EXHIBIT 4.3
LIN TELEVISION CORPORATION
$200,000,000
6 1/2% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2013
EXCHANGE AND REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
May 12, 2003
X. X. XXXXXX SECURITIES INC.
DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.
BEAR, XXXXXXX & CO. INC.
FLEET SECURITIES, INC.
XXXXXX XXXXXXX & CO. INCORPORATED
SCOTIA CAPITAL (USA) INC.
c/o X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc.
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
LIN Television Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), proposes to issue and sell to X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc., Deutsche
Bank Securities Inc., Bear, Xxxxxxx & Co. Inc., Fleet Securities, Inc., Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated, and Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. (together, the
"Initial Purchasers"), upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in
a purchase agreement dated May 5, 2003 (the "Purchase Agreement") between the
Company, the Guarantors identified on the signature pages hereto (together with
the Company, the "Issuers") and the Initial Purchasers, $200,000,000 aggregate
principal amount of its 6 1/2% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2013 (the "Notes").
The Notes will be guaranteed on an unsecured senior subordinated basis (the
"Guarantees" and, together with the Notes, the "Securities") by the Guarantors.
Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to
such terms in the Purchase Agreement.
As an inducement to the Initial Purchasers to enter into the
Purchase Agreement and in satisfaction of a condition to the obligations of the
Initial Purchasers thereunder, the Issuers agree with the Initial Purchasers,
for the benefit of the holders (including the Initial Purchasers) of the
Securities, the Exchange Securities (as defined herein) and the Private Exchange
Securities (as defined herein) (collectively, the "Holders"), as follows:
1. Registered Exchange Offer. The Issuers shall (i) use
their reasonable best efforts to prepare and, not later than 90 days following
the date of original issuance of the Securities (the "Issue Date"), file with
the Commission a registration statement (the "Exchange Offer Registration
Statement") on an appropriate form under the Securities Act
with respect to a proposed offer to the Holders of the Securities (the
"Registered Exchange Offer") to issue and deliver to such Holders, in exchange
for the Securities, a like aggregate principal amount of debt securities of the
Company that are identical in all material respects to the Notes and are
unconditionally guaranteed by the Guarantors (the "Exchange Securities"), except
that the Exchange Securities will not contain terms with respect to transfer
restrictions, (ii) use their reasonable best efforts to cause the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement to become effective under the Securities Act no later
than 180 days after the Issue Date and the Registered Exchange Offer to be
consummated no later than 225 days after the Issue Date and (iii) keep the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement effective for not less than 30 days (or
longer, if required by applicable law) after the date on which notice of the
Registered Exchange Offer is mailed to the Holders (such period being called the
"Exchange Offer Registration Period"). The Exchange Securities will be issued
under the Indenture or an indenture (the "Exchange Securities Indenture")
between the Company, the Guarantors party thereto and the Trustee or such other
bank or trust company that is reasonably satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers,
as trustee (the "Exchange Securities Trustee"), such indenture to be identical
in all material respects to the Indenture, except with respect to the transfer
restrictions relating to the Securities (as described above).
Upon the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement, the Issuers shall as soon as practicable commence the Registered
Exchange Offer, it being the objective of such Registered Exchange Offer to
enable each Holder electing to exchange Securities for Exchange Securities
(assuming that such Holder (a) is not an affiliate (as defined in Rule 405 under
the Securities Act) of the Issuers or an Exchanging Dealer (as defined herein)
not complying with the requirements of the next sentence, (b) is not an Initial
Purchaser holding Securities that have, or that are reasonably likely to have,
the status of an unsold allotment in an initial distribution, (c) acquires the
Exchange Securities in the ordinary course of such Holder's business, and (d)
has no arrangements or understandings with any person to participate in the
distribution of the Exchange Securities) and to trade such Exchange Securities
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. Each Issuer, each Initial Purchaser and
each Exchanging Dealer acknowledges that, pursuant to current interpretations by
the Commission's staff of Section 5 of the Securities Act, (i) each Holder that
is a broker-dealer electing to exchange Securities acquired for its own account
as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities for Exchange
Securities (an "Exchanging Dealer") is required to deliver a prospectus
containing substantially the information set forth in Annex A hereto on the
cover of such prospectus, in Annex B hereto in the "Exchange Offer Procedures"
and "Purpose of the Exchange Offer" sections of such prospectus, and in Annex C
hereto in the "Plan of Distribution" section of such prospectus in connection
with a sale of any such Exchange Securities received by such Exchanging Dealer
pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer and (ii) if any Initial Purchaser
elects to sell Private Exchange Securities (as defined below) acquired in
exchange for Securities constituting any portion of an unsold allotment, it is
required to deliver a prospectus containing the information required by Items
507 and 508 of
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Regulation S-K under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act ("Regulation S-K"),
as applicable, in connection with such sale.
Upon consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer in
accordance with this Section 1, the provisions of this Agreement shall continue
to apply, mutatis mutandis, solely with respect to Transfer Restricted
Securities (as defined) that are Private Exchange Securities, Exchange
Securities as to which clause (v) of the first paragraph of Section 2 is
applicable and Exchange Securities held by Exchanging Dealers, and the Issuers
shall have no further obligations to register Transfer Restricted Securities
(other than Private Exchange Securities and other than in respect of any
Exchange Securities as to which clause (v) of the first paragraph of Section 2
hereof applies) pursuant to Section 2 hereof.
If, prior to the consummation of the Registered Exchange
Offer, any Holder holds any Securities acquired by it that have, or that are
reasonably likely to be determined to have, the status of an unsold allotment in
an initial distribution, or any Holder is not entitled to participate in the
Registered Exchange Offer, the Issuers shall, upon the request of any such
Holder, simultaneously with the delivery of the Exchange Securities in the
Registered Exchange Offer, issue and deliver to any such Holder, in exchange for
the Securities held by such Holder (the "Private Exchange"), a like aggregate
principal amount of debt securities of the Company and the Guarantors that are
identical in all material respects to the Exchange Securities (the "Private
Exchange Securities"), except with respect to the transfer restrictions relating
to such Private Exchange Securities. The Private Exchange Securities will be
issued under the same indenture as the Exchange Securities, and the Company
shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Private Exchange Securities
to bear the same CUSIP number as the Exchange Securities.
In connection with the Registered Exchange Offer, the Issuers
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 Registered Exchange Offer open for not less
than 30 days (or longer, if required by applicable law) after the date
on which notice of the Registered Exchange Offer is mailed to the
Holders;
(c) utilize the services of a depositary for the
Registered Exchange Offer with an address in the Borough of Manhattan,
The City of New York;
(d) permit Holders to withdraw tendered Securities at any
time prior to the close of business, New York City time, on the last
business day on which the Registered Exchange Offer shall remain open;
and
(e) otherwise comply in all respects with all laws that
are applicable to the Registered Exchange Offer.
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As soon as practicable after the close of the Registered Exchange
Offer and any Private Exchange, as the case may be, the Issuers shall:
(a) accept for exchange all Securities tendered and not
validly withdrawn pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer and the
Private Exchange Offer;
(b) deliver to the Trustee for cancellation all
Securities so accepted for exchange; and
(c) cause the Trustee or the Exchange Securities Trustee,
as the case may be, promptly to authenticate and deliver to each
Holder, Exchange Securities or Private Exchange Securities, as the case
may be, equal in principal amount to the Securities of such Holder so
accepted for exchange.
The Issuers shall use their reasonable 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 used 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 Securities; provided that the Issuers 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 Securities
for a period of 90 days after the consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer.
The Indenture or the Exchange Securities Indenture, as the case
may be, shall provide that the Securities, the Exchange Securities and the
Private Exchange Securities shall vote and consent together on all matters as
one class and that none of the Securities, the Exchange Securities or the
Private Exchange Securities will have the right to vote or consent as a separate
class on any matter.
Interest on each Exchange Security and Private Exchange Security
issued pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer and in the Private Exchange
will accrue from the last interest payment date on which interest was paid on
the Securities surrendered in exchange therefor or, if no interest has been paid
on the Securities, from the Issue Date.
Each Holder participating in the Registered Exchange Offer shall
be required to represent to the Issuers that at the time of the consummation of
the Registered Exchange Offer (i) any Exchange Securities 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 Securities within the meaning of
the Securities Act and (iii) such Holder is not an affiliate (as defined in Rule
405 under the Securities Act) of any of the Issuers or, if it is such an
affiliate, such Holder will comply with the registration and prospectus delivery
requirements of the Securities Act to the extent applicable.
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Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, each of the Issuers
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 of the Commission 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, as of the
consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer, include an untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading.
2. Shelf Registration. If (i) because of any change in
law or applicable interpretations thereof by the Commission's staff the Issuers
are not permitted to effect the Registered Exchange Offer as contemplated by
Section 1 hereof, or (ii) any Securities validly tendered pursuant to the
Registered Exchange Offer are not exchanged for Exchange Securities within 225
days after the Issue Date, or (iii) any Initial Purchaser so requests in writing
within 90 days after the Registered Exchange Offer with respect to Private
Exchange Securities, or (iv) any applicable law or interpretations do not permit
any Holder to participate in the Registered Exchange Offer, or (v) any Holder
that participates in the Registered Exchange Offer does not receive freely
transferable Exchange Securities in exchange for tendered Securities, or (vi)
the Issuers so elect, then the following provisions shall apply:
(a) The Issuers shall use their reasonable best efforts
to file as promptly as practicable (but in no event more than 90 days
after so required or requested, in each case pursuant to this Section
2) with the Commission, and thereafter shall use their reasonable best
efforts to cause to be declared effective, a shelf registration
statement 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 such registration statement (hereafter, a
"Shelf Registration Statement" and, together with any Exchange Offer
Registration Statement, a "Registration Statement"); provided, however,
that no Holder of Securities or Exchange Securities (other than the
Initial Purchasers) shall be entitled to have Securities or Exchange
Securities held by it covered by such Shelf Registration Statement,
unless such Holder agrees in writing to be bound by all of the
provisions of this Agreement applicable to such Holder.
(b) The Issuers shall use their reasonable best efforts
to keep the Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective in
order to permit the prospectus forming part thereof to be used by
Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities for a period ending on the
earlier of two years from the Issue Date or the date on which all the
Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the Shelf Registration
Statement have been sold pursuant thereto (in any such case, such
period being called the "Shelf
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Registration Period"). The Issuers shall be deemed not to have used
their reasonable best efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement
effective during the requisite period if they voluntarily take any
action that would result in Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities
covered thereby not being able to offer and sell such Transfer
Restricted Securities during that period, unless such action is
required by applicable law; provided, however, that the foregoing shall
not apply to actions taken by the Issuers in good faith and for valid
business reasons (not including avoidance of their obligations
hereunder), including, without limitation, the acquisition or
divestiture of assets, so long as the Issuers within 120 days
thereafter comply with the requirements of Section 4(j) hereof. Any
such period during which the Issuers fail to keep the Shelf
Registration Statement effective and usable for offers and sales of
Securities and Exchange Securities is referred to as a "Suspension
Period." A Suspension Period shall commence on and include the date
that the Issuers give notice that the Shelf Registration Statement is
no longer effective or the prospectus included therein is no longer
usable for offers and sales of Securities and Exchange Securities and
shall end on the date when each Holder of Securities and Exchange
Securities covered by such registration statement either receives the
copies of the supplemented or amended prospectus contemplated by
Section 4(j) hereof or is advised in writing by the Issuers that use of
the prospectus may be resumed. If one or more Suspension Periods occur,
the two-year period referenced above shall be extended by the aggregate
of the number of days included in each Suspension Period.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, the
Issuers will ensure that (i) any Shelf 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 of the Commission
thereunder, (ii) any Shelf Registration Statement and any amendment
thereto (in either case, other than with respect to information
included therein in reliance upon or in conformity with written
information furnished to the Issuers by or on behalf of any Holder
specifically for use therein (the "Holders' Information")) does not
contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading and (iii) any prospectus forming part
of any Shelf Registration Statement, and any supplement to such
prospectus (in either case, other than with respect to Holders'
Information), does not include an untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading.
3. Liquidated Damages. (a) The parties hereto agree that
the Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities will suffer damages if the Issuers
fail to fulfill their obligations under Section 1 or Section 2, as applicable,
and that it would not be feasible to ascertain the extent of such damages.
Accordingly, if (i) the applicable Registration Statement is not filed with the
Commission on or prior to 90 days after the Issue Date, (ii) the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement or the Shelf Registration Statement, as the case may be,
is not declared
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effective within 180 days after the Issue Date (or in the case of a Shelf
Registration Statement required to be filed in response to a change in law or
the applicable interpretations of the Commission's staff, if later, within 45
days after publication of the change in law or interpretation), (iii) the
Registered Exchange Offer is not consummated on or prior to 225 days after the
Issue Date, or (iv) the Shelf Registration Statement is filed and declared
effective within 180 days after the Issue Date (or in the case of a Shelf
Registration Statement required to be filed in response to a change in law or
the applicable interpretations of the Commission's staff, if later, within 45
days after publication of the change in law or interpretation) but shall
thereafter cease to be effective (at any time that the Issuers are obligated to
maintain the effectiveness thereof) without being succeeded within 60 days by an
additional Registration Statement filed and declared effective (each such event
referred to in clauses (i) through (iv), a "Registration Default"), the Company
and the Guarantors (other than LIN TV Corp.) will, jointly and severally, be
obligated to pay liquidated damages to each Holder of Transfer Restricted
Securities, during the period of one or more such Registration Defaults, in an
amount equal to $ 0.10 per week per $1,000 principal amount of Transfer
Restricted Securities held by such Holder until (a) the applicable Registration
Statement is filed, (b) the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is declared
effective, (c) the Registered Exchange Offer is consummated, (d) the Shelf
Registration Statement is declared effective, (e) the Shelf Registration
Statement again becomes effective, or (f) the Shelf Registration Period shall
have ended, as the case may be. Following the cure of all Registration Defaults,
the accrual of liquidated damages will cease. As used herein, the term "Transfer
Restricted Securities" means (i) each Security until the date on which such
Security has been exchanged for a freely transferable Exchange Security in the
Registered Exchange Offer, (ii) each Security or Private Exchange Security until
the date on which it has been effectively registered under the Securities Act
and disposed of in accordance with the Shelf Registration Statement or (iii)
each Security or Private Exchange Security until the date on which it 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. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Section 3(a), the Company and the Guarantors
(other than LIN TV Corp.) shall not be required to pay liquidated damages to a
Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities if such Holder failed to comply with
its obligations to make the representations set forth in the second to last
paragraph of Section 1 or failed to provide the information required to be
provided by it, if any, pursuant to Section 4(n).
(b) The Issuers shall notify the Trustee and the Paying
Agent under the Indenture immediately upon the happening of each and every
Registration Default. The Company and the Guarantors (other than LIN TV Corp.)
shall, jointly and severally, pay the liquidated damages due on the Transfer
Restricted Securities by depositing with the Paying Agent (which may not be any
of the Issuers for these purposes), in trust, for the benefit of the Holders
thereof, prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the next interest payment
date specified by the Indenture and the Securities, sums sufficient to pay the
liquidated damages then due. The liquidated damages due shall be payable on each
interest payment date specified by the Indenture and the Securities to the
Holder of record entitled to receive the
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interest payment to be made on such date. Each obligation to pay liquidated
damages shall be deemed to accrue from and including the date of the applicable
Registration Default.
(c) The parties hereto agree that the liquidated damages
provided for in this Section 3 constitute a reasonable estimate of and are
intended to constitute the sole damages that will be suffered by Holders of
Transfer Restricted Securities by reason of the failure of (i) the Shelf
Registration Statement or the Exchange Offer Registration Statement to be filed,
(ii) the Shelf Registration Statement to remain effective or (iii) the Exchange
Offer Registration Statement to be declared effective and the Registered
Exchange Offer to be consummated, in each case to the extent required by this
Agreement.
4. Registration Procedures. In connection with any
Registration Statement, the following provisions shall apply:
(a) The Issuers shall (i) furnish to each Initial
Purchaser, 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 shall use
its reasonable best efforts to reflect in each such document, when so
filed with the Commission, such comments as any Initial Purchaser may
reasonably propose; (ii) if applicable, include the information set
forth in Annex A hereto on the cover, in Annex B hereto in the
"Exchange Offer Procedures" and "Purpose of the Exchange Offer"
sections 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 Registered Exchange
Offer; and (iii) if requested by any Initial Purchaser, include the
information required by Items 507 or 508 of Regulation S-K, as
applicable, in the prospectus forming a part of the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement.
(b) The Issuers shall advise each Initial Purchaser, each
Exchanging Dealer and the Holders (if applicable) and, if requested by
any such person, confirm such advice in writing (which advice 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 any Registration Statement and any
amendment thereto has been filed with the Commission and when
such Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment
thereto has become effective;
(ii) of any request by the Commission for
amendments or supplements to any Registration Statement or the
prospectus included therein or for additional information;
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(iii) of the issuance by the Commission of any
stop order suspending the effectiveness of any Registration
Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that
purpose;
(iv) of the receipt by the Issuers of any
notification with respect to the suspension of the
qualification of the Securities, the Exchange Securities or
the Private Exchange 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 making of any changes in any Registration Statement or the
prospectus included therein in order that the statements
therein are not misleading and do not omit to state a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading.
(c) The Issuers will make every reasonable effort to
obtain the withdrawal at the earliest possible time of any order
suspending the effectiveness of any Registration Statement.
(d) The Issuers will furnish to each Holder of Transfer
Restricted Securities included within the coverage of any Shelf
Registration Statement, without charge, at least one conformed copy of
such Shelf Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment
thereto, including financial statements and schedules and, if any such
Holder so requests in writing, all exhibits thereto (including those,
if any, incorporated by reference).
(e) The Issuers will, during the Shelf Registration
Period, promptly deliver to each Holder of Transfer Restricted
Securities included within the coverage of any Shelf Registration
Statement, without charge, as many copies of the prospectus (including
each preliminary prospectus) included in such Shelf Registration
Statement and any amendment or supplement thereto as such Holder may
reasonably request; and the Issuers consent to the use of such
prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto by each of the
selling Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities in connection with
the offer and sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by
such prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto.
(f) The Issuers will furnish to each Initial Purchaser
and each Exchanging Dealer, and to any other Holder who so requests,
without charge, at least one conformed copy of the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto,
including financial statements and schedules and, if any Initial
Purchaser or Exchanging Dealer or any such Holder so requests in
writing, all exhibits thereto (including those, if any, incorporated by
reference).
(g) The Issuers will, during the Exchange Offer
Registration Period or the Shelf Registration Period, as applicable,
promptly deliver to each Initial Purchaser,
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each Exchanging Dealer and such other persons that are required to
deliver a prospectus following the Registered Exchange Offer, without
charge, as many copies of the final prospectus included in the Exchange
Offer Registration Statement or the Shelf Registration Statement and
any amendment or supplement thereto as such Initial Purchaser,
Exchanging Dealer or other persons may reasonably request; and the
Issuers consent to the use of such prospectus or any amendment or
supplement thereto by any such Initial Purchaser, Exchanging Dealer or
other persons, as applicable, as aforesaid.
(h) Prior to the effective date of any Registration
Statement, the Issuers will use their reasonable best efforts to
register or qualify, or cooperate with the Holders of Securities,
Exchange Securities or Private Exchange Securities included therein and
their respective counsel in connection with the registration or
qualification of, such Securities, Exchange Securities or Private
Exchange Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky
laws of such jurisdictions as any such Holder 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,
Exchange Securities or Private Exchange Securities covered by such
Registration Statement; provided that the Issuers will not be required
to qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where they are
not then so qualified or to take any action which would subject them to
general service of process or to taxation in any such jurisdiction
where they are not then so subject.
(i) The Issuers will cooperate with the Holders of
Securities, Exchange Securities or Private Exchange Securities to
facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates
representing Securities, Exchange Securities or Private Exchange
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 thereof may request in writing prior to sales
of Securities, Exchange Securities or Private Exchange Securities
pursuant to such Registration Statement.
(j) If (i) any event contemplated by Section 4(b)(ii)
through (v) occurs during the period for which the Issuers are required
to maintain an effective Registration Statement, or (ii) any Suspension
Period remains in effect more than 120 days after the occurrence
thereof, the Issuers will promptly prepare and file with the Commission
a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or a
supplement to the related prospectus or file any other required
document so that, as thereafter delivered to purchasers of the
Securities, Exchange Securities or Private Exchange Securities from a
Holder, the prospectus will not include an untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to
make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading.
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(k) Not later than the effective date of the applicable
Registration Statement, the Issuers will provide a CUSIP number for the
Securities, the Exchange Securities and the Private Exchange
Securities, as the case may be, and provide the applicable trustee with
printed certificates for the Securities, the Exchange Securities or the
Private Exchange Securities, as the case may be, in a form eligible for
deposit with The Depository Trust Company.
(l) Each of the Issuers will comply with all applicable
rules and regulations of the Commission and will make generally
available to its security holders as soon as practicable after the
effective date of the applicable Registration Statement an earnings
statement satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities
Act; provided that in no event shall such earnings statement be
delivered 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 such Issuer's first fiscal quarter commencing after the effective
date of the applicable Registration Statement, which statement shall
cover such 12-month period.
(m) The Issuers will cause the Indenture or the Exchange
Securities Indenture, as the case may be, to be qualified under the
Trust Indenture Act as required by applicable law in a timely manner.
(n) The Issuers may require each Holder of Transfer
Restricted Securities to be registered pursuant to any Shelf
Registration Statement to furnish to the Issuers such information
concerning the Holder and the distribution of such Transfer Restricted
Securities as the Issuers may from time to time reasonably require for
inclusion in such Shelf Registration Statement, and the Issuers may
exclude from such registration the Transfer Restricted Securities of
any Holder that fails to furnish such information within a reasonable
time after receiving such request.
(o) In the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, each
Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities to be registered pursuant
thereto agrees by acquisition of such Transfer Restricted Securities
that, upon receipt of any notice from the Issuers (i) of a Suspension
Period under Section 2(b) hereof or (ii) pursuant to Section 4(b)(ii)
through (v) hereof, such Holder will discontinue disposition of such
Transfer Restricted Securities until such Holder's receipt of (x)
notice that the Suspension Period has ended or (y) copies of the
supplemental or amended prospectus contemplated by Section 4(j) hereof,
as the case may be, or until advised in writing (the "Advice") by the
Issuers that the use of the applicable prospectus may be resumed. If
the Issuers shall give any notice under Section 4(b)(ii) through (v)
during the period that the Issuers are required to maintain an
effective Registration Statement (the "Effectiveness Period"), such
Effectiveness Period shall be extended by the number of days during
such period from and including the date of the giving of such notice to
and including the date when each seller of Transfer Restricted
Securities covered by such Registration Statement shall have received
(x) the copies of the
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supplemental or amended prospectus contemplated by Section 4(j) (if an
amended or supplemental prospectus is required) or (y) the Advice (if
no amended or supplemental prospectus is required).
(p) In the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the
Issuers shall enter into such customary agreements (including, if
requested, an underwriting agreement in customary form) and take all
such other action, if any, as Holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Securities, Exchange Securities and Private
Exchange Securities being sold or the managing underwriters (if any)
shall reasonably request in order to facilitate any disposition of
Securities, Exchange Securities or Private Exchange Securities pursuant
to such Shelf Registration Statement.
(q) In the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the
Issuers shall (i) make reasonably available for inspection by a
representative of, and Special Counsel (as defined below) acting for,
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities,
Exchange Securities and Private Exchange Securities being sold and any
underwriter participating in any disposition of Securities, Exchange
Securities or Private Exchange Securities pursuant to such Shelf
Registration Statement, all relevant financial and other records,
pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Issuers and their
respective subsidiaries and (ii) use their reasonable best efforts to
have their officers, directors, employees, accountants and counsel
supply all relevant information reasonably requested by such
representative, Special Counsel or any such underwriter (an
"Inspector") in connection with such Shelf Registration Statement;
provided that the Inspectors shall first agree in writing with the
Company that any information that is reasonably designated by the
Company as confidential at the time of delivery of such information
shall be kept confidential by such persons and shall be used solely for
the purposes of exercising rights under this Agreement, unless (i)
disclosure of such information is required by court or administrative
order or is necessary to respond to inquiries of regulatory
authorities, (ii) disclosure of such information is required by law
(including any disclosure requirements pursuant to federal securities
laws in connection with the filing of any Registration Statement or the
use of any prospectus referred to in this Agreement), (iii) such
information becomes generally available to the public other than as a
result of a disclosure or failure to safeguard by any such person, (iv)
such information becomes available to any such person from a source
other than the Issuers and such source is not bound by a
confidentiality agreement, or (v) such information relates to the U.S.
federal income tax treatment or U.S. federal income tax structure of
the Transactions or materials of any kind relating to such tax
treatment or tax structure, including opinions or other tax analyses.
Any person legally compelled to disclose any such confidential
information made available for inspection shall provide the Company
with prompt prior written notice of such requirement so that the
Company may seek a protective order or other appropriate remedy.
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(r) In the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the
Issuers shall, if requested by Holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Securities, Exchange Securities and Private
Exchange Securities being sold, their Special Counsel or the managing
underwriters (if any) in connection with such Shelf Registration
Statement, use their reasonable best efforts to cause (i) their counsel
to deliver an opinion relating to the Shelf Registration Statement and
the Securities, Exchange Securities or Private Exchange Securities, as
applicable, in customary form and (ii) their officers to execute and
deliver all customary documents and certificates requested by Holders
of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities, Exchange
Securities and Private Exchange Securities being sold, their Special
Counsel or the managing underwriters (if any). In addition, in the case
of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Issuers shall, if requested by
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities,
Exchange Securities and Private Exchange Securities being sold, their
Special Counsel, or the managing underwriters (if any) in connection
with such Shelf Registration Statement, but only if the registration is
an underwritten registration, use their reasonable best efforts to
cause their independent public accountants to provide a comfort letter
or letters in customary form, subject to receipt of appropriate
documentation as contemplated, and only if permitted, by Statement of
Auditing Standards No. 72.
5. Registration Expenses. The Issuers will, jointly and
severally, bear all expenses incurred in connection with the performance of
their obligations under Sections 1, 2, 3 and 4 and the Issuers will, jointly and
severally, reimburse the Initial Purchasers and the Holders for the reasonable
fees and disbursements of one firm of attorneys (in addition to any local
counsel) chosen by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of
the Securities, the Exchange Securities and the Private Exchange Securities to
be sold pursuant to each Registration Statement (the "Special Counsel") acting
for the Initial Purchasers or Holders in connection therewith.
6. Indemnification. (a) In the event of a Shelf
Registration Statement or in connection with any prospectus delivery pursuant to
an Exchange Offer Registration Statement by an Initial Purchaser or Exchanging
Dealer, as applicable, the Issuers shall, jointly and severally, indemnify and
hold harmless each Holder (including, without limitation, any such Initial
Purchaser or Exchanging Dealer), its affiliates, each person who controls such
Holder or such affiliates within the meaning of the Securities Act or Exchange
Act and their respective officers, directors, employees, representatives and
agents (collectively referred to for purposes of this Section 6 and Section 7 as
a "Holder") from and against any loss, claim, damage or liability, joint or
several, or any action in respect thereof (including, without limitation, any
loss, claim, damage, liability or action relating to purchases and sales of
Securities, Exchange Securities or Private Exchange Securities), to which that
Holder may become subject, whether commenced or threatened, under the Securities
Act, the Exchange Act, any other federal or state statutory law or regulation,
at common law or otherwise, insofar as such loss, claim, damage, liability or
action arises out of, or is based upon, (i) any untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact contained in any such
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Registration Statement or any prospectus forming part thereof or in any
amendment or supplement thereto or (ii) the omission or alleged omission to
state therein 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, and shall, jointly and severally,
reimburse each Holder promptly upon demand for any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred by that Holder in connection with investigating or defending
or preparing to defend against or appearing as a third party witness in
connection with any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action as such
expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the Issuers shall not be liable
in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage, liability or
action arises out of, or is based upon, an untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement in or omission or alleged omission from any of such documents in
reliance upon and in conformity with any Holders' Information; and provided
further, however, that with respect to any such untrue statement in or omission
from any related preliminary prospectus (as amended or supplemented) or, if
amended or supplemented, any related final prospectus (excluding the correcting
amendment or supplement), the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 6(a)
shall not inure to the benefit of any such Holder from whom the person asserting
any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action received Securities, Exchange
Securities or Private Exchange Securities to the extent that such loss, claim,
damage, liability or action of or with respect to such Holder results from the
fact that both (A) a copy of the final prospectus (together with any correcting
amendments or supplements) was not sent or given to such person at or prior to
the written confirmation of the sale of such Securities, Exchange Securities or
Private Exchange Securities to such person and (B) the untrue statement in or
omission from any related preliminary prospectus (as amended or supplemented)
or, if amended or supplemented, any related final prospectus (excluding the
correcting amendment or supplement) was corrected in the final prospectus or, if
applicable, an amendment or supplement thereto and the final prospectus (as
amended or supplemented) does not contain any other untrue statement or omission
or alleged untrue statement or omission of a material fact unless, in either
case, such failure to deliver the final prospectus was a result of
non-compliance by the Issuers with Sections 4(d), 4(f) or 4(g).
(b) In the event of a Shelf Registration Statement, each
Holder, severally and not jointly, shall indemnify and hold harmless the
Issuers, their respective affiliates, each person who controls any such Issuer
or any such affiliates within the meaning of the Securities Act or Exchange Act
and their respective officers, directors, employees, representatives and agents
(collectively referred to for purposes of this Section 6(b) and Section 7 as the
"Issuers"), from and against any loss, claim, damage or liability, joint or
several, or any action in respect thereof, to which the Issuers may become
subject, whether commenced or threatened, under the Securities Act, the Exchange
Act, any other federal or state statutory law or regulation, at common law or
otherwise, insofar as such loss, claim, damage, liability or action arises out
of, or is based upon, (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact contained in any such Registration Statement or any prospectus
forming part thereof or in any amendment or supplement thereto or (ii) the
omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the
light of the circumstances under
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which they were made, not misleading, but in each case only to the extent that
the untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission
was made in reliance upon and in conformity with any Holders' Information
furnished to the Issuers by such Holder, and shall reimburse the Issuers for any
legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Issuers in connection with
investigating or defending or preparing to defend against or appearing as a
third party witness in connection with any such loss, claim, damage, liability
or action as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that no such Holder
shall be liable for any indemnity claims hereunder in excess of the amount of
net proceeds received by such Holder from the sale of Securities, Exchange
Securities or Private Exchange Securities pursuant to such Shelf Registration
Statement.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under
this Section 6 of notice of any claim or the commencement of any action, the
indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the
indemnifying party pursuant to Section 6(a) or 6(b), notify the indemnifying
party in writing of the claim or the commencement of that action; provided,
however, that the failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it
from any liability which it may have under this Section 6 except to the extent
that it has been materially prejudiced by such failure; and provided further,
however, that the failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it
from any liability which it may have to an indemnified party otherwise than
under this Section 6. If any such claim or action shall be brought against an
indemnified party, and it shall notify the indemnifying party thereof, the
indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent
that it wishes, jointly with any other similarly notified indemnifying party, to
assume the defense thereof with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the
indemnified party. After notice from the indemnifying party to the indemnified
party of its election to assume the defense of such claim or action, the
indemnifying party shall not be liable to the indemnified party under this
Section 6 for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by the
indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof other than the
reasonable costs of investigation; provided, however, that an indemnified party
shall have the right to employ its own counsel in any such action, but the fees,
expenses and other charges of such counsel for the indemnified party will be at
the expense of such indemnified party unless (1) the employment of counsel by
the indemnified party has been authorized in writing by the indemnifying party,
(2) the indemnified party has reasonably concluded (based upon advice of counsel
to the indemnified party) that there may be legal defenses available to it or
other indemnified parties that are different from or in addition to those
available to the indemnifying party, (3) a conflict or potential conflict exists
(based upon advice of counsel to the indemnified party) between the indemnified
party and the indemnifying party (in which case the indemnifying party will not
have the right to direct the defense of such action on behalf of the indemnified
party) or (4) the indemnifying party has not in fact employed counsel reasonably
satisfactory to the indemnified party to assume the defense of such action
within a reasonable time after receiving notice of the commencement of the
action, in each of which cases the reasonable fees, disbursements and other
charges of counsel will be at the expense of the indemnifying party or parties.
It is understood that the indemnifying party or parties shall not, in connection
with any proceeding or related proceedings in the same jurisdiction, be liable
for the
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reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of more than one separate firm
of attorneys (in addition to any local counsel) at any one time for all such
indemnified party or parties. Each indemnified party, as a condition of the
indemnity agreements contained in Sections 6(a) and 6(b), shall use all
reasonable efforts to cooperate with the indemnifying party in the defense of
any such action or claim. No indemnifying party shall be liable for any
settlement of any such action effected without its written consent (which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), but if settled with its written
consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff in any such action,
the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify and hold harmless any indemnified
party from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or
judgment. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the
indemnified party (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), effect any
settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding 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 claims
that are the subject matter of such proceeding.
7. Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in
Section 6 is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party
under Section 6(a) or 6(b), then each indemnifying party shall, in lieu of
indemnifying such indemnified party, contribute to the amount paid or payable by
such indemnified party as a result of such loss, claim, damage or liability, or
action in respect thereof, (i) in such proportion as shall be appropriate to
reflect the relative benefits received by the Issuers from the offering and sale
of the Securities, on the one hand, and a Holder with respect to the sale by
such Holder of Securities, Exchange Securities or Private Exchange Securities,
on the other, or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not
permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not
only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative
fault of the Issuers on the one hand and such Holder on the other with respect
to the statements or omissions that resulted in such loss, claim, damage or
liability, or action in respect thereof, as well as any other relevant equitable
considerations. The relative benefits received by the Issuers, on the one hand,
and a Holder, on the other, with respect to such offering and such sale shall be
deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering
of the Securities (before deducting expenses) received by or on behalf of the
Issuers as set forth in the table on the cover of the Offering Memorandum, on
the one hand, bear to the total proceeds received by such Holder with respect to
its sale of Securities, Exchange Securities or Private Exchange Securities, on
the other. The relative fault 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 the Issuers or
information supplied by the Issuers, on the one hand, or to any Holders'
Information supplied by such Holder, on the other, the intent of the parties and
their relative knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or
prevent such untrue statement or omission. The parties hereto agree that it
would not be just and equitable if contributions pursuant to this Section 7 were
to be determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation
that does not take into account the equitable considerations referred to herein.
The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the loss,
claim, damage or
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liability, or action in respect thereof, referred to above in this Section 7
shall be deemed to include, for purposes of this Section 7, any legal or other
expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with
investigating or defending or preparing to defend any such action or claim.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7, an indemnifying party that is
a Holder of Securities, Exchange Securities or Private Exchange Securities shall
not be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the
total price at which the Securities, Exchange Securities or Private Exchange
Securities sold by such indemnifying party to any purchaser exceeds the amount
of any damages which such indemnifying party has otherwise paid or become liable
to pay by reason of any 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.
8. Rules 144 and 144A. Each of the Issuers shall use its
commercially reasonable best efforts to file the reports required to be filed by
it under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act in a timely manner and, if at
any time such Issuer is not required to file such reports, it will, upon the
written request of any Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities, make publicly
available other information for so long as necessary to permit sales of such
Holder's securities pursuant to Rules 144 and 144A. Each of the Issuers
covenants that it will take such further action as any Holder of Transfer
Restricted Securities may reasonably request, all to the extent required from
time to time to enable such Holder to sell Transfer Restricted Securities
without registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the
exemptions provided by Rules 144 and 144A (including, without limitation, the
requirements of Rule 144A(d)(4)). Upon the written request of any Holder of
Transfer Restricted Securities, each of the Issuers shall deliver to such Holder
a written statement as to whether it has complied with such requirements.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section 8 shall be deemed to
require any of the Issuers to register any of its securities pursuant to the
Exchange Act.
9. Underwritten Registrations. If any of the Transfer
Restricted Securities covered by any Shelf Registration Statement are to be sold
in an underwritten offering, the investment banker or investment bankers and
manager or managers that will administer the offering will be selected by the
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of such Transfer Restricted
Securities included in such offering, subject to the consent of the Issuers
(which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), and such Holders shall be
responsible for all underwriting commissions and discounts in connection
therewith.
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.
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10. Miscellaneous. (a) 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,
unless the Issuers have obtained the written consent of Holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Securities, the Exchange Securities and the
Private Exchange Securities, taken as a single class. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, a waiver or consent to depart from the provisions hereof with respect
to a matter that relates exclusively to the rights of Holders whose Securities,
Exchange Securities or Private Exchange Securities are being sold pursuant to a
Registration Statement and that does not directly or indirectly affect the
rights of other Holders may be given by Holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Securities, the Exchange Securities and the Private
Exchange Securities being sold by such Holders pursuant to such Registration
Statement.
(b) Notices. All notices and other communications
provided for or permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand-delivery,
first-class mail, telecopier or air courier guaranteeing next-day delivery:
(i) if to a Holder, at the most current address given by
such Holder to the Issuers in accordance with the provisions of this
Section 10(b), which address initially is, with respect to each Holder,
the address of such Holder maintained by the Registrar under the
Indenture, with a copy in like manner to X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc.,
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Bear, Xxxxxxx & Co. Inc., Fleet
Securities, Inc., Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated and Scotia Capital
(USA) Inc.
(ii) if to an Initial Purchaser, initially to X.X. Xxxxxx
Securities Inc. at its address set forth in the Purchase Agreement; and
(iii) if to the Issuers, initially at the address of the
Company set forth in the Purchase Agreement.
All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been
duly given: when delivered by hand, if personally delivered; one business day
after being delivered to a next-day air courier; five business days after being
deposited in the mail; and when receipt is acknowledged by the recipient's
telecopier machine, if sent by telecopier.
(c) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be
binding upon the Issuers and their successors and assigns.
(d) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any
number of counterparts (which may be delivered in original form or by
telecopier) 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.
(e) Definition of Terms. For purposes of this Agreement,
(a) the term "business day" means any day on which the New York Stock Exchange,
Inc. is open for
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trading, (b) the term "subsidiary" has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under
the Securities Act and (c) except where otherwise expressly provided, the term
"affiliate" has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act.
(f) Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for
convenience of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the
meaning hereof.
(g) Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by
and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without
regard to conflicts of law provisions thereof to the extent the application of
the laws of another jurisdiction would be required thereby.
(h) Remedies. In the event of a breach by the Issuers or
by any Holder of any of their obligations under this Agreement, each Holder or
the Issuers, as the case may be, in addition to being entitled to exercise all
rights granted by law, including recovery of damages (other than the recovery of
damages for a breach by the Issuers of their obligations under Sections 1 or 2
hereof for which liquidated damages have been paid pursuant to Section 3
hereof), will be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this
Agreement. The Issuers and each Holder agree that monetary damages would not be
adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of a breach by it of any
of the provisions of this Agreement and hereby further agree that, in the event
of any action for specific performance in respect of such breach, it shall waive
the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.
(i) No Inconsistent Agreements. The Issuers represent,
warrant and agree that (i) they have not entered into, and shall not, on or
after the date of this Agreement, enter into, any agreement that is inconsistent
with the rights granted to the Holders in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts
with the provisions hereof, (ii) they have not previously entered into any
agreement which remains in effect granting any registration rights with respect
to any of their debt securities to any person and (iii) without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, without the written consent of the Holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Transfer
Restricted Securities, they shall not grant to any person the right to request
any of the Issuers to register any debt securities of such Issuer under the
Securities Act unless the rights so granted are not in conflict or inconsistent
with the provisions of this Agreement.
(j) No Piggyback on Registrations. Neither the Issuers
nor any of their respective security holders (other than the Holders of Transfer
Restricted Securities in such capacity) shall have the right to include any
securities of the Issuers in any Shelf Registration or Registered Exchange Offer
other than Transfer Restricted Securities.
(k) Severability. The remedies provided herein are
cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided by law. If any term,
provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of
competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable, the
remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions set forth herein
shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired
or
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invalidated, and the parties hereto shall use their reasonable best efforts to
find and employ an alternative means to achieve the same or substantially the
same result as that contemplated by such term, provision, covenant or
restriction. It is hereby stipulated and declared to be the intention of the
parties that they would have executed the remaining terms, provisions, covenants
and restrictions without including any of such that may be hereafter declared
invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable.
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Please confirm that the foregoing correctly sets forth the
agreement between the Issuers and the Initial Purchasers.
Very truly yours,
LIN TELEVISION CORPORATION
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
Title: Vice President - Controller
LIN TV CORP., as Guarantor
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Vice President - Finance
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AIRWAVES, INC.
KXAN, INC.
KXTX HOLDINGS, INC.
LINBENCO, INC.
LIN SPORTS, INC.
LIN TELEVISION OF SAN XXXX, INC.
LIN TELEVISION OF TEXAS, INC.
PRIMELAND TELEVISION, INC.
NORTH TEXAS BROADCASTING
CORPORATION
WNJX-TV, INC.
WOOD TELEVISION, INC.
WTNH BROADCASTING, INC.
TVL BROADCASTING OF ABILENE, INC.
TVL BROADCASTING, INC.
WEYI TELEVISION, INC.
as Guarantors
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
Title: Vice President - Controller
TELEVICENTRO OF PUERTO RICO, LLC, as
a Guarantor
By: LIN Television of San Xxxx, Inc.,
its Managing Member
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
Title: Vice President - Controller
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INDIANA BROADCASTING, LLC
LIN AIRTIME, LLC
PROVIDENCE BROADCASTING, LLC
WAVY BROADCASTING, LLC
WOOD LICENSE CO., LLC
WIVB BROADCASTING, LLC
WWLP BROADCASTING, LLC
as Guarantors
By: LIN Television Corporation,
its Managing Member
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
Title: Vice President - Controller
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XXX XXXXXXXXXX XX XXXXX, L.P.
as a Guarantor
By: LIN Television of Texas, Inc.,
its General Partner
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
Title: Vice President - Controller
ABILENE BROADCASTING, LLC
TVL BROADCASTING OF RHODE ISLAND, LLC
WDTN BROADCASTING, LLC
WEYI BROADCASTING, LLC
WUPW BROADCASTING, LLC
as Guarantors
By: TVL Broadcasting, Inc.,
its Managing Member
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
Title: Vice President - Controller
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Accepted by:
X.X. XXXXXX SECURITIES INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Managing Director
For itself and on behalf of the several Initial
Purchasers named in Schedule I hereto.
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SCHEDULE I
Initial Purchasers
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc.
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
Bear, Xxxxxxx & Co. Inc.
Fleet Securities, Inc.
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated
Scotia Capital (USA) Inc.
ANNEX A
Each broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own
account pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer must acknowledge that it will
deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities.
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 Securities received in exchange for
Securities where such Securities were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result
of market-making activities or other trading activities. The Issuers have agreed
that, for a period of 90 days after the Expiration Date (as defined herein),
they 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 Securities for its own
account in exchange for Securities, where such 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 Securities. See "Plan of Distribution."
ANNEX C
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
Each broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own
account pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer must acknowledge that it will
deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities.
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 Securities
received in exchange for Securities where such Securities were acquired as a
result of market-making activities or other trading activities. The Issuers have
agreed that, for a period of 90 days after the Expiration Date, they will make
this prospectus, as amended or supplemented, available to any broker-dealer for
use in connection with any such resale. In addition, until [DATE], all dealers
effecting transactions in the Exchange Securities may be required to deliver a
prospectus.
The Issuers will not receive any proceeds from any sale of
Exchange Securities by broker-dealers. Exchange Securities received by
broker-dealers for their own account pursuant to the Registered 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 Securities 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 at 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 Securities. Any
broker-dealer that resells Exchange Securities that were received by it for its
own account pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer and any broker or dealer
that participates in a distribution of such Exchange Securities may be deemed to
be an "underwriter" within the meaning of the Securities Act and any profit on
any such resale of Exchange Securities 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 90 days after the Expiration Date the Issuers
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 Issuers have agreed to pay all expenses
incident to the Registered Exchange Offer (including the expenses of one counsel
for the Holders of the Securities) other than commissions or concessions of any
broker-dealers and will indemnify the Holders of the Securities (including any
broker-dealers) against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the
Securities Act.
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
Securities. If the undersigned is a broker-dealer that will receive Exchange
Securities for its own account in exchange for 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 Securities; 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.
