REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
Dated March 21, 1997
among
UNITED NATIONAL BANCORP
UNB CAPITAL TRUST I
and
XXXXX, XXXXXXXX & XXXXX, INC.
XXXX, XXXX & CO.
as Initial Purchasers
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
THIS REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (the "Agreement") is made and
entered into as of March 21, 1997 among United National Bancorp, a New Jersey
corporation (the "Corporation"), UNB Capital Trust I, a business trust formed
under the laws of the state of Delaware (the "Trust"), and XXXXX, XXXXXXXX &
XXXXX, INC. ("Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx", and XXXX, XXXX & CO. (together, the "Initial
Purchasers").
This Agreement is made pursuant to the Purchase Agreement dated March
18, 1997 (the "Purchase Agreement"), among the Corporation, as issuer of the
Series A 10.01% Junior Subordinated Deferrable Interest Debentures due 2027 (the
"Subordinated Debentures"), the Trust and the Initial Purchasers, which provides
for among other things, the sale by the Trust to the Initial Purchasers of
20,000 of the Trust's Series A 10.01% Capital Securities, liquidation amount
$1,000 per Capital Security (the "Capital Securities") the proceeds of which
will be used by the Trust to purchase Subordinated Debentures. The Capital
Securities, together with the Subordinated Debentures and the Corporation's
guarantee of the Capital Securities (the "Capital Securities Guarantee") are
collectively referred to as the "Securities". In order to induce the Initial
Purchasers to enter into the Purchase Agreement, the Corporation and the Trust
have agreed to provide to the Initial Purchasers and their direct and indirect
transferees the registration rights set forth in this Agreement. The execution
and delivery of this Agreement is a condition to the closing under the Purchase
Agreement.
In consideration of the foregoing, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following capitalized
defined terms shall have the following meanings:
"Advice" shall have the meaning set forth in the last paragraph of
Section 3 hereof.
"Applicable Period" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(t)
hereof.
"Business Day" means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday, or a day
on which banking institutions in the City of New York or in Bridgewater, New
Jersey are authorized or required by law or executive order to close.
"Closing Time" shall mean the Closing Time as defined in the Purchase
Agreement.
"Corporation" shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble to this
Agreement and also includes the Corporation's successors and permitted assigns.
"Declaration" or "Declaration of Trust" shall mean the Amended and
Restated Declaration of Trust, dated as of March 21, 1997, by the trustees named
therein and the Corporation as sponsor.
"Depositary" shall mean The Depository Trust Corporation, or any other
depositary appointed by the Trust; provided, however, that such depositary must
have an address in the Borough of Manhattan, in The City of New York.
"Effectiveness Period" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(b)
hereof.
"Exchange Act" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended from time to time.
"Exchange Offer" shall mean the offer by the Corporation and the Trust
to the Holders to exchange all of the Registrable Securities (other than Private
Exchange Securities) for a like principal amount of Exchange Securities pursuant
to Section 2(a) hereof.
"Exchange Offer Registration" shall mean a registration under the
Securities Act effected pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof.
"Exchange Offer Registration Statement" shall mean an exchange offer
registration statement on Form S-4 (or, if applicable, on another appropriate
form), and all amendments and supplements to such registration statement, in
each case including the Prospectus contained therein, all exhibits thereto and
all material incorporated by reference therein.
"Exchange Period" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)
hereof.
"Exchange Securities" shall mean (i) with respect to the Subordinated
Debentures, the Series B 10.01% Junior Subordinated Deferrable Interest
Debentures due March 15, 2027 (the "Exchange Debentures") containing terms
identical to the Subordinated Debentures (except that they will not contain
terms with respect to the transfer restrictions under the Securities Act and
will not provide for any increase in the interest rate thereon), (ii) with
respect to the Capital Securities, the Trust's Series B 10.01% Capital
Securities, liquidation amount $1,000 per Capital Security (the "Exchange
Capital Securities") which will have terms identical to the Capital Securities
(except they will not contain terms with respect to transfer restrictions under
the Securities Act and will not provide for any increase in the interest rate
thereon) and (iii) with respect to the Capital Securities Guarantee, the
Corporation's guarantee (the "Exchange Capital Securities Guarantee") of the
Exchange Capital Securities which will have terms identical to the Capital
Securities Guarantee.
"Holder" shall mean the Initial Purchasers, for so long as they own any
Registrable Securities, and each of its respective successors, assigns and
direct and indirect transferees who become registered owners of Registrable
Securities under the Indenture or Declaration of Trust.
"Indenture" shall mean the Indenture relating to the Subordinated
Debentures and the Exchange Debentures dated as of March 21, 1997 among the
Corporation, as issuer, and The Bank of New York, as trustee, as the same may be
amended from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.
"Initial Purchasers" shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble
to this Agreement.
"Inspectors" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(n) hereof.
"Issue Date" shall mean the date of original issuance of the
Securities.
"Liquidated Damages" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(e)
hereof.
"Majority Holders" shall mean the Holders of a majority of the
aggregate liquidation amount of outstanding Capital Securities.
"Participating Broker-Dealer" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 3(t) hereof.
"Person" shall mean an individual, partnership, corporation, trust or
unincorporated organization, limited liability Corporation, or a government or
agency or political subdivision thereof.
"Private Exchange" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)
hereof.
"Private Exchange Securities" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 2(a) hereof.
"Prospectus" shall mean the prospectus included in a Registration
Statement, including any preliminary prospectus, and any such prospectus as
amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, including a prospectus
supplement with respect to the terms of the offering of any portion of the
Registrable Securities covered by a Shelf Registration Statement, and by all
other amendments and supplements to a prospectus, including post-effective
amendments, and in each case including all material incorporated by reference
therein.
"Purchase Agreement" shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble
to this Agreement.
"Records" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(n) hereof.
"Registration Default" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(e)
hereof.
"Registrable Securities" shall mean the Securities and, if issued, the
Private Exchange Securities; provided, however, that Securities or Private
Exchange Securities, as the case may be, shall cease to be Registrable
Securities when (i) a Registration Statement with respect to such Securities or
Private Exchange Securities for the exchange or resale thereof, as the case may
be, shall have been declared effective under the Securities Act and such
Securities or Private Exchange Securities, as the case may be, shall have been
disposed of pursuant to such Registration Statement, (ii) such Securities or
Private Exchange Securities, as the case may be, shall have been sold to the
public pursuant to Rule 144(k) (or any similar provision then in force, but not
Rule 144A) under the Securities Act, (iii) such Securities or Private Exchange
Securities, as the case may be, shall have ceased to be outstanding or (iv) with
respect to the Securities, such Securities have been exchanged for Exchange
Securities upon consummation of the Exchange Offer and are thereafter freely
tradeable by the holder thereof (other than an affiliate of the Corporation).
"Registration Expenses" shall mean any and all expenses incident to
performance of or compliance by the Corporation with this Agreement, including
without limitation: (i) all SEC or National Association of Securities Dealers,
Inc. (the "NASD") registration and filing fees, including, if applicable, the
fees and expenses of any "qualified independent underwriter" (and its counsel)
that is required to be retained by any Holder of Registrable Securities in
accordance with the rules and regulations of the NASD, (ii) all fees and
expenses incurred in connection with compliance with state securities or blue
sky laws (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for any
underwriters or Holders in connection with blue sky qualification of any of the
Exchange Securities or Registrable Securities) and compliance with the rules of
the NASD, (iii) all expenses of any Persons in preparing or assisting in
preparing, word processing, printing and distributing any Registration
Statement, any Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto, and in
preparing or assisting in preparing, printing and distributing any underwriting
agreements, securities sales agreements and other documents relating to the
performance of and compliance with this Agreement, (iv) all rating agency fees,
(v) the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Corporation and of the
independent certified public accountants of the Corporation, including the
expenses of any "cold comfort" letters required by or incident to such
performance and compliance, (vi) the fees and expenses of the Trustee, and any
exchange agent or custodian, (vii) all fees and expenses incurred in connection
with the listing, if any, of any of the Registrable Securities on any securities
exchange or exchanges, and (viii) the reasonable fees and expenses of any
special experts retained by the Corporation in connection with any Registration
Statement.
"Registration Statement" shall mean any registration statement of the
Corporation and the Trust which covers any of the Exchange Securities or
Registrable Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, and all
amendments and supplements to any such Registration Statement, including
post-effective amendments, in each case including the Prospectus contained
therein, all exhibits thereto and all material incorporated by reference
therein.
"Rule 144(k) Period" shall mean the period of three years (or such
shorter period as may hereafter be referred to in Rule 144(k) under the
Securities Act (or similar successor rule)) commencing on the Issue Date.
"SEC" shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Securities" shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble to this
Agreement.
"Securities Act" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from
time to time.
"Shelf Registration" shall mean a registration effected pursuant to
Section 2(b) hereof.
"Shelf Registration Event" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2(b) hereof.
"Shelf Registration Event Date" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 2(b) hereof.
"Shelf Registration Statement" shall mean a "shelf" registration
statement of the Corporation and the Trust pursuant to the provisions of Section
2(b) hereof which covers all of the Registrable Securities or all of the Private
Exchange Securities, as the case may be, on an appropriate form under Rule 415
under the Securities Act, or any similar rule that may be adopted by the SEC,
and all amendments and supplements to such registration statement, including
post-effective amendments, in each case including the Prospectus contained
therein, all exhibits thereto and all material incorporated by reference
therein.
"TIA" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(l) hereof.
"Trustees" shall mean any and all trustees with respect to (i) the
Capital Securities under the Declaration, (ii) the Subordinated Debentures under
the Indenture and (iii) the Capital Securities Guarantee.
2. Registration Under the Securities Act.
(a) Exchange Offer. To the extent not prohibited by any applicable law
or applicable interpretation of the staff of the SEC, the Corporation and the
Trust shall, for the benefit of the Holders, at the Corporation's cost, use its
best efforts to (i) cause to be filed with the SEC within 150 days after the
Issue Date an Exchange Offer Registration Statement on an appropriate form under
the Securities Act covering the Exchange Offer, (ii) cause such Exchange Offer
Registration Statement to be declared effective under the Securities Act by the
SEC not later than the date which is 180 days after the Issue Date, and (iii)
keep such Exchange Offer Registration Statement effective for not less than 30
calendar days (or longer if required by applicable law) after the date notice of
the Exchange Offer is mailed to the Holders. Upon the effectiveness of the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement, the Corporation and the Trust shall
promptly commence the Exchange Offer, it being the objective of such Exchange
Offer to enable each Holder eligible and electing to exchange Registrable
Securities for a like principal amount of Exchange Debentures or a like
liquidation amount of Exchange Capital Securities, together with the Exchange
Guarantee, as applicable (assuming that such Holder is not an affiliate of the
Corporation within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act and is not a
broker-dealer tendering Registrable Securities acquired directly from the
Corporation for its own account, acquires the Exchange Securities in the
ordinary course of such Holder's business and has no arrangements or
understandings with any Person to participate in the Exchange Offer for the
purpose of distributing the Exchange Securities) to transfer such Exchange
Securities from and after their receipt without any limitations or restrictions
under the Securities Act and under state securities or blue sky laws.
In connection with the Exchange Offer, the Corporation and the Trust
shall:
(i) mail to each Holder a copy of the Prospectus forming part of the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement, together with an appropriate letter of
transmittal and related documents;
(ii) keep the Exchange Offer open for acceptance for a period of not
less than 30 days after the date notice thereof is mailed to the Holders (or
longer if required by applicable law) (such period referred to herein as the
"Exchange Period");
(iii) utilize the services of the Depositary for the Exchange Offer;
(v) (permit Holders to withdraw tendered Securities at any time prior
to the close of business, New York time, on the last Business Day of the
Exchange Period, by sending to the institution specified in the notice, a
telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of such
Holder, the principal amount of Securities delivered for exchange, and a
statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have such Securities
exchanged;
(vi) notify each Holder that any Security not tendered by such Holder
in the Exchange Offer will remain outstanding and continue to accrue interest or
accumulate distributions, as the case may be, but will not retain any rights
under this Agreement (except in the case of the Initial Purchasers and
Participating Broker-Dealers as provided herein); and
(vii) otherwise comply in all respects with all applicable laws
relating to the Exchange Offer.
If any Initial Purchaser determines upon advice of its outside counsel
that it is not eligible to participate in the Exchange Offer with respect to the
exchange of Securities constituting any portion of an unsold allotment in the
initial distribution, as soon as practicable upon receipt by the Corporation and
the Trust of a written request from such Initial Purchaser, the Corporation and
the Trust, as applicable, shall issue and deliver to such Initial Purchaser in
exchange (the "Private Exchange") for the Securities held by such Initial
Purchaser, a like liquidation amount of Capital Securities of the Trust,
together with the Exchange Guarantee, or a like principal amount of the
Subordinated Debentures of the Corporation, as applicable, that are identical
(except that such securities may bear a customary legend with respect to
restrictions on transfer pursuant to the Securities Act) to the Exchange
Securities (the "Private Exchange Securities") and which are issued pursuant to
the Indenture, the Declaration or the Guarantee (which provides that the
Exchange Securities will not be subject to the transfer restrictions set forth
in the Indenture or the Declaration, as applicable, and that the Exchange
Securities, the Private Exchange Securities and the Securities will vote and
consent together on all matters as one class and that neither the Exchange
Securities, the Private Exchange Securities nor the Securities will have the
right to vote or consent as a separate class on any matter). The Private
Exchange Securities shall be of the same series as the Exchange Securities and
the Corporation and the Trust will seek to cause the CUSIP Service Bureau to
issue the same CUSIP Numbers for the Private Exchange Securities as for the
Exchange Securities issued pursuant to the Exchange Offer.
As soon as practicable after the close of the Exchange Offer and, if
applicable, the Private Exchange, the Corporation and the Trust, as the case
requires, shall:
(viii) accept for exchange all Securities or portions thereof tendered
and not validly withdrawn pursuant to the Exchange Offer or the Private
Exchange;
(ix) consummation of the Excha(
(ix) deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the applicable Trustee for
cancellation all Securities or portions thereof so accepted for exchange by the
Corporation; and
(x) issue, and cause the applicable Trustee under the Indenture, the
Declaration or the Guarantee, as applicable, to promptly authenticate and
deliver to each Holder, new Exchange Securities or Private Exchange Securities,
as applicable, equal in principal amount to the principal amount of the
Subordinated Debentures or equal in liquidation amount to the liquidation amount
to the Capital Securities (together with the guarantee thereof) as are
surrendered by such Holder.
Distributions on each Exchange Capital Security and interest on each
Exchange Debenture and Private Exchange Security issued pursuant to the
Registered Exchange Offer and in the Private Exchange will accrue from the last
date on which a Distribution or interest was paid on the Capital Security or the
Subordinated Debenture surrendered in exchange therefore or, if no Distribution
or interest has been paid on such Capital Security or Subordinated Debenture,
from the Issue Date. To the extent not prohibited by any law or applicable
interpretation of the staff of the SEC, the Corporation and the Trust shall use
their best efforts to complete the Exchange Offer as provided above, and shall
comply with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act
and other applicable laws in connection with the Exchange Offer. The Exchange
Offer shall not be subject to any conditions, other than that the Exchange Offer
does not violate applicable law or any applicable interpretation of the staff of
the SEC. Each Holder of Registrable Securities who wishes to exchange such
Registrable Securities for Exchange Securities in the Exchange Offer will be
required to make certain customary representations in connection therewith,
including, in the case of any Holder of Capital Securities, representations that
(i) it is not an affiliate of the Trust or the Corporation, (ii) the Exchange
Securities to be received by it were acquired in the ordinary course of its
business and (iii) at the time of the Exchange Offer, it has no arrangement with
any person to participate in the distribution (within the meaning of the
Securities Act) of the Exchange Capital Securities. The Corporation and the
Trust shall inform the Initial Purchasers, after consultation with the Trustee,
of the names and addresses of the Holders to whom the Exchange Offer is made,
and the Initial Purchasers shall have the right to contact such Holders and
otherwise facilitate the tender of Registrable Securities in the Exchange Offer.
(b) consummation of the Excha( , the provisions of this Agreement shall
continue to apply, mutatis mutandis, solely with respect to Registrable
Securities that are Private Exchange Securities and Exchange Securities held by
Participating Broker-Dealers, and the Corporation and the Trust shall have no
further obligation to register the Registrable Securities (other than Private
Exchange Securities) pursuant to Section 2(b) of this Agreement.
(c) Shelf Registration. In the event that (i) the Corporation, the
Trust or the Majority Holders reasonably determine, after conferring with
counsel (which may be in-house counsel), that the Exchange Offer Registration
provided in Section 2(a) above is not available because of any change in law or
in currently prevailing interpretations of the staff of the SEC, (ii) the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement is not declared effective within 180 days
of the Issue Date or (iii) upon the request of any Initial Purchaser with
respect to any Registrable Securities held by it, if such Initial Purchaser is
not permitted, in the reasonable opinion of Xxxxx & Xxxx LLP, pursuant to
applicable law or applicable interpretations of the staff of the SEC, to
participate in the Exchange Offer and thereby receive securities that are freely
tradeable without restriction under the Securities Act and applicable blue sky
or state securities laws (any of the events specified in (i)-(iii) being a
"Shelf Registration Event" and the date of occurrence thereof, the "Shelf
Registration Event Date"), the Corporation and the Trust shall, at their cost,
use their best efforts to cause to be filed as promptly as practicable after
such Shelf Registration Event Date, as the case may be, and, in any event,
within 45 days after such Shelf Registration Event Date (which shall be no
earlier than 75 days after the Closing Time), a Shelf Registration Statement
providing for the sale by the Holders of all of the Registrable Securities, and
shall use its best efforts to have such Shelf Registration Statement declared
effective by the SEC as soon as practicable. No Holder of Registrable Securities
shall be entitled to include any of its Registrable Securities in any Shelf
Registration pursuant to this Agreement unless and until such Holder agrees in
writing to be bound by all of the provisions of this Agreement applicable to
such Holder and furnishes to the Corporation and the Trust in writing, within 15
days after receipt of a request therefor, such information as the Corporation
and the Trust may, after conferring with counsel with regard to information
relating to Holders that would be required by the SEC to be included in such
Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus included therein, reasonably request
for inclusion in any Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus included
therein. Each Holder as to which any Shelf Registration is being effected agrees
to furnish to the Corporation and the Trust all information with respect to such
Holder necessary to make the information previously furnished to the Corporation
by such Holder not materially misleading.
The Corporation and the Trust agree to use their best efforts to keep
the Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective for the Rule 144(k)
Period (subject to extension pursuant to the last paragraph of Section 3 hereof)
or for such shorter period which will terminate when all of the Registrable
Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement have been sold pursuant
to the Shelf Registration Statement or cease to be outstanding (the
"Effectiveness Period"). The Corporation and the Trust shall not permit any
securities other than Registrable Securities to be included in the Shelf
Registration. The Corporation and the Trust will, in the event a Shelf
Registration Statement is declared effective, provide to each Holder a
reasonable number of copies of the Prospectus which is a part of the Shelf
Registration Statement, notify each such Holder when the Shelf Registration has
become effective and use its best efforts to take certain other actions as are
required to permit certain unrestricted resales of the Registrable Securities.
The Corporation and the Trust further agree, if necessary, to supplement or
amend the Shelf Registration Statement, if required by the rules, regulations or
instructions applicable to the registration form used by the Corporation for
such Shelf Registration Statement or by the Securities Act or by any other rules
and regulations thereunder for shelf registrations, and the Corporation and the
Trust agree to furnish to the Holders of Registrable Securities copies of any
such supplement or amendment promptly after its being used or filed with the
SEC.
(d) Expenses. The Corporation shall pay all Registration Expenses in
connection with the registration pursuant to Section 2(a) or 2(b) hereof. Except
as provided herein, each Holder shall pay all expenses of its counsel,
underwriting discounts and commissions and transfer taxes, if any, relating to
the sale or disposition of such Holder's Registrable Securities pursuant to the
Shelf Registration Statement.
(e) Effective Registration Statement. An Exchange Offer Registration
Statement pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof or a Shelf Registration Statement
pursuant to Section 2(b) hereof will not be deemed to have become effective
unless it has been declared effective by the SEC (or is automatically
effective); provided, however, that if, after it has been declared effective,
the offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Shelf Registration
Statement is interfered with by any stop order, injunction or other order or
requirement of the SEC or any other governmental agency or court, such
Registration Statement will be deemed not to have been effective during the
period of such interference, until the offering of Registrable Securities
pursuant to such Registration Statement may legally resume. The Corporation and
the Trust will be deemed not to have used their best efforts to cause the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement or the Shelf Registration Statement, as
the case may be, to become, or to remain, effective during the requisite period
if either of them voluntarily take any action that would result in any such
Registration Statement not being declared effective or in the Holders of
Registrable Securities covered thereby not being able to exchange or offer and
sell such Registrable Securities during that period unless such action is
required by applicable law.
(f) Liquidated Damages. In the event that (i) (A) neither the Exchange
Offer Registration Statement nor a Shelf Registration Statement is filed with
the SEC on or prior to the 150th day after the Issue Date or (B) notwithstanding
that the Corporation and the Trust have consummated or will consummate an
Exchange Offer, the Corporation and the Trust are required to file a Shelf
Registration Statement and such Shelf Registration Statement is not filed on or
prior to the date required by Section 2(b) hereof, then commencing on the day
after the applicable required filing date, additional interest shall accrue on
the principal amount of the Subordinated Debentures, and additional
Distributions shall accumulate on the liquidation amount of the Capital
Securities, each at a rate of 0.25% per annum; or
(ii) (A) neither the Exchange Offer Registration Statement nor a Shelf
Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC on or prior to the 30th
day after the applicable required filing date or (B) notwithstanding that the
Corporation and the Trust have consummated an Exchange Offer, the Corporation
and the Trust are required to file a Shelf Registration Statement and such Shelf
Registration Statement is not declared effective by the SEC on or prior to the
30th day after the date such Shelf Registration Statement was required to be
filed, then, commencing on the 31st day after the applicable required filing
date, additional interest shall accrue on the principal amount of the
Subordinated Debentures, and additional distributions shall accumulate on the
liquidation amount of the Capital Securities, each at a rate of 0.25% per annum;
or
(iii) (A) the Trust has not exchanged Exchange Capital Securities for
all Capital Securities or the Corporation has not exchanged Exchange Guarantees
or Exchange Subordinated Debentures for all Guarantees or Subordinated
Debentures validly tendered, in accordance with the terms of the Exchange Offer
on or prior to the 30th day after the date on which the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement was declared effective or (B) if applicable, the Shelf
Registration Statement has been declared effective and such Shelf Registration
Statement ceases to be effective at any time prior to the expiration of the Rule
144(k) Period (other than after such time as all Capital Securities have been
disposed of thereunder or otherwise cease to be Registrable Securities), then
additional interest shall accrue on the principal amount of Subordinated
Debentures, and additional distributions shall accumulate on the liquidation
amount of the Capital Securities, each at a rate of 0.25% per annum commencing
on (x) the 31st day after such effective date, in the case of (A) above, or (y)
the day such Shelf Registration Statement ceases to be effective in the case of
(B) above;
provided, however, that neither the additional interest rate on the Subordinated
Debentures, nor the additional distribution rate on the liquidation amount of
the Capital Securities, may exceed in the aggregate 0.25% per annum; provided,
further, however, that (1) upon the filing of the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement or a Shelf Registration Statement (in the case of clause (i) above),
(2) upon the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or a
Shelf Registration Statement (in the case of clause (ii) above), or (3) upon the
exchange of Exchange Capital Securities, Exchange Guarantees and Exchange
Subordinated Debentures for all Capital Securities, Guarantees and Subordinated
Debentures tendered (in the case of clause (iii)(A) above), or upon the
effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement which had ceased to remain
effective (in the case of clause (iii)(B) above), additional interest on the
Subordinated Debentures, and additional distributions on the liquidation amount
of the Capital Securities as a result of such clause (or the relevant subclause
thereof), as the case may be, shall cease to accrue or accumulate, as the case
may be.
Any amounts of additional interest and additional Distributions due
pursuant to Section 2(e)(i), (ii) or (iii) above ("Liquidated Damages") will be
payable in cash on the next succeeding March 15 or September 15, as the case may
be, to holders on the relevant record dates for the payment of interest and
Distributions pursuant to the Indenture and the Declaration, respectively.
(g) Specific Enforcement. Without limiting the remedies available to
the Holders, the Corporation and the Trust acknowledge that any failure by the
Corporation or the Trust to comply with its obligations under Section 2(a) and
Section 2(b) hereof may result in material irreparable injury to the Holders for
which there is no adequate remedy at law, that it would not be possible to
measure damages for such injuries precisely and that, in the event of any such
failure, any Holder may obtain such relief as may be required to specifically
enforce the Corporation's and the Trust's obligations under Section 2(a) and
Section 2(b) hereof.
3. Registration Procedures. In connection with the obligations of the
Corporation and the Trust with respect to the Registration Statements pursuant
to Sections 2(a) and 2(b) hereof, the Corporation and the Trust shall use their
best efforts to:
(a) prepare and file with the SEC a Registration Statement or
Registration Statements as prescribed by Sections 2(a) and 2(b) hereof
within the relevant time period specified in Section 2 hereof on the
appropriate form under the Securities Act, which form (i) shall be
selected by the Corporation and the Trust, (ii) shall, in the case of a
Shelf Registration, be available for the sale of the Registrable
Securities by the selling Holders thereof and (iii) shall comply as to
form in all material respects with the requirements of the applicable
form and include all financial statements required by the SEC to be
filed therewith; and use its best efforts to cause such Registration
Statement to become effective and remain effective in accordance with
Section 2 hereof; provided, however, that if (1) such filing is
pursuant to Section 2(b), or (2) a Prospectus contained in an Exchange
Offer Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2(a) is required
to be delivered under the Securities Act by any Participating
Broker-Dealer who seeks to sell Exchange Securities, before filing any
Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendments or supplements
thereto, the Corporation and the Trust shall furnish to and afford the
Holders of the Registrable Securities and each such Participating
Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, covered by such Registration
Statement, their counsel and the managing underwriters, if any, a
reasonable opportunity to review, at their expense, copies of all such
documents (including copies of any documents to be incorporated by
reference therein and all exhibits thereto) proposed to be filed. The
Corporation and the Trust shall not file any Registration Statement or
Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto in respect of which
the Holders must be afforded an opportunity to review prior to the
filing of such document if the Majority Holders or such Participating
Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, their counsel or the managing
underwriters, if any, shall reasonably object;
(b) prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and
post-effective amendments to each Registration Statement as may be
necessary to keep such Registration Statement effective for the
Effectiveness Period or the Applicable Period, as the case may be; and
cause each Prospectus to be supplemented, if so determined by the
Corporation or the Trust or requested by the SEC, by any required
prospectus supplement and as so supplemented to be filed pursuant to
Rule 424 (or any similar provision then in force) under the Securities
Act, and comply with the provisions of the Securities Act, the Exchange
Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder applicable to
it with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by each
Registration Statement during the Effectiveness Period or the
Applicable Period, as the case may be, in accordance with the intended
method or methods of distribution by the selling Holders thereof
described in this Agreement (including sales by any Participating
Broker-Dealer);
(c) in the case of a Shelf Registration, (i) notify each
Holder of Registrable Securities included in the Shelf Registration
Statement, at least three Business Days prior to filing, that a Shelf
Registration Statement with respect to the Registrable Securities is
being filed and advising such Holder that the distribution of
Registrable Securities will be made in accordance with the method
selected by the Majority Holders; and (ii) furnish to each Holder of
Registrable Securities included in the Shelf Registration Statement and
to each underwriter of an underwritten offering of Registrable
Securities, if any, without charge, as many copies of each Prospectus,
including each preliminary Prospectus, and any amendment or supplement
thereto and such other documents as such Holder or underwriter may
reasonably request, in order to facilitate the public sale or other
disposition of the Registrable Securities; and (iii) consent to the use
of the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto by each of the
selling Holders of Registrable Securities included in the Shelf
Registration Statement in connection with the offering and sale of the
Registrable Securities covered by the Prospectus or any amendment or
supplement thereto;
(d) in the case of a Shelf Registration, use its best efforts
to register or qualify the Registrable Securities under all applicable
state securities or "blue sky" laws of such jurisdictions by the time
the applicable Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC
as any Holder of Registrable Securities covered by a Registration
Statement and each underwriter of an underwritten offering of
Registrable Securities shall reasonably request in writing in advance
of such date of effectiveness, and do any and all other acts and things
which may be reasonably necessary or advisable to enable such Holder
and underwriter to consummate the disposition in each such jurisdiction
of such Registrable Securities owned by such Holder; provided, however,
that the Corporation and the Trust shall not be required to (i) qualify
as a foreign corporation or as a dealer in securities in any
jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify but
for this Section 3(d), (ii) file any general consent to service of
process in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be subject to
such service of process or (iii) subject itself to taxation in any such
jurisdiction if it is not then so subject;
(e) in the case of (1) a Shelf Registration or (2)
Participating Broker-Dealers from whom the Corporation or the Trust has
received prior written notice that they will be utilizing the
Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement as
provided in Section 3(t) hereof, are seeking to sell Exchange
Securities and are required to deliver Prospectuses, notify each Holder
of Registrable Securities, or such Participating Broker-Dealers, as the
case may be, their counsel and the managing underwriters, if any,
promptly and promptly confirm such notice in writing (i) when a
Registration Statement has become effective and when any post-effective
amendments and supplements thereto become effective, (ii) of any
request by the SEC or any state securities authority for amendments and
supplements to a Registration Statement or Prospectus or for additional
information after the Registration Statement has become effective,
(iii) of the issuance by the SEC or any state securities authority of
any stop order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement
or the qualification of the Registrable Securities or the Exchange
Securities to be offered or sold by any Participating Broker-Dealer in
any jurisdiction described in paragraph 3(d) hereof or the initiation
of any proceedings for that purpose, (iv) in the case of a Shelf
Registration, if, between the effective date of a Registration
Statement and the closing of any sale of Registrable Securities covered
thereby, the representations and warranties of the Corporation and the
Trust contained in any purchase agreement, securities sales agreement
or other similar agreement, if any cease to be true and correct in all
material respects, and (v) of the happening of any event or the failure
of any event to occur or the discovery of any facts or otherwise,
during the Effectiveness Period which makes any statement made in such
Registration Statement or the related Prospectus untrue in any material
respect or which causes such Registration Statement or Prospectus to
omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein,
in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading, and (vi) the Corporation and the Trust's reasonable
determination that a post-effective amendment to the Registration
Statement would be appropriate;
(f) make every reasonable effort to obtain the withdrawal of
any order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement at
the earliest possible moment;
(g) in the case of a Shelf Registration, furnish to each
Holder of Registrable Securities included within the coverage of such
Shelf Registration Statement, without charge, at least one conformed
copy of each Registration Statement relating to such Shelf Registration
and any post-effective amendment thereto (without documents
incorporated therein by reference or exhibits thereto, unless
requested);
(h) in the case of a Shelf Registration, cooperate with the
selling Holders of Registrable Securities to facilitate the timely
preparation and delivery of certificates representing Registrable
Securities to be sold and not bearing any restrictive legends and in
such denominations (consistent with the provisions of the Indenture and
the Declaration) and registered in such names as the selling Holders or
the underwriters may reasonably request at least two Business Days
prior to the closing of any sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to
such Shelf Registration Statement;
(i) in the case of a Shelf Registration or an Exchange Offer
Registration, upon the occurrence of any circumstance contemplated by
Section 3(e)(ii), 3(e)(iii), 3(e)(v) or 3(e)(vi) hereof, use its best
efforts to prepare a supplement or post-effective amendment to a
Registration Statement or the related Prospectus or any document
incorporated therein by reference or file any other required document
so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of the Registrable
Securities, such Prospectus will not contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading; and to notify each Holder to suspend use of
the Prospectus as promptly as practicable after the occurrence of such
an event, and each Holder hereby agrees to suspend use of the
Prospectus until the Corporation has amended or supplemented the
Prospectus to correct such misstatement or omission;
(j) in the case of a Shelf Registration, a reasonable time
prior to the filing of any document which is to be incorporated by
reference into a Registration Statement or a Prospectus after the
initial filing of a Registration Statement, provide a reasonable number
of copies of such document to the Holders; and make such of the
representatives of the Corporation and the Trust as shall be reasonably
requested by the Holders of Registrable Securities or the Initial
Purchasers on behalf of such Holders available for discussion of such
document;
(k) obtain a CUSIP number for all Exchange Capital Securities
and the Capital Securities (and if the Trust has made a distribution of
the Subordinated Debentures to the Holders of the Capital Securities,
the Subordinated Debentures or the Exchange Subordinated Debentures) as
the case may be, not later than the effective date of a Registration
Statement, and provide the Trustee with printed certificates for the
Exchange Securities or the Registrable Securities, as the case may be,
in a form eligible for deposit with the Depositary;
(l) cause the Indenture, the Declaration, the Guarantee and
the Exchange Guarantee to be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of
1939 (the "TIA") in connection with the registration of the Exchange
Securities or Registrable Securities, as the case may be, and effect
such changes to such documents as may be required for them to be so
qualified in accordance with the terms of the TIA and execute, and use
its best efforts to cause the relevant trustee to execute, all
documents as may be required to effect such changes, and all other
forms and documents required to be filed with the SEC to enable such
documents to be so qualified in a timely manner;
(m) in the case of a Shelf Registration, enter into such
agreements (including underwriting agreements) as are customary in
secondary underwritten offerings and take all such other appropriate
actions as are reasonably requested in order to expedite or facilitate
the registration or the disposition of such Registrable Securities, and
in such connection, whether or not an underwriting agreement is entered
into and whether or not the registration is an underwritten
registration, if requested by (x) any Initial Purchaser, in the case
where an Initial Purchaser holds Securities acquired by it as part of
its initial distribution and (y) other Holders of Securities covered
thereby: (i) make such representations and warranties to Holders of
such Registrable Securities and the underwriters (if any), with respect
to the business of the Trust, the Corporation and its subsidiaries as
then conducted and the Registration Statement, Prospectus and
documents, if any, incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by
reference therein, in each case, as are customarily made by issuers to
underwriters in secondary underwritten offerings, and confirm the same
if and when requested; (ii) obtain opinions of counsel to the
Corporation (who may be an employee of the Corporation) and the Trust
and updates thereof (which may be in the form of a reliance letter) in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the managing underwriters
(if any) and the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Registrable Securities being sold, addressed to each selling Holder and
the underwriters (if any) covering the matters customarily covered in
opinions requested in underwritten offerings and such other matters as
may be reasonably requested by such underwriters (it being agreed that
the matters to be covered by such opinion may be subject to customary
qualifications and exceptions); (iii) obtain "cold comfort" letters and
updates thereof in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
managing underwriters from the independent certified public accountants
of the Corporation and the Trust (and, if necessary, any other
independent certified public accountants of any subsidiary of the
Corporation and the Trust or of any business acquired by the
Corporation and the Trust for which financial statements and financial
data are, or are required to be, included in the Registration
Statement), addressed to each of the underwriters, such letters to be
in customary form and covering matters of the type customarily covered
in "cold comfort" letters in connection with underwritten offerings and
such other matters as reasonably requested by such underwriters in
accordance with Statement on Auditing Standards No. 72; and (iv) if an
underwriting agreement is entered into, the same shall contain
indemnification provisions and procedures no less favorable than those
set forth in Section 4 hereof (or such other provisions and procedures
acceptable to Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of
Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement and the
managing underwriters or agents) with respect to all parties to be
indemnified pursuant to said Section (including, without limitation,
such underwriters and selling Holders). The above shall be done at each
closing under such underwriting agreement, or as and to the extent
required thereunder;
(n) if (1) a Shelf Registration is filed pursuant to Section
2(b) or (2) a Prospectus contained in an Exchange Offer Registration
Statement filed pursuant to Section 2(a) is required to be delivered
under the Securities Act by any Participating Broker-Dealer who seeks
to sell Exchange Securities during the Applicable Period, make
reasonably available for inspection by any selling Holder of such
Registrable Securities being sold, or each such Participating
Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, any underwriter participating in any
such disposition of Registrable Securities, if any, and any attorney,
accountant or other agent retained by any such selling Holder or each
such Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, or underwriter
(collectively, the "Inspectors"), at the offices where normally kept,
during reasonable business hours, all financial and other records,
pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Trust, the
Corporation and its subsidiaries (collectively, the "Records") as shall
be reasonably necessary to enable them to exercise any applicable due
diligence responsibilities, and cause the officers, directors and
employees of the Trust, the Corporation and its subsidiaries to supply
all relevant information in each case reasonably requested by any such
Inspector in connection with such Registration Statement provided,
however, that the foregoing inspection and information gathering shall
be coordinated on behalf of the Purchasers by you and on behalf of the
other parties, by one counsel designated by you and on behalf of such
other parties as described in Section 2(c) hereof. Records which the
Corporation and the Trust determine, in good faith, to be confidential
and any records which it notifies the Inspectors are confidential shall
not be disclosed by the Inspectors (and the Inspectors shall so agree
in writing) unless (i) the disclosure of such Records is necessary to
avoid or correct a material misstatement or omission in such
Registration Statement, (ii) the release of such Records is ordered
pursuant to a subpoena or other order from a court of competent
jurisdiction or is necessary in connection with any action, suit or
proceeding or (iii) the information in such Records has been made
generally available to the public. Each selling Holder of such
Registrable Securities and each such Participating Broker-Dealer will
be required to agree in writing that information obtained by it as a
result of such inspections shall be deemed confidential and shall not
be used by it as the basis for any market transactions in the
securities of the Trust or the Corporation unless and until such is
made generally available to the public. Each selling Holder of such
Registrable Securities and each such Participating Broker-Dealer will
be required to further agree in writing that it will, upon learning
that disclosure of such Records is sought in a court of competent
jurisdiction, give notice to the Corporation and allow the Corporation
at its expense to undertake appropriate action to prevent disclosure of
the Records deemed confidential;
(o) comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the
SEC so long as any provision of this Agreement shall be applicable and
make generally available to its securityholders earning statements
satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and
Rule 158 thereunder (or any similar rule promulgated under the
Securities Act) no later than 45 days after the end of any 12-month
period (or 90 days after the end of any 12-month period if such period
is a fiscal year) (i) commencing at the end of any fiscal quarter in
which Registrable Securities are sold to underwriters in a firm
commitment or best efforts underwritten offering and (ii) if not sold
to underwriters in such an offering, commencing on the first day of the
first fiscal quarter of the Corporation after the effective date of a
Registration Statement, which statements shall cover said 12-month
periods;
(p) upon consummation of an Exchange Offer or a Private
Exchange, if requested by a Trustee, obtain an opinion of counsel to
the Corporation (who may be an employee of the Corporation) addressed
to the Trustee for the benefit of all Holders of Registrable Securities
participating in the Exchange Offer or the Private Exchange, as the
case may be, and which includes an opinion that (i) the Corporation and
the Trust, as the case requires, has duly authorized, executed and
delivered the Exchange Securities and Private Exchange Securities, and
(ii) each of the Exchange Securities or the Private Exchange
Securities, as the case may be, constitute a legal, valid and binding
obligation of the Corporation or the Trust, as the case requires,
enforceable against the Corporation or the Trust, as the case requires,
in accordance with its respective terms (in each case, with customary
exceptions);
(q) if an Exchange Offer or a Private Exchange is to be
consummated, upon delivery of the Registrable Securities by Holders to
the Corporation or the Trust, as applicable (or to such other Person as
directed by the Corporation or the Trust, respectively), in exchange
for the Exchange Securities or the Private Exchange Securities, as the
case may be, the Corporation or the Trust, as applicable, shall xxxx,
or cause to be marked, on such Registrable Securities delivered by such
Holders that such Registrable Securities are being cancelled in
exchange for the Exchange Securities or the Private Exchange
Securities, as the case may be; in no event shall such Registrable
Securities be marked as paid or otherwise satisfied;
(r) cooperate with each seller of Registrable Securities
covered by any Registration Statement and each underwriter, if any,
participating in the disposition of such Registrable Securities and
their respective counsel in connection with any filings required to be
made with the NASD;
(s) use its best efforts to take all other steps necessary to
effect the registration of the Registrable Securities covered by a
Registration Statement contemplated hereby;
(t) (A) in the case of the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement (i) include in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement a
section entitled "Plan of Distribution," which section shall be
reasonably acceptable to the Initial Purchasers or another
representative of the Participating Broker-Dealers, and which shall
contain a summary statement of the positions taken or policies made by
the staff of the SEC with respect to the potential "underwriter" status
of any broker-dealer (a "Participating Broker-Dealer") that holds
Registrable Securities acquired for its own account as a result of
market-making activities or other trading activities and that will be
the beneficial owner (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act)
of Exchange Securities to be received by such broker-dealer in the
Exchange Offer, whether such positions or policies have been publicly
disseminated by the staff of the SEC or such positions or policies, in
the reasonable judgment of the Initial Purchasers or such other
representative, represent the prevailing views of the staff of the SEC,
including a statement that any such broker-dealer who receives Exchange
Securities for Registrable Securities pursuant to the Exchange Offer
may be deemed a statutory underwriter and must deliver a prospectus
meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any
resale of such Exchange Securities, (ii) furnish to each Participating
Broker-Dealer who has delivered to the Corporation the notice referred
to in Section 3(e), without charge, as many copies of each Prospectus
included in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, including any
preliminary prospectus, and any amendment or supplement thereto, as
such Participating Broker-Dealer may reasonably request (each of the
Corporation and the Trust hereby consents to the use of the Prospectus
forming part of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or any
amendment or supplement thereto by any Person subject to the prospectus
delivery requirements of the Securities Act, including all
Participating Broker-Dealers, in connection with the sale or transfer
of the Exchange Securities covered by the Prospectus or any amendment
or supplement thereto), (iii) 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 under the Securities Act and
applicable rules and regulations in order to resell the Exchange
Securities; provided, however, that such period shall not be required
to exceed 90 days (or such longer period if extended pursuant to the
last sentence of Section 3 hereof) (the "Applicable Period"), and (iv)
include in the transmittal letter or similar documentation to be
executed by an exchange offeree in order to participate in the Exchange
Offer (x) the following provision:
"If the exchange offeree is a broker-dealer holding
Registrable Securities acquired for its own account as a
result of market-making activities or other trading
activities, it will deliver a prospectus meeting the
requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any
resale of Exchange Securities received in respect of such
Registrable Securities pursuant to the Exchange Offer";
and (y) a statement to the effect that by a broker-dealer making the
acknowledgment described in clause (x) and by delivering a Prospectus in
connection with the exchange of Registrable Securities, the broker-dealer will
not be deemed to admit that it is an underwriter within the meaning of the
Securities Act; and
(B) in the case of any Exchange Offer Registration Statement,
the Corporation and the Trust agree to deliver to the Initial
Purchasers or to another representative of the Participating
Broker-Dealers, if requested by any such Initial Purchasers or such
other representative of the Participating Broker-Dealers, on behalf of
the Participating Broker-Dealers upon consummation of the Exchange
Offer (i) an opinion of counsel (who may be an employee of the
Corporation) in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Initial Purchasers or such other representative of the Participating
Broker-Dealers, covering the matters customarily covered in opinions
requested in connection with Exchange Offer Registration Statements and
such other matters as may be reasonably requested (it being agreed that
the matters to be covered by such opinion may be subject to customary
qualifications and exceptions) and (ii) an officers' certificate
containing certifications substantially similar to those set forth in
Section 5(g) of the Purchase Agreement and such additional
certifications as are customarily delivered in a public offering of
debt securities.
The Corporation or the Trust may require each seller of Registrable
Securities as to which any registration is being effected to furnish to the
Corporation or the Trust, as applicable, such information regarding such seller
as may be required by the staff of the SEC to be included in a Registration
Statement. The Corporation or the Trust may exclude from such registration the
Registrable Securities of any seller who unreasonably fails to furnish such
information within a reasonable time after receiving such request. The
Corporation shall have no obligation to register under the Securities Act the
Registrable Securities of a seller who so fails to furnish such information.
In the case of (1) a Shelf Registration Statement or (2) Participating
Broker-Dealers who have notified the Corporation and the Trust that they will be
utilizing the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement
as provided in Section 3(t) hereof, are seeking to sell Exchange Securities and
are required to deliver Prospectuses each Holder agrees that, upon receipt of
any notice from the Corporation or the Trust of the happening of any event of
the kind described in Section 3(e)(ii), 3(e)(iii), 3(e)(v) or 3(e)(vi) hereof,
such Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities
pursuant to a Registration Statement until such Holder's receipt of the copies
of the supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 3(i) hereof or
until it is advised in writing (the "Advice") by the Corporation and the Trust
that the use of the applicable Prospectus may be resumed, and, if so directed by
the Corporation and the Trust, such Holder will deliver to the Corporation or
the Trust (at the Corporation's or the Trust's expense, as the case requires)
all copies in such Holder's possession, other than permanent file copies then in
such Holder's possession, of the Prospectus covering such Registrable Securities
or Exchange Securities, as the case may be, current at the time of receipt of
such notice. If the Corporation or the Trust shall give any such notice to
suspend the disposition of Registrable Securities or Exchange Securities, as the
case may be, pursuant to a Registration Statement, the Corporation and the Trust
shall use their best efforts to file and have declared effective (if an
amendment) as soon as practicable an amendment or supplement to the Registration
Statement and shall extend the period during which such Registration Statement
shall be maintained effective pursuant to this Agreement by the number of days
in the period from and including the date of the giving of such notice to and
including the date when the Corporation and the Trust shall have made available
to the Holders (x) copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus necessary to
resume such dispositions or (y) the Advice.
4. Indemnification and Contribution. (a) In connection with any
Registration Statement, the Corporation and the Trust shall, jointly and
severally, indemnify and hold harmless each Initial Purchaser, each Holder, each
underwriter who participates in an offering of the Registrable Securities, each
Participating Broker-Dealer, each Person, if any, who controls any of such
parties within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of
the Exchange Act and each of their respective directors, officers, employees and
agents, as follows:
(i) from and against any and all loss, liability, claim,
damage and expense whatsoever, joint or several, as incurred, arising
out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material
fact contained in any Registration Statement (or any amendment
thereto), covering Registrable Securities or Exchange Securities,
including all documents incorporated therein by reference, or the
omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact required to
be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading or arising out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact contained in any Prospectus (or any
amendment or supplement thereto) or the omission or alleged omission
therefrom of a material fact necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading;
(ii) from and against any and all loss, liability, claim,
damage and expense whatsoever, joint or several, as incurred, to the
extent of the aggregate amount paid in settlement of any litigation, or
any investigation or proceeding by any court or governmental agency or
body, commenced or threatened, or of any claim whatsoever based upon
any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue
statement or omission, if such settlement is effected with the prior
written consent of the Corporation; and
(iii) from and against any and all expenses whatsoever, as
incurred (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel chosen
by such Holder, such Participating Broker-Dealer, or any underwriter
(except to the extent otherwise expressly provided in Section 4(c)
hereof)), reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending
against any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any court
or governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim
whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any
such alleged untrue statement or omission, to the extent that any such
expense is not paid under subparagraph (i) or (ii) of this Section
4(b);
provided, however, that (i) this indemnity does not apply to any loss,
liability, claim, damage or expense to the extent arising out of an untrue
statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance
upon and in conformity with written information furnished in writing to the
Corporation or the Trust by such Holder, such Participating Broker-Dealer or any
underwriter with respect to such Holder, Participating Broker-Dealer or any
underwriter, as the case may be, expressly for use in the Registration Statement
(or any amendment thereto) or any Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement
thereto) and (ii) the Corporation and the Trust shall not be liable to any such
Holder, Participating Broker-Dealer, any underwriter or controlling person, with
respect to any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or
alleged omission in any preliminary Prospectus to the extent that any such loss,
liability, claim, damage or expense of any Holder, Participating Broker-Dealer,
any underwriter or controlling person results from the fact that such Holder,
any underwriter or Participating Broker-Dealer sold Securities to a person to
whom there was not sent or given, at or prior to the written confirmation of
such sale, a copy of the final Prospectus as then amended or supplemented if the
Corporation had previously furnished copies thereof to such Holder, underwriter
or Participating Broker-Dealer and the loss, liability, claim, damage or expense
of such Holder, underwriter, Participating Broker-Dealer or controlling person
results from an untrue statement or omission of a material fact contained in the
preliminary Prospectus which was corrected in the final Prospectus. Any amounts
advanced by the Corporation or the Trust to an indemnified party pursuant to
this Section 4 as a result of such losses shall be returned to the Corporation
or the Trust if it shall be finally determined by such a court in a judgment not
subject to appeal or final review that such indemnified party was not entitled
to indemnification by the Corporation or the Trust.
(b) Each Holder agrees, severally and not jointly, to
indemnify and hold harmless the Corporation, the Trust, any underwriter and the
other selling Holders and each of their respective directors, officers
(including each officer of the Corporation and the Trust who signed the
Registration Statement), employees and agents and each Person, if any, who
controls the Corporation, the Trust, any underwriter or any other selling Holder
within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the
Exchange Act, from and against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and
expense whatsoever described in the indemnity contained in Section 4(a) hereof,
as incurred, but only with respect to untrue statements or omissions, or alleged
untrue statements or omissions, made in the Registration Statement (or any
amendment thereto) or any Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) in
reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the
Corporation or the Trust by such selling Holder with respect to such Holder
expressly for use in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), or
any such Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto); provided, however,
that, in the case of Shelf Registration Statement, no such Holder shall be
liable for any claims hereunder in excess of the amount of net proceeds received
by such Holder from the sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to such Shelf
Registration Statement.
(c) Each indemnified party shall give prompt notice to each
indemnifying party of any action commenced against it in respect of which
indemnity may be sought hereunder, enclosing a copy of all papers properly
served on such indemnified party, but failure to so notify an indemnifying party
shall not relieve such indemnifying party from any liability which it may have
under this Section 4, except to the extent that it is materially prejudiced by
such failure. An indemnifying party may participate at its own expense in the
defense of such action. If an indemnifying party so elects within a reasonable
time after receipt of such notice, an indemnifying party, severally or jointly
with any other indemnifying parties receiving such notice, may assume the
defense of such action with counsel chosen by it and reasonably acceptable to
the indemnified parties defendant in such action, provided, however, that if (i)
representation of such indemnified party by the same counsel would present a
conflict of interest or (ii) the actual or potential defendants in, or targets
of, any such action include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying
party and any such indemnified party reasonably determines that there may be
legal defenses available to such indemnified party which are different from or
in addition to those available to such indemnifying party, then in the case of
clauses (i) and (ii) of this Section 4(c) such indemnifying party and counsel
for each indemnifying party or parties shall not be entitled to assume such
defense. If an indemnifying party is not entitled to assume the defense of such
action as a result of the proviso to the preceding sentence, counsel for such
indemnifying party and counsel for each indemnified party or parties shall be
entitled to conduct the defense of such indemnified party or parties. If an
indemnifying party assumes the defense of such action, in accordance with and as
permitted by the provisions of this paragraph, such indemnifying parties shall
not be liable for any fees and expenses of counsel for the indemnified parties
incurred thereafter in connection with such action. In no event shall the
indemnifying parties be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one
counsel (in addition to local counsel), separate from its own counsel, for all
indemnified parties in connection with any one action or separate but similar or
related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general
allegations or circumstances. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior
written consent of the indemnified parties, settle or compromise or consent to
the entry of any judgment with respect to any litigation, or any investigation
or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or
any claim whatsoever in respect of which indemnification or contribution could
be sought under this Section 4 (whether or not the indemnified parties are
actual or potential parties thereto), unless such settlement, compromise or
consent (i) includes an unconditional written release in form and substance
satisfactory to the indemnified parties of each indemnified party from all
liability arising out of such litigation, investigation, proceeding or claim and
(ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or
a failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party.
(d) Notwithstanding the last sentence of Section 4(c), if at
any time an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to
reimburse the indemnified party for reasonable fees and expenses of counsel
pursuant to Section 4(a)(iii) above, such indemnifying party agrees that it
shall be liable for any settlement effected without its written consent if (i)
such settlement is entered into more than 45 days after receipt by such
indemnifying party of the aforesaid request, (ii) such indemnifying party shall
have received notice of the terms of such settlement at least 30 days prior to
such settlement being entered into and (iii) such indemnifying party shall not
have reimbursed such indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to
the date of such settlement; provided that an indemnifying party shall not be
liable for any such settlement effected without its consent if such indemnifying
party (1) reimburses such indemnified party in accordance with such request to
the extent it considers reasonable and (2) provides written notice to the
indemnified party substantiating the unpaid balance as unreasonable, in each
case prior to the date of such settlement.
(e) In order to provide for just and equitable contribution in
circumstances under which any of the indemnity provisions set forth in this
Section 4 is for any reason held to be unavailable to the indemnified parties
although applicable in accordance with its terms, the Corporation, the Trust,
and the Holders shall contribute to the aggregate losses, liabilities, claims,
damages and expenses of the nature contemplated by such indemnity agreement
incurred by the Corporation, the Trust, and the Holders, as incurred; provided
that no Person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of
Section 11(f) of the 0000 Xxx) shall be entitled to contribution from any Person
that was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. As between the
Corporation, the Trust, and the Holders, such parties shall contribute to such
aggregate losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses of the nature
contemplated by such indemnity agreement in such proportion as shall be
appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Corporation and Trust, on the
one hand, and the Holders, on the other hand, with respect to the statements or
omissions which resulted in such loss, liability, claim, damage or expense, or
action in respect thereof, as well as any other relevant equitable
considerations. The relative fault of the Corporation and the Trust, on the one
hand, and of the Holders, 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 the Corporation or the Trust, on the one
hand, or by or on behalf of the Holders, on the other, and the parties' relative
intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent
such statement or omission. The Corporation, the Trust and the Holders of the
Registrable Securities agree that it would not be just and equitable if
contribution pursuant to this Section 4 were to be determined by pro rata
allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take into account
the relevant equitable considerations. For purposes of this Section 4, each
affiliate of a Holder, and each director, officer, employee, agent and Person,
if any, who controls a Holder or such affiliate within the meaning of Section 15
of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act shall have the same
rights to contribution as such Holder, and each director of each of the
Corporation or the Trust, each officer of each of the Corporation or the Trust
who signed the Registration Statement, and each Person, if any, who controls
each of the Corporation and the Trust within the meaning of Section 15 of the
Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to
contribution as each of the Corporation or the Trust.
5. Participation in Underwritten Registrations. No Holder may
participate in any underwritten registration hereunder unless such Holder (a)
agrees to sell such Holder's Registrable Securities on the basis provided in any
underwriting arrangements approved by the Persons entitled hereunder to approve
such arrangements and (b) completes and executes all reasonable questionnaires,
powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements, lock-up letters and
other documents reasonably required under the terms of such underwriting
arrangements.
6. Selection of Underwriters. The Holders of Registrable Securities
covered by the Shelf Registration Statement who desire to do so may sell the
securities covered by such Shelf Registration in an underwritten offering. In
any such underwritten offering, the underwriter or underwriters and manager or
managers that will administer the offering will be selected by the Holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Registrable Securities included in
such offering; provided, however, that such underwriters and managers must be
reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation and the Trust.
7. Miscellaneous.
(a) Rule 144 and Rule 144A. For so long as the Corporation or the Trust
is subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15 of the Exchange Act
and any Registrable Securities remain outstanding, the Corporation and the
Trust, as the case may be, will their its best efforts to file the reports
required to be filed by it under the Securities Act and Section 13(a) or 15(d)
of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations adopted by the SEC thereunder,
that if it ceases to be so required to file such reports, it will, upon the
request of any Holder of Registrable Securities (a) make publicly available such
information as is necessary to permit sales of their securities pursuant to Rule
144 under the Securities Act, (b) deliver such information to a prospective
purchaser as is necessary to permit sales of their securities pursuant to Rule
144A under the Securities Act and it will take such further action as any Holder
of Registrable Securities may reasonably request, and (c) take such further
action that is reasonable in the circumstances, in each case, to the extent
required from time to time to enable such Holder to sell its Registrable
Securities without registration under the Securities Act within the limitation
of the exemptions provided by (i) Rule 144 under the Securities Act, as such
rule may be amended from time to time, (ii) Rule 144A under the Securities Act,
as such rule may be amended from time to time, or (iii) any similar rules or
regulations hereafter adopted by the SEC. Upon the request of any Holder of
Registrable Securities, the Corporation and the Trusts will deliver to such
Holder a written statement as to whether it has complied with such requirements.
(b) No Inconsistent Agreements. Except as set forth in the Declaration
or the Indenture, the Corporation or the Trust has not entered into nor will the
Corporation or the Trust on or after the date of this Agreement enter into any
agreement which is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders of
Registrable Securities 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 Corporation's or the Trust's other issued and outstanding securities under
any such agreements.
(c) Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement, including
the provisions of this sentence, may not be amended, modified or supplemented,
and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be
given unless the Corporation and the Trust has obtained the written consent of
Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding
Registrable Securities affected by such amendment, modification, supplement,
waiver or departure; provided no amendment, modification or supplement or waiver
or consent to the departure with respect to the provisions of Section 4 hereof
shall be effective as against any Holder of Registrable Securities unless
consented to in writing by such Holder of Registrable Securities.
Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, (i) this Agreement may be amended,
without the consent of any Holder of Registrable Securities, by written
agreement signed by the Corporation, the Trust and Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx, to cure any
ambiguity, correct or supplement any provision of this Agreement that may be
inconsistent with any other provision of this Agreement or to make any other
provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Agreement,
the Declaration or the Indenture which shall not be inconsistent with other
provisions of this Agreement, (ii) this Agreement may be amended, modified or
supplemented, and waivers and consents to departures from the provisions hereof
may be given, by written agreement signed by the Corporation, the Trust and
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx to the extent that any such amendment, modification, supplement,
waiver or consent is, in their reasonable judgment, necessary or appropriate to
comply with applicable law (including any interpretation of the Staff of the
SEC) or any change therein and (iii) to the extent any provision of this
Agreement relates to the Initial Purchasers, such provision may be amended,
modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from such
provisions may be given, by written agreement signed by Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx, the
Corporation and the Trust.
(d) Notices. All notices and other communications provided for or
permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand-delivery, registered
first-class mail, telex, telecopier, or any courier guaranteeing overnight
delivery (i) if to a Holder, at the most current address given by such Holder to
the Corporation or the Trust by means of a notice given in accordance with the
provisions of this Section 7(d), which address initially is, with respect to the
Initial Purchasers, the address set forth in the Purchase Agreement; and (ii) if
to the Corporation or the Trust, initially at the Corporation's address set
forth in the Purchase Agreement and thereafter at such other address, notice of
which is given in accordance with the provisions of this Section 7(d).
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
answered back, if telexed; when receipt is 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.
(e) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit
of and be binding upon the successors, assigns and transferees of the Initial
Purchasers, including, without limitation and without the need for an express
assignment, subsequent Holders; provided, however, that nothing herein shall be
deemed to permit any assignment, transfer or other disposition of Registrable
Securities in violation of the terms of the Purchase Agreement or the Indenture.
If any transferee of any Holder shall acquire Registrable Securities, in any
manner, whether by operation of law or otherwise, such Registrable Securities
shall be held subject to all of the terms of this Agreement, and by taking and
holding such Registrable Securities, such Person shall be conclusively deemed to
have agreed to be bound by and to perform all of the terms and provisions of
this Agreement and such Person shall be entitled to receive the benefits hereof.
(f) Third Party Beneficiary. Each of the Initial Purchasers shall be a
third party beneficiary of the agreements made hereunder between the Corporation
and the Trust, on the one hand, and the Holders, on the other hand, and shall
have the right to enforce such agreements directly to the extent it deems such
enforcement necessary or advisable to protect its rights or the rights of
Holders hereunder.
(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 DEEMED TO HAVE BEEN MADE IN
THE STATE OF NEW YORK. THE VALIDITY AND INTERPRETATION OF THIS AGREEMENT, AND
THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET FORTH HEREIN, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO ANY
PROVISIONS RELATING TO CONFLICTS OF LAWS. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES TO
SUBMIT TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK IN ANY ACTION
OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT.
(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) Securities Held by the Corporation, the Trust or its Affiliates.
Whenever the consent or approval of Holders of a specified percentage of
Registrable Securities is required hereunder, Registrable Securities held by the
Corporation, the Trust or its affiliates (as such term is defined in Rule 405
under the Securities Act) shall not be counted in determining whether such
consent or approval was given by the Holders of such required percentage.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the
date first written above.
United National Bancorp
By:/S/ XXXXX X. XXXXX, XX.
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Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxx, Xx.
Title: Vice President & Corporate Secretary
UNB Capital Trust I
By:/S/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxx, Xx.
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Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxx, Xx.
Title: Administrative Trustee
CONFIRMED AND ACCEPTED, as of the date first above written:
XXXXX, XXXXXXXX & XXXXX, INC.
XXXX, XXXX & CO.
By: XXXXX, XXXXXXXX & XXXXX, INC.
By:/S/ XXXXXX XXXXXXX
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Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Vice President
