, as incurred, the
Company for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company or
any such officer, director or employee or controlling person in connection with
investigating or defending any loss, claim, damage, liability or action in
respect thereof. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability
which such Holder may otherwise have to the Company or any of its controlling
persons.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 5 of
notice of the commencement of any action or proceeding (including a governmental
investigation), such indemnified
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party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying
party under this Section 5, notify the indemnifying party of the commencement
thereof; but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party will not, in any
event, relieve the indemnifying party from any obligations to any indemnified
party other than the indemnification obligation provided in paragraph (a) or (b)
above. In case any such action is brought against any indemnified party, and it
notifies the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying
party will be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it may
wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume
the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified
party (who shall not, except with the consent of the indemnified party, which
consent cannot be unreasonably withheld, be counsel to the indemnifying party),
and after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its
election so to assume the defense thereof the indemnifying party will not be
liable to such indemnified party under this Section 5 for any legal or other
expenses, other than reasonable costs of investigation, subsequently incurred by
such indemnified party, in connection with the defense thereof. No indemnifying
party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect
any settlement of any pending or threatened action in respect of which any
indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been
sought hereunder by such indemnified party unless such settlement includes an
unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on any claims
that are the subject matter of such action, and does not include a statement as
to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of
any indemnified party.
(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 5 is unavailable
or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under subsections (a) or
(b) above, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or
payable by such indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or
liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to in subsection (a) or (b)
above (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits
received by the indemnifying party or parties on the one hand and the
indemnified party on the other from the sale of the Transfer Restricted
Securities, or (ii) if the allocation provided by the foregoing clause (i) is
not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect
not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the
relative fault of the indemnifying party or parties on the one hand and the
indemnified party on the other in connection with the statements or omissions
that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in
respect thereof) as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The
relative fault of the parties shall be determined by reference to, among other
things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the
omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information
supplied by the Company on the one hand or such Holder or such other indemnified
party, as the case may be, on the other, and the parties' relative intent,
knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such
statement or omission. The amount paid by an indemnified party as a result of
the losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to in the first sentence of
this subsection (d) shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating
or defending any action or claim which is the subject of this subsection (d).
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5, the Holders of the
Securities shall not be required to contribute any amount in excess of the
amount by which the net proceeds received by such Holders from the sale of the
Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement exceeds the amount of damages
which such Holders have otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue
or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of
fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the
Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not
guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes of this subsection
(d), each person, if any, who controls such indemnified party within the meaning
of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to
contribution as such indemnified party and each person, if any, who controls the
Company within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act shall have
the same rights to contribution as the Company.
(e) The agreements contained in this Section 5 shall survive the sale of
the Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement and shall remain in full
force and effect, regardless of any termination or cancellation of this
Agreement or any investigation made by or on behalf of any indemnified party.
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6. Additional Interest Under Certain Circumstances. (a) Additional
interest (the "Additional Interest") with respect to the Securities shall be
assessed as follows if any of the following events occur (each such event in
clauses (i) through (iv) below being herein called a "Registration Default"):
(i) any Registration Statement required by this Agreement is not filed
with the Commission on or prior to the date specified for filing;
(ii) any Registration Statement required by this Agreement is not
declared effective by the Commission on or prior to the date
specified for such effectiveness (the "Effectiveness Target Date");
(iii) the Exchange Offer has not been consummated within 30 business days
of the Effectiveness Target Date with respect to the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement; or
(iv) any Registration Statement required by this Agreement has been
declared effective by the Commission but (A) such Registration
Statement thereafter ceases to be effective or (B) such Registration
Statement or the related prospectus ceases to be usable in
connection with resales of Transfer Restricted Securities during the
periods specified herein.
Each of the foregoing will constitute a Registration Default whatever the reason
for any such event and whether it is voluntary or involuntary or is beyond the
control of the Company or pursuant to operation of law or as a result of any
action or inaction by the Commission.
The Company shall pay Additional Interest to each Holder in the event of a
Registration Default. Additional Interest shall accrue from the first day of
such Registration Default in an amount equal to $.05 per week per $1,000
principal amount of Notes for the first 90-day period immediately following the
occurrence of such Registration Default and shall increase by an additional $.05
per week per $1,000 principal amount of Notes with respect to each subsequent
90-day period until all Registration Defaults have been cured, up to a maximum
amount of $.50 per week per $1,000 principal amount of Notes.
(b) A Registration Default referred to in Section 6(a)(iv) hereof shall be
deemed not to have occurred and be continuing in relation to a Shelf
Registration Statement or the related prospectus if (i) such Registration
Default has occurred solely as a result of (x) the filing of a post-effective
amendment to such Shelf Registration Statement to incorporate annual audited
financial information with respect to the Company where such post-effective
amendment is not yet effective and needs to be declared effective to permit
Holders to use the related prospectus or (y) other material events, with respect
to the Company that would need to be described in such Shelf Registration
Statement or the related prospectus and (ii) in the case of clause (y), the
Company is proceeding promptly and in good faith to amend or supplement such
Shelf Registration Statement and related prospectus to describe such events;
provided, however, that in any case if such Registration Default occurs for a
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continuous period in excess of 30 days, Additional Interest shall be payable in
accordance with the above paragraph from the day such Registration Default
occurs until such Registration Default is cured.
(c) Any amounts of Additional Interest due pursuant to Section 6(a) will
be payable in cash on the regular interest payment dates with respect to the
Securities.
(d) "Transfer Restricted Securities" means each Security until (i) the
date on which such Security has been exchanged by a person other than a
broker-dealer for a freely transferable Exchange Note in the Exchange Offer,
(ii) following the exchange by a broker-dealer in the Exchange Offer of an
Initial Security for an Exchange Note, the date on which such Exchange Note is
sold to a purchaser who receives from such broker-dealer on or prior to the date
of such sale a copy of the prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement, (iii) the date on which such Security has been
effectively registered under the Securities Act and disposed of in accordance
with the Shelf Registration Statement or (iv) the
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date on which such Security is distributed to the public pursuant to Rule 144
under the Securities Act or is saleable pursuant to Rule 144(k) under the
Securities Act.
7. Rules 144 and 144A. The Company shall use its best efforts upon the
request of any Holder of Securities, to make publicly available any information
so long as necessary to permit sales of their securities pursuant to Rules 144
and 144A. The Company covenants that it will take such further action as any
Holder of Securities may reasonably request, all to the extent required from
time to time to enable such Holder to sell Securities without registration under
the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by Rules 144
and 144A (including the requirements of Rule 144A(d)(4)). The Company will
provide a copy of this Agreement to prospective purchasers of Offered Securities
identified to the Company by the Initial Purchasers upon request. Upon the
request of any Holder of Offered Securities, the Company shall deliver to such
Holder a written statement as to whether it has complied with such requirements.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section 7 shall be deemed to
require the Company to register any of its securities pursuant to the Exchange
Act.
8. Underwritten Registrations. If any of the Transfer Restricted
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 administer the offering ("Managing Underwriters") will be selected by
the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of such Transfer
Restricted Securities to be included in such offering.
No person may participate in any underwritten registration hereunder unless
such person (i) agrees to sell such person's Transfer Restricted Securities on
the basis reasonably provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by the
persons entitled hereunder to approve such arrangements and (ii) completes and
executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting
agreements and other documents reasonably required under the terms of such
underwriting arrangements.
9. Miscellaneous.
(a) Remedies. The Company acknowledges and agrees that any failure by the
Company to comply with its obligations under Section 1 and 2 hereof may result
in material irreparable injury to the Initial Purchasers or the Holders for
which there is no adequate remedy at law, that it will not be possible to
measure damages for such injuries precisely and that, in the event of any such
failure, the Initial Purchasers or any Holder may obtain such relief as may be
required to specifically enforce the Company's obligations under Sections 1 and
2 hereof. The Company further agrees to waive the defense in any action for
specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate.
(b) No Inconsistent Agreements. The Company 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. 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 the Company's securities under any
agreement (other than the registration rights agreement entered into by the
Company in connection with the issuance of the Company's 12% senior subordinated
notes due 2025) in effect on the date hereof.
(c) Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement may not be
amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from
the provisions hereof may not be given, except by the Company and the written
consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities
affected by such amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or consents.
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(d) Notices. All notices and other communications provided for or
permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand delivery, first-class mail,
facsimile transmission, or air courier which guarantees overnight delivery:
(1) if to a Holder of the Securities, at the most current
address given by such Holder to the Company.
(2) if to the Initial Purchasers;
Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000-0000
Fax No.: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Transactions Advisory Group
with a copy to:
Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Fax No.: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Xxxx X. Xxxxx, Esq.
(3) if to the Company, at its address as follows:
Icon Health & Fitness, Inc.
0000 Xxxxx 0000 Xxxx,
Xxxxx, XX 00000
Fax No.: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Xxxx Xxxxxxxx, Esq.
with a copy to:
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxx
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Fax No.: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx, Esq.
All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly
given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; three business
days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when receipt
is acknowledged by recipient's facsimile machine operator, if sent by facsimile
transmission; and on the day delivered, if sent by overnight air courier
guaranteeing next day delivery.
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(e) Third Party Beneficiaries. The Holders shall be third party
beneficiaries to the agreements made hereunder between the Company, on the one
hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other hand, and shall have the right to
enforce such agreements directly to the extent they may deem such enforcement
necessary or advisable to protect their rights or the rights of Holders
hereunder.
(f) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon the
Company and its successors and assigns.
(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 LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES
OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS.
(j) Severability. If 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) Securities Held by the Company. Whenever the consent or approval of
Holders of a specified percentage of principal amount of Securities is required
hereunder, Securities held by the Company or its affiliates (other than
subsequent Holders of Securities if such subsequent Holders are deemed to be
affiliates solely by reason of their holdings of such Securities) shall not be
counted in determining whether such consent or approval was given by the Holders
of such required percentage.
If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement,
please sign and return to the Issuer a counterpart hereof, whereupon this
instrument, along with all counterparts, will become a binding agreement among
the several Initial Purchasers, the Issuer and the Guarantors in accordance with
its terms.
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Very truly yours,
ICON HEALTH & FITNESS, INC.
By: _________________________________________
Name:
Title:
GUARANTORS:
JUMPKING, INC.
By: _________________________________________
Name:
Title:
UNIVERSAL TECHNICAL SERVICES
By: _________________________________________
Name:
Title:
ICON INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, INC.
By: _________________________________________
Name:
Title:
ICON IP, INC.
By: _________________________________________
Name:
Title:
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FREE MOTION FITNESS, INC.
By: _________________________________________
Name:
Title:
NORDICTRACK, INC.
By: _________________________________________
Name:
Title:
510152 N.B. LTD.
By: _________________________________________
Name:
Title:
ICON DU CANADA INC.
By: _________________________________________
Name:
Title:
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The foregoing Registration Rights Agreement is
hereby confirmed and accepted as of the date first
above written.
Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation,
By: _________________________________________
Name:
Title:
Acting on behalf of itself and as the
Representative of the several Initial Purchasers
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ANNEX A
Each broker-dealer that receives Exchange Notes for its own account
pursuant to the Exchange Offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a
prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange Notes. The Letter of
Transmittal states that by so acknowledging and by delivering a prospectus, a
broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an "underwriter" within the
meaning of the Securities Act. This Prospectus, as it may be amended or
supplemented from time to time, may be used by a broker-dealer in connection
with resales of Exchange Notes received in exchange for Offered Securities where
such Offered Securities were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of
market-making activities or other trading activities. The Company has agreed
that, for a period of 180 days after the Expiration Date (as defined herein), it
will make this Prospectus available to any broker-dealer for use in connection
with any such resale. See "Plan of Distribution."
ANNEX B
Each broker-dealer that receives Exchange Notes for its own account in
exchange for Offered Securities, where such Offered Securities were acquired by
such broker-dealer as a result of market-making activities or other trading
activities, must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection
with any resale of such Exchange Notes. See "Plan of Distribution."
ANNEX C
Plan of Distribution
Each broker-dealer that receives Exchange Notes for its own account
pursuant to the Exchange Offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a
prospectus (the "Prospectus") in connection with any resale of such Exchange
Notes. This Prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time,
may be used by a broker-dealer in connection with resales of Exchange Notes
received in exchange for Offered Securities where such Offered Securities were
acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities.
The Company has agreed that, for a period of 180 days after the Expiration Date,
it will make this prospectus, as amended or supplemented, available to any
broker-dealer for use in connection with any such resale. In addition, until
[ ], 200[ ], all dealers effecting transactions in the Exchange Notes may be
required to deliver a prospectus./(1)/
The Company will not receive any proceeds from any sale of Exchange Notes
by broker-dealers. Exchange Notes received by broker-dealers for their own
account pursuant to the Exchange Offer may be sold from time to time in one or
more transactions in the over-the-counter market, in negotiated transactions,
through the writing of options on the Exchange Notes or a combination of such
methods of resale, at market prices prevailing at the time of resale, at prices
related to such prevailing market prices or negotiated prices. Any such resale
may be made directly to purchasers or to or through brokers or dealers who may
receive compensation in the form of commissions or concessions from any such
broker-dealer or the purchasers of any such Exchange Notes. Any broker-dealer
that resells Exchange Notes that were received by it for its own account
pursuant to the Exchange Offer and any broker or dealer that participates in a
distribution of such Exchange Notes may be deemed to be an "underwriter" within
the meaning of the Securities Act and any profit on any such resale of Exchange
Notes and any commission or concessions received by any such persons may be
deemed to be underwriting compensation under the Securities Act. The Letter of
Transmittal states that, by acknowledging that it will deliver and by delivering
a prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an
"underwriter" within the meaning of the Securities Act.
For a period of 180 days after the Expiration Date the Company will
promptly send additional copies of this Prospectus and any amendment or
supplement to this Prospectus to any broker-dealer that requests such documents
in the Letter of Transmittal. The Company has agreed to pay all expenses
incident to the Exchange Offer (including the expenses of one counsel for the
Holders of the Securities) other than commissions or concessions of any brokers
or dealers and will indemnify the Holders of the Securities (including any
broker-dealers) against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the
Securities Act.
________________________
/(1)/ In addition, the legend required by item 502(e) of Regulation S-K will
appear on the back cover page of the Exchange Offer prospectus.
ANNEX D
[ ] CHECK HERE IF YOU ARE A BROKER-DEALER AND WISH TO RECEIVE 10 ADDITIONAL
COPIES OF THE PROSPECTUS AND 10 COPIES OF ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS THERETO.
Name: ______________________________________________
Address: ______________________________________________
If the undersigned is not a broker-dealer, the undersigned represents that it is
not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, a distribution of Exchange
Notes. If the undersigned is a broker-dealer that will receive Exchange Notes
for its own account in exchange for Offered Securities that were acquired as a
result of market-making activities or other trading activities, it acknowledges
that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange
Notes; however, by so acknowledging and by delivering a prospectus, the
undersigned will not be deemed to admit that it is an "underwriter" within the
meaning of the Securities Act.
