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EXHIBIT 4.47
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$750,000,000
8% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2008
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
Dated as of November 17, 1998
Among
CHANCELLOR MEDIA CORPORATION OF LOS ANGELES
as Issuer
THE GUARANTORS NAMED HEREIN
and
BT ALEX. XXXXX INCORPORATED
CHASE SECURITIES INC.
XXXXXX XXXXXXX & CO. INCORPORATED
XXXXXXX XXXXX BARNEY INC.
as Initial Purchasers
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REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
This Registration Rights Agreement (this "AGREEMENT"), dated as of November
17, 1998, is being entered into among Chancellor Media Corporation of Los
Angeles, a Delaware corporation (the "COMPANY"), each of the subsidiaries of the
Company listed on the signature pages hereto (the "GUARANTORS" and, together
with the Company, the "ISSUERS") and BT Alex. Xxxxx Incorporated, Chase
Securities Inc., Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated and Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Barney Inc.
(the "INITIAL PURCHASERS").
This Agreement is being entered into in connection with the Purchase
Agreement, dated as of November 12, 1998, among the Company, the Guarantors and
the Initial Purchasers (the "PURCHASE AGREEMENT"), which provides for the sale
by the Company to the Initial Purchasers of $750,000,000 aggregate principal
amount of the Company's 8% Senior Notes Due 2008 (the "NOTES"). In order to
induce the Initial Purchasers to enter into the Purchase Agreement, the Issuers
have agreed to provide the registration rights set forth in this Agreement for
the benefit of the Initial Purchasers and their direct and indirect transferees.
The execution and delivery of this Agreement is a condition to the obligation of
the Initial Purchasers to purchase the Notes under the Purchase Agreement.
The parties hereby agree as follows:
1. Definitions
As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the
following meanings:
ADDITIONAL INTEREST: See Section 4(a) hereof.
ADVICE: See the last paragraph of Section 5 hereof.
AGREEMENT: See the first introductory paragraph hereto.
APPLICABLE PERIOD: See Section 2(b) hereof.
CLOSING DATE: The Closing Date as defined in the Purchase Agreement.
COMPANY: See the first introductory paragraph hereto.
EFFECTIVENESS DATE: The 180th day after the Issue Date.
EFFECTIVENESS PERIOD: See Section 3(a) hereof.
EVENT DATE: See Section 4(b) hereof.
EXCHANGE ACT: The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the
rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.
EXCHANGE NOTES: See Section 2(a) hereof.
EXCHANGE OFFER: See Section 2(a) hereof.
EXCHANGE REGISTRATION STATEMENT: See Section 2(a) hereof.
FILING DATE: The 90th day after the Issue Date.
GUARANTORS: See the first introductory paragraph hereto.
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HOLDER: Any holder of a Registrable Note or Registrable Notes.
INDEMNIFIED PERSON: See Section 7(c) hereof.
INDEMNIFYING PERSON: See Section 7(c) hereof.
INDENTURE: The Indenture, dated as of November 17, 1998 among the
Company, the Guarantors and The Bank of New York, as trustee, pursuant to which
the Notes are being issued, as amended or supplemented from time to time in
accordance with the terms thereof.
INITIAL PURCHASERS: See the first introductory paragraph hereto.
INSPECTORS: See Section 5(o) hereof.
ISSUE DATE: The date on which the Notes were sold to the Initial
Purchasers pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.
ISSUERS: See the first introductory paragraph hereto.
NASD: See Section 5(t) hereof.
NOTES: See the second introductory paragraph hereto.
PARTICIPANT: See Section 7(a) hereof.
PARTICIPATING BROKER-DEALER: See Section 2(b) hereof.
PERSON: An individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability
company, trust, or joint venture, or a governmental agency or political
subdivision thereof or other legal entity.
PRIVATE EXCHANGE: See Section 2(b) hereof.
PRIVATE EXCHANGE NOTES: See Section 2(b) hereof.
PROSPECTUS: The prospectus included in any Registration Statement
(including, without limitation, any prospectus subject to completion and a
prospectus that includes any information previously omitted from a prospectus
filed as part of an effective registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A
promulgated under the Securities Act), as amended or supplemented by any
prospectus supplement, and all other amendments and supplements to the
Prospectus, with respect to the terms of the offering of any portion of the
Registrable Notes covered by such Registration Statement including
post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated by reference or deemed
to be incorporated by reference in such Prospectus.
PURCHASE AGREEMENT: See the second introductory paragraph hereto.
RECORDS: See Section 5(o) hereof.
REGISTRABLE NOTES: Each Note upon original issuance of the Notes and
at all times subsequent thereto, each Exchange Note as to which Section 2(c)(v)
hereof is applicable upon original issuance and at all times subsequent thereto
and each Private Exchange Note upon original issuance thereof and at all times
subsequent thereto, until in the case of any such Note, Exchange Note or Private
Exchange Note, as the case may be, the earliest to occur of (i) a Registration
Statement (other than, with respect to any Exchange Note as to which Section
2(c)(v) hereof is applicable, the Exchange Registration Statement) covering such
Note, Exchange Note or Private Exchange Note, as the case may be, has been
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declared effective by the SEC and such Note (unless such Note was not tendered
for exchange by the Holder thereof), Exchange Note or Private Exchange Note, as
the case may be, has been disposed of in accordance with such effective
Registration Statement, (ii) such Note, Exchange Note or Private Exchange Note,
as the case may be, is sold in compliance with Rule 144 or may be sold pursuant
to Rule 144(k), (iii) such note has been exchanged for an Exchange Note or
Exchange Notes pursuant to an Exchange Offer and is entitled to be resold
without complying with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities
Act (iv) such Note, Exchange Note or Private Exchange Note, as the case may be,
ceases to be outstanding for purposes of the Indenture.
REGISTRATION STATEMENT: Any registration statement of the Company and
the Guarantors, including, but not limited to, the Exchange Registration
Statement and any registration statement filed with the SEC pursuant to the
provisions of this Agreement, including post-effective amendments, all exhibits,
and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by
reference in such registration statement.
RULE 144: Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, as such Rule
may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule (other than Rule 144A) or
regulation hereafter adopted by the SEC providing for offers and sales of
securities made in compliance therewith resulting in offers and sales by
subsequent holders that are not affiliates of an issuer of such securities being
free of the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities
Act.
RULE 144A: Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act, as such
Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule (other than Rule 144)
or regulation hereafter adopted by the SEC.
RULE 415: Rule 415 promulgated under the Securities Act, as such Rule
may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter
adopted by the SEC.
SEC: The Securities and Exchange Commission.
SECURITIES ACT: The Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules
and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.
SHELF NOTICE: See Section 2(c) hereof.
SHELF REGISTRATION: See Section 3(a) hereof.
TIA: The Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.
TRUSTEE: The trustee under the Indenture and, if existent, the trustee
under any indenture governing the Exchange Notes and Private Exchange Notes (if
any).
UNDERWRITTEN REGISTRATION OR UNDERWRITTEN OFFERING: A registration in
which securities of the Company are sold to an underwriter for reoffering to the
public.
2. Exchange Offer
(a) The Company agrees to file with the SEC no later than the Filing
Date an offer to exchange (the "EXCHANGE OFFER") any and all of the Registrable
Notes (other than the Private Exchange Notes, if any) for a like aggregate
principal amount of debt securities of the Company that are identical in all
material respects to the Notes (the "EXCHANGE NOTES") (and that are entitled to
the benefits of the Indenture or a trust indenture that is identical in all
material respects to the Indenture (other than such changes to the Indenture or
any such identical trust indenture as are necessary to comply with any
requirements of the SEC to effect or maintain the qualification thereof under
the TIA) and that,
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in either case, has been qualified under the TIA), except that the Exchange
Notes (other than Private Exchange Notes, if any) shall have been registered
pursuant to an effective Registration Statement under the Securities Act and
shall contain no restrictive legend thereon. The Exchange Offer shall be
registered under the Securities Act on an appropriate form (the "EXCHANGE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT") and shall comply with all applicable tender offer rules
and regulations under the Exchange Act. The Issuers agree to use their
reasonable best efforts to (x) cause the Exchange Registration Statement to be
declared effective under the Securities Act on or before the Effectiveness Date;
(y) keep the Exchange Offer open for at least 20 business days (or longer if
required by applicable law) after the date that notice of the Exchange Offer is
mailed to Holders; and (z) consummate the Exchange Offer on or before the 225th
day following the Issue Date. If after such Exchange Registration Statement is
declared effective by the SEC, the Exchange Offer or the issuance of the
Exchange Notes thereunder is interfered with by any stop order, injunction or
other order or requirement of the SEC or any other governmental agency or court,
such Exchange Registration Statement shall be deemed not to have become
effective for purposes of this Agreement.
Each Holder who participates in the Exchange Offer will be required to
represent that any Exchange Notes received by it will be acquired in the
ordinary course of its business, that at the time of the consummation of the
Exchange Offer such Holder will have no arrangement or understanding with any
Person to participate in the distribution of the Exchange Notes in violation of
the provisions of the Securities Act and that such Holder is not an affiliate of
the Company or any Guarantor within the meaning of the Securities Act and is not
acting on behalf of any persons or entities who could not truthfully make the
foregoing representations. In addition, each broker-dealer that desires to
participate in the Exchange Offer and to receive Exchange Notes will be required
to represent that the Notes being tendered by such broker-dealer were acquired
in ordinary trading or market-making activities and not in transactions directly
with any Issuer or an Affiliate thereof (a "PARTICIPATING BROKER-DEALER"). A
broker-dealer that is not able to make the foregoing representation will not be
permitted to participate in the Exchange Offer.
Upon consummation of the Exchange Offer in accordance with this
Section 2, the provisions of this Agreement shall continue to apply mutatis
mutandis, solely with respect to Registrable Notes that are Private Exchange
Notes and Exchange Notes as to which clause 2(c) hereof applies, the Company
shall have no further obligation to register Registrable Notes (other than
Private Exchange Notes and other than in respect of any Exchange Notes as to
which clause 2(c)(v) hereof applies) pursuant to Section 3 hereof. No securities
other than the Exchange Notes shall be included in the Exchange Registration
Statement.
(b) The Company shall include within the Prospectus contained in the
Exchange Registration Statement a section entitled "Plan of Distribution,"
reasonably acceptable to the Initial Purchasers, which shall contain a summary
statement of the publicly, disseminated positions taken or policies made by the
Staff of the SEC with respect to the potential "underwriter" status of any
broker-dealer that is the beneficial owner (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the
Exchange Act) of Exchange Notes received by such broker-dealer. Such "Plan of
Distribution" section shall also expressly permit the use of the Prospectus by
all Persons subject to the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities
Act, including all Participating Broker-Dealers, and include a statement
describing the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the
Exchange Notes.
The Issuers shall use their reasonable best efforts to keep the
Exchange 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 is necessary to comply with applicable
law in connection with any resale of the Exchange Notes; provided, however, that
such period shall not exceed 180 days after the consummation of the Exchange
Offer (or such longer period if extended pursuant to the last paragraph of
Section 5 hereof) (the "APPLICABLE PERIOD").
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If, prior to consummation of the Exchange Offer, any Initial Purchaser
holds any Notes acquired by it and having, or that are reasonably likely to be
determined to have, the status of an unsold allotment in the initial
distribution, the Issuers shall, upon the request of such Initial Purchaser,
simultaneously with the delivery of the Exchange Notes in the Exchange Offer,
issue and deliver to such Initial Purchaser in exchange (the "PRIVATE EXCHANGE")
for such Notes held by the Initial Purchaser a like principal amount of debt
securities of the Company that are identical in all material respects to the
Exchange Notes (the "PRIVATE EXCHANGE NOTES") (and that are issued pursuant to
the same Indenture as the Exchange Notes or an indenture identical to the
Indenture in all material respects as permitted by the last paragraph of this
Section 2(b)) except for the placement of a restrictive legend on such Private
Exchange Notes. The Private Exchange Notes shall bear the same CUSIP number as
the Exchange Notes.
Interest on the Exchange Notes and the Private Exchange Notes will
accrue from the last interest payment date on which interest was paid on the
Notes surrendered in exchange therefor or, if no interest has been paid on the
Notes, from the Issue Date.
In connection with the Exchange offer, the Issuers shall:
(1) mail to each Holder a copy of the Prospectus forming part of the
Exchange Registration Statement, together with an appropriate letter of
transmittal and related documents;
(2) utilize the services of a depositary for the Exchange Offer with
an address in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York;
(3) permit Holders to withdraw tendered Notes at any time prior to the
close of business, New York time, on the last business day on which the
Exchange Offer shall remain open; and
(4) otherwise comply in all material respects with all applicable
laws, rules and regulations.
As soon as practicable after the close of the Exchange Offer or the
Private Exchange, as the case may be, the Issuers shall:
(1) accept for exchange all Notes tendered and not validly withdrawn
pursuant to the Exchange Offer or the Private Exchange;
(2) deliver to the Trustee for cancellation all Notes so accepted for
exchange; and
(3) cause the Trustee to authenticate and deliver promptly to each
Holder of Notes, Exchange Notes or Private Exchange Notes, as the case may
be, equal in principal amount to the Notes of such Holder so accepted for
exchange.
The Exchange Notes and the Private Exchange Notes may be issued under
(i) the Indenture or (ii) an indenture identical in all material respects to the
Indenture, which in either event shall provide that (1) the Exchange Notes shall
not be subject to the transfer restrictions set forth in the Indenture and (2)
the Private Exchange Notes shall be subject to the transfer restrictions set
forth in the Indenture. The Indenture or such indenture shall provide that the
Exchange Notes, the Private Exchange Notes and the Notes shall vote and consent
together on all matters as one class and that none of the Exchange Notes, the
Private Exchange Notes or the Notes will have the right to vote or consent as a
separate class on any matter.
(c) If, (i) because of any change in law or in currently prevailing
interpretations of the Staff of the SEC, the Company is not permitted to effect
an Exchange offer, (ii) the Exchange Offer
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is not consummated within 225 days of the Issue Date, (iii) any holder of
Private Exchange Notes so requests at any time after the consummation of the
Private Exchange, (iv) the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Registrable Notes determine that the interests of the
Holders would be materially adversely affected by consummation of the Exchange
Offer or (v) in the case of any Holder that participates in the Exchange Offer,
such Holder does not receive Exchange Notes on the date of the exchange that may
be sold without restriction under state and federal securities laws (other than
due solely to the status of such Holder as an affiliate of the Issuers or as an
"underwriter" within the meaning of the Securities Act), then the Company shall
promptly deliver to the Holders and the Trustee written notice thereof (the
"SHELF NOTICE") to the Trustee and in the case of clauses (i), (ii) and (iv),
all Holders, in the case of clause (iii), the Holders of the Private Exchange
Notes and in the case of clause (v), the affected Holder, and shall file a Shelf
Registration pursuant to Section 3 hereof.
3. Shelf Registration
If a Shelf Notice is delivered as contemplated by Section 2(c) hereof,
then:
(a) Shelf Registration. The Issuers shall as promptly as reasonably
practicable file with the SEC a Registration Statement for an offering to be
made on a continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 covering all of the Registrable
Notes (the "SHELF REGISTRATION"). If the Issuers shall not have yet filed an
Exchange Registration Statement, the Company shall use its reasonable best
efforts to file with the SEC the Shelf Registration on or prior to the Filing
Date. The Shelf Registration shall be on Form S-1 or another appropriate form
permitting registration of such Registrable Notes for resale by Holders in the
manner or manners designated by them (including, without limitation, one or more
underwritten offerings). The Issuers shall not permit any securities other than
the Registrable Notes to be included in the Shelf Registration.
The Issuers shall use their reasonable best efforts to cause the Shelf
Registration to be declared effective under the Securities Act on or prior to
the Effectiveness Date (or, in the case of a Shelf Registration pursuant to
Shelf Notice delivered less than 90 days before the Effectiveness Date, on or
prior to the 90th day following the Shelf Notice (the "SHELF EFFECTIVENESS
DATE")) and to keep the Shelf Registration continuously effective under the
Securities Act until the date that is two years from the Issue Date, subject to
extension pursuant to the last paragraph of Section 5 hereof (the "EFFECTIVENESS
PERIOD"), or such shorter period ending when all Registrable Notes covered by
the Shelf Registration have been sold in the manner set forth and as
contemplated in the Shelf Registration.
(b) Withdrawal of Stop Orders. If the Shelf Registration ceases to be
effective for any reason at any time during the Effectiveness Period (other than
because of the sale of all of the securities registered thereunder), the Issuers
shall use their respective best efforts to obtain the prompt withdrawal of any
order suspending the effectiveness thereof.
(c) Supplements and Amendments. The Issuers shall promptly supplement
and amend the Shelf Registration if required by the rules, regulations or
instructions applicable to the registration form used for such Shelf
Registration, if required by the Securities Act, or if reasonably requested by
the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Registrable Notes
covered by such Registration Statement or by any underwriter of such Registrable
Notes.
4. Additional Interest
(a) The Issuers and the Initial Purchasers agree that the Holders of
Registrable Notes will suffer damages if the Issuers fail to fulfill their
obligations under Section 2 or Section 3 hereof and that it would not be
feasible to ascertain the extent of such damages with precision. Accordingly,
the
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Issuers agree to pay, as liquidated damages, additional interest on the Notes
("ADDITIONAL INTEREST") under the circumstances and to the extent set forth
below:
(i) if neither the Exchange Registration Statement nor the Shelf
Registration has been filed on or prior to the Filing Date (or, in the case
of a Shelf Registration pursuant to a Shelf Notice delivered less than 45
days prior to the Filing Date, on or prior to the 45th day following such
Shelf Notice (the "SHELF FILING DATE")), then, commencing on the 91st day
after the Issue Date (or, if applicable, on the 1st day after the Shelf
Filing Date), Additional Interest shall accrue on the Notes over and above
the stated interest at a rate of 0.50% per annum for the first 90 days
immediately following the Filing Date (or, if applicable, the first 90 days
following the Shelf Filing Date), such Additional Interest rate increasing
by an additional 0.50% per annum at the beginning of each subsequent 90-day
period;
(ii) if neither the Exchange Registration Statement nor the Shelf
Registration is declared effective by the SEC on or prior to the
Effectiveness Date (or, if applicable, the Shelf Effectiveness Date), then,
commencing on the 181st day after the Issue Date (or, if applicable, the
1st day after the Shelf Effectiveness Date), Additional Interest shall
accrue on the Notes included or that should have been included in such
Registration Statement over and above the stated interest at a rate of
0.50% per annum for the first 90 days immediately following the
Effectiveness Date (or, if applicable, the first 90 days following the
Shelf Effectiveness Date), such Additional Interest rate increasing by an
additional 0.50% per annum at the beginning of each subsequent 90-day
period; and
(iii) if (A) the Company has not exchanged Exchange Notes for all
Notes validly tendered in accordance with the terms of the Exchange Offer
on or prior to the 225th day after the Issue Date or (B) the Exchange
Registration Statement ceases to be effective at any time prior to the time
that the Exchange Offer is consummated or (C) if applicable, the Shelf
Registration has been declared effective and such Shelf Registration ceases
to be effective at any time during the Effectiveness Period, then
Additional Interest shall accrue (over and above any interest otherwise
payable on such Notes) at a rate of 0.50% per annum on (x) the 226th day
after the Issue Date with respect to the Notes validly tendered and not
exchanged by the Company, in the case of (A) above, or (y) the day the
Exchange Registration Statement ceases to be effective in the case of (B)
above, or (z) the day such Shelf Registration ceases to be effective, in
the case of (C) above, such Additional Interest rate increasing by an
additional 0.50% per annum at the beginning of each such subsequent 90-day
period (it being understood and agreed that, notwithstanding any provision
to the contrary, so long as any Note that is the subject of a Shelf Notice
is then covered by an effective Shelf Registration, no Additional Interest
shall accrue on such Note);
provided, however, that the Additional Interest rate on any affected Note may
not exceed at any one time in the aggregate 1.0% per annum; and provided,
further, that (1) upon the filing of the Exchange Registration Statement or a
Shelf Registration (in the case of clause (i) of this Section 4(a)), (2) upon
the effectiveness of the Exchange Registration Statement or the Shelf
Registration (in the case of clause (ii) of this Section 4(a)), or (3) upon the
exchange of Exchange Notes for all Notes tendered and not validly withdrawn (in
the case of clause (iii)(A) of this Section 4(a)), or upon the effectiveness of
the Exchange Registration Statement that had ceased to remain effective (in the
case of (iii)(B) of this Section 4(a)), or upon the effectiveness of the Shelf
Registration that had ceased to remain effective (in the case of (iii)(C) of
this Section 4(a)), Additional Interest on the affected Notes as a result of
such clause (or the relevant subclause thereof), as the case may be, shall cease
to accrue.
(b) The Issuers shall notify the Trustee within one business day after
each and every date on which an event occurs in respect of which Additional
Interest is required to be paid (an "EVENT DATE"). Any amounts of Additional
Interest due pursuant to clauses (a)(i), (a)(ii) or (a)(iii) of this Section 4
shall be payable to the Holders of affected Notes as of the relevant record date
in cash semi-annually on the same original interest payment dates as the Notes
(as set forth in the Indenture) commencing with the first such date occurring
after any such Additional Interest commences to accrue.
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The amount of Additional Interest will be determined by multiplying the
applicable Additional Interest rate by the principal amount of the affected
Registrable Notes of such Holders, multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of
which is the number of days such Additional Interest rate was applicable during
such period (determined on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve
30-day months and, in the case of a partial month, the actual number of days
elapsed), and the denominator of which is 360.
5. Registration Procedures
In connection with the filing of any Registration Statement pursuant
to Sections 2 or 3 hereof, the Issuers shall effect such registrations to permit
the sale of the securities covered thereby in accordance with the intended
method or methods of disposition thereof, and pursuant thereto and in connection
with any Registration Statement filed by the Issuers hereunder, the Issuers
shall:
(a) Prepare and file with the SEC on or prior to the Filing Date (or,
if applicable, the Shelf Filing Date) a Registration Statement or Registration
Statements as prescribed by Sections 2 or 3 hereof and use their reasonable best
efforts to cause each such Registration Statement to become effective and remain
effective as provided herein; provided, however, that, if (1) such filing is
made pursuant to Section 3 hereof, or (2) a Prospectus contained in an Exchange
Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2 hereof is required to be
delivered under the Securities Act by any Participating Broker-Dealer who seeks
to sell Exchange Notes during the Applicable Period, before filing any
Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto,
the Issuers shall furnish to and afford the Holders of the Registrable Notes
covered by such Registration Statement (in the case of a Registration Statement
filed pursuant to Section 3 hereof) or each such Participating Broker-Dealer (in
the case where a Prospectus contained in an Exchange Registration Statement
filed pursuant to Section 2 hereof is required to be delivered by Participating
Broker-Dealers), as the case may be, their counsel and the managing
underwriters, if any, a reasonable opportunity to review copies of all such
documents (including copies of any documents to be incorporated by reference
therein and all exhibits thereto) proposed to be filed (in each case at least
five business days prior to such filing). The Issuers shall not file any
Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto if
the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Registrable Notes
covered by such Registration Statement, or any 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 Shelf Registration or Exchange Registration Statement, as the
case may be, as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement
continuously effective for the Effectiveness Period or the Applicable Period or
until consummation of the Exchange Offer, as the case may be, cause the related
Prospectus to be supplemented by any Prospectus supplement required by
applicable law and, as so supplemented, to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 (or any
similar provisions then in force) promulgated under the Securities Act; and
comply with the provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act applicable
to them with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such
Registration Statement as so amended or in such Prospectus as so supplemented
and with respect to the subsequent resale of any securities being sold by a
Participating Broker-Dealer covered by any such Prospectus; the Issuers shall be
deemed not to have used their best efforts to keep a Registration Statement
effective during the Applicable Period or Effectiveness Period, as applicable,
if they voluntarily take any action that would result in selling Holders of the
Registrable Notes covered thereby or Participating Broker-Dealers seeking to
sell Exchange Notes not being able to sell such Registrable Notes or such
Exchange Notes during that period, unless such action is required by applicable
law or unless the Issuers comply with this Agreement, including without
limitation, the provisions of paragraph 5(k) hereof and the last paragraph of
this Section 5; 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 90 days
thereafter comply with the requirements of Section 5(k). Any such period during
which the Issuers fail
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to keep the Registration Statement effective and usable for offers and sales of
Registrable Notes or Exchange Notes during the Applicable Period or
Effectiveness Period, as applicable, is referred to as a "Suspension Period." A
Suspension Period shall commence on and include the date that the Issuers give
notice that the Registration Statement is no longer effective or the prospectus
included therein is no longer usable for offers and sales of Registrable Notes
or Exchange Notes and shall end on the date when each Holder of Registrable
Notes or Exchange Notes covered by such Registration Statement either receives
copies of the amended or supplemental prospectus contemplated by Section 5(k) or
is advised in writing by the Issuers that the use of the prospectus may be
resumed. If one or more Suspension Periods occur, the Applicable Period or
Effectiveness Period, as applicable, shall be extended by the aggregate number
of days included in each such Suspension Period
(c) If (1) a Shelf Registration is filed pursuant to Section 3 hereof,
or (2) a Prospectus contained in an Exchange Registration Statement filed
pursuant to Section 2 hereof is required to be delivered under the Securities
Act by any Participating Broker-Dealer who seeks to sell Exchange Notes during
the Applicable Period, notify the selling Holders of Registrable Notes, or each
such Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, their counsel and the
managing underwriters, if any, promptly (but in any event within two business
days), and confirm such notice in writing, (i) when a Prospectus or any
Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment has been filed, and, with
respect to a Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment, when the
same has become effective under the Securities Act (including in such notice a
written statement that any Holder may, upon request, obtain, at the sole expense
of the Issuers, one conformed copy of such Registration Statement or
post-effective amendment, including financial statements and schedules,
documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference and exhibits),
(ii) of the issuance by the SEC of any stop order suspending the effectiveness
of a Registration Statement or of any order preventing or suspending the use of
any preliminary prospectus or the initiation of any proceedings for that
purpose, (iii) if at any time when a prospectus is required by the Securities
Act to be delivered in connection with sales of the Registrable Notes or resales
of Exchange Notes by Participating Broker-Dealers upon written notice by any
such Participating Broker-Dealer of a resale the representations and warranties
of the Company contained in any agreement (including any underwriting
agreement), contemplated by Section 5(n) hereof cease to be true and correct,
(iv) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the
suspension of the qualification or exemption from qualification of a
Registration Statement or any of the Registrable Notes or the Exchange Notes to
be sold by any Participating Broker-Dealer for offer or sale in any
jurisdiction, or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such
purpose, (v) of the happening of any event, the existence of any condition or
any information becoming known that makes any statement made in such
Registration Statement or related Prospectus or any document incorporated or
deemed to be incorporated therein by reference untrue in any material respect or
that requires the making of any changes in or amendments or supplements to such
Registration Statement, Prospectus or documents so that, in the case of the
Registration Statement, it will not contain any untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and that in the case of
the Prospectus, it will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading and (vi) of the determination by the Issuers that a
post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement would be appropriate.
(d) Use their reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any
order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement or of any order
preventing or suspending the use of a Prospectus or suspending the qualification
(or exemption from qualification) of any of the Registrable Notes or the
Exchange Notes for sale in any jurisdiction, and, if any such order is issued,
to use its reasonable best efforts to obtain the withdrawal of any such order at
the earliest possible moment.
(e) If a Shelf Registration is filed pursuant to Section 3 and if
requested by the managing underwriter or underwriters, if any, or the Holders of
a majority in aggregate principal amount
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of the Registrable Notes being sold in connection with an underwritten offering,
(i) promptly incorporate in a prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment
such information as the managing underwriter or underwriters, if any, such
Holders, or counsel for any of them, reasonably request to be included therein,
and (ii) make all required filings of such prospectus supplement or such
post-effective amendment as soon as practicable after the Issuers have received
notification of the matters to be incorporated in such prospectus supplement or
post-effective amendment.
(f) If (1) a Shelf Registration is filed pursuant to Section 3 hereof,
or (2) a Prospectus contained in an Exchange Registration Statement filed
pursuant to Section 2 hereof is required to be delivered under the Securities
Act by any Participating Broker-Dealer who seeks to sell Exchange Notes during
the Applicable Period, furnish to each selling Holder of Registrable Notes and
to each such Participating Broker-Dealer who so requests and to their respective
counsel and each managing underwriter, if any, at the sole expense of the
Issuers, one conformed copy of the Registration Statement or Registration
Statements and each post-effective amendment thereto, including financial
statements and schedules, and, if requested, all documents incorporated or
deemed to be incorporated therein by reference and all exhibits.
(g) If (1) a Shelf Registration is filed pursuant to Section 3 hereof,
or (2) a Prospectus contained in an Exchange Registration Statement filed
pursuant to Section 2 hereof is required to be delivered under the Securities
Act by any Participating Broker-Dealer who seeks to sell Exchange Notes during
the Applicable Period, deliver to each selling Holder of Registrable Notes, or
each such Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, their respective
counsel, and the underwriters, if any, at the sole expense of the Company, as
many copies of the Prospectus or Prospectuses (including each form of
preliminary prospectus) and each amendment or supplement thereto and any
documents incorporated by reference therein as such Persons may reasonably
request; and, subject to the last paragraph of this Section 5, the Issuers
hereby consent to the use of such Prospectus and each amendment or supplement
thereto by each of the selling Holders of Registrable Notes or each such
Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, and the underwriters or agents,
if any, and dealers if any, in connection with the offering and sale of the
Registrable Notes covered by, or the sale by Participating Broker-Dealers of the
Exchange Notes pursuant to, such Prospectus and any amendment or supplement
thereto. (h) Prior to any public offering of Registrable Notes or any delivery
of a Prospectus contained in the Exchange Registration Statement by any
Participating Broker-Dealer who seeks to sell Exchange Notes during the
Applicable Period, use their reasonable best efforts to register or qualify such
Registrable Notes (and to cooperate with selling Holders of Registrable Notes or
each such Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, the managing
underwriter or underwriters, if any, and their respective counsel in connection
with the registration or qualification (or exemption from such registration or
qualification) of such Registrable Notes) for offer and sale under the
securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions within the United States as
any sealing Holder, Participating Broker-Dealer, or the managing underwriter or
underwriters reasonably request in writing; provided, however, that where
Exchange Notes held by Participating Broker-Dealers or Registrable Notes are
offered other than through an underwritten offering, the Issuers agree to cause
their counsel to perform Blue Sky investigations and file registrations and
qualifications required to be filed pursuant to this Section 5(h); keep each
such registration or qualification (or exemption therefrom) effective during the
period such Registration Statement is required to be kept effective and do any
and all other acts or things reasonably necessary or advisable to enable the
disposition in such jurisdictions of the Exchange Notes held by Participating
Broker-Dealers or the Registrable Notes covered by the applicable Registration
Statement; provided, however, that none of the Issuers shall be required to (A)
qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where any such Issuer is
not then so qualified, (B) take any action that would subject any such Issuer to
general service of process in any such jurisdiction where any such Issuer is not
then so subject or (C) become subject to taxation in any such jurisdiction where
any such Issuer is not then so subject.
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(i) If a Shelf Registration is filed pursuant to Section 3 hereof,
cooperate with the selling Holders of Registrable Notes and the managing
underwriter or underwriters, if any, to facilitate the timely preparation and
delivery of certificates representing Registrable Notes to be sold, which
certificates shall not bear any restrictive legends and shall be in a form
eligible for deposit with The Depository Trust Company; and enable such
Registrable Notes to be in such denominations and registered in such names as
the managing underwriter or underwriters, if any, or Holders may reasonably
request.
(j) Use their reasonable best efforts to cause the Registrable Notes
covered by the Registration Statement to be registered with or approved by such
other governmental agencies or authorities as may be necessary to enable the
Holders thereof or the underwriter or underwriters, if any, to dispose of such
Registrable Notes, except as may be required solely as a consequence of the
nature of a selling Holder's business, in which case the Issuers will cooperate
in all reasonable respects (at the sole expense of such Holder) with the filing
of such Registration Statement and the granting of such approvals.
(k) If (1) a Shelf Registration is filed pursuant to Section 3 hereof,
or (2) a Prospectus contained in an Exchange Registration Statement filed
pursuant to Section 2 hereof is required to be delivered under the Securities
Act by any Participating Broker-Dealer who seeks to sell Exchange Notes during
the Applicable Period, (A) upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by
paragraph 5(c)(v) or 5(c)(vi) hereof or (B) a Suspension Period remains in
effect more than 90 days after the occurrence thereof, as promptly as
practicable prepare and (subject to Section 5(a) hereof) file with the SEC, at
the sole expense of the Issuers, a supplement or post-effective amendment to the
Registration Statement or a supplement to the related Prospectus or any document
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference, or file any
other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of
the Registrable Notes being sold thereunder or to the purchasers of the Exchange
Notes to whom such Prospectus will be delivered by a Participating
Broker-Dealer, any such Prospectus will not contain an untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading.
(l) Use their reasonable best efforts to cause the Registrable Notes
covered by a Registration Statement or the Exchange Notes, as the case may be,
to be rated with the appropriate rating agencies, if so requested by the Holders
of a majority in aggregate principal amount of Registrable Notes covered by such
Registration Statement or the Exchange Notes, as the case may be, or the
managing underwriter or underwriters, if any.
(m) Prior to the effective date of the first Registration Statement
relating to the Registrable Notes, (i) provide the Trustee with certificates for
the Registrable Notes or Exchange Notes, as the case may be, in a form eligible
for deposit with The Depository Trust Company and (ii) provide a CUSIP number
for the Registrable Notes or Exchange Notes, as the case may be.
(n) In connection with any underwritten offering of Registrable Notes
pursuant to a Shelf Registration, enter into an underwriting agreement as is
customary in underwritten offerings of debt securities similar to the Notes and
take all such other actions as are reasonably requested by the managing
underwriter or underwriters in order to expedite or facilitate the registration
or the disposition of such Registrable Notes and, in such connection, (i) make
such representations and warranties to, and covenants with, the underwriters
with respect to the business of the Issuers (including any acquired business,
properties or entities, if applicable) 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 underwritten offerings of debt securities similar to the Notes,
and confirm the same in writing if and when requested; (ii) obtain the written
opinion of counsel to the Issuers and written updates thereof in form, scope and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the managing
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underwriter or underwriters, addressed to the underwriters covering the matters
customarily covered in opinions requested in underwritten offerings of debt
securities similar to the Notes and such other matters as may be reasonably
requested by the managing underwriter or underwriters; (iii) obtain "cold
comfort" letters and updates thereof in form, scope and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the managing underwriter or underwriters from the independent
certified public accountants of the Issuers (and, if necessary, any other
independent certified public accountants of any subsidiary of the Issuers or of
any business acquired by the Company for which financial statements and
financial data are, or are required to be, included or incorporated by reference
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 of
debt securities similar to the Notes and such other matters as reasonably
requested by the managing underwriter or underwriters; 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 7
hereof (or such other provisions and procedures acceptable to Holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of Registrable Notes covered by such
Registration Statement and the managing underwriter or underwriters or agents)
with respect to all parties to be indemnified pursuant to said Section 7. The
above shall be done at each closing under such underwriting agreement or as and
to the extent required thereunder.
(o) If (1) a Shelf Registration is filed pursuant to Section 3 hereof,
or (2) a Prospectus contained in an Exchange Registration Statement filed
pursuant to Section 2 hereof is required to be delivered under the Securities
Act by any Participating Broker-Dealer who seeks to sell Exchange Notes during
the Applicable Period, make available for inspection by any selling Holder of
such Registrable Notes being sold, or each such Participating Broker-Dealer, as
the case may be, any underwriter participating in any such disposition of
Registrable Notes, 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 instruments of the Issuers and their
subsidiaries (collectively, the "RECORDS") as shall be reasonably necessary to
enable them to exercise any applicable due diligence responsibilities, and cause
the respective officers, directors and employees of the Issuers and their
subsidiaries to supply all information reasonably requested by any such
Inspector in connection with such Registration Statement. Records that the
Issuers determine, in good faith, to be confidential and any Records that it
notifies the Inspectors are confidential shall not be disclosed by the
Inspectors unless (i) the disclosure of such Records is necessary to avoid or
correct a misstatement or omission in such Registration Statement, (ii) the
release of such Records is ordered pursuant to a subpoena or other final order
from a court of competent jurisdiction, (iii) disclosure of such information is,
in the reasonable, good faith opinion of counsel for any Inspector, necessary in
connection with any action, claim, suit or proceeding, directly or indirectly,
involving such Inspector and arising out of, based upon, relating to, or
involving this Agreement, or any transactions contemplated hereby or arising
hereunder, or (iv) the information in such Records has been made generally
available to the public other than in violation of any obligation of
confidentiality, hereunder or otherwise. Each selling Holder of such Registrable
Securities and each such Participating Broker-Dealer will be required to agree
that information obtained by it as a result of such inspections shall be deemed
confidential and shall not be used by it for any purpose other than the sale or
exchange of Notes pursuant to an Exchange Offer or Shelf Registration. Each
selling Holder of such Registrable Notes and each such Participating
Broker-Dealer will be required to further agree that it will, upon learning that
disclosure of such Records is sought in a court of competent jurisdiction,
promptly give notice to the Issuers and allow the Issuers to undertake
appropriate action to prevent disclosure of the Records deemed confidential at
the Issuers sole expense.
(p) Provide an indenture trustee for the Registrable Notes or the
Exchange Notes, as the case may be, and cause the Indenture or the trust
indenture provided for in Section 2(a) hereof, as the case may be, to be
qualified under the TIA not later than the effective date of the Exchange Offer
or first Registration Statement relating to the Registrable Notes; and in
connection therewith, cooperate with the
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trustee under any such indenture and the Holders of the Registrable Notes, to
effect such changes to such indenture as may be required for such indenture to
be so qualified in accordance with the terms of the TIA; and execute, and use
their reasonable best efforts to cause such trustee to execute, all documents as
may be required to effect such changes, and all other forms and documents
required to be filed with the SEC to enable such indenture to be so qualified in
a timely manner.
(q) Comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the SEC 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 Notes 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
Company after the effective date of a Registration Statement, which statements
shall cover said 12-month periods.
(r) If an Exchange Offer or a Private Exchange is to be consummated,
upon delivery of the Registrable Notes by Holders to the Company (or to such
other Person as directed by the Issuers) in exchange for the Exchange Notes or
the Private Exchange Notes, as the case may be, the Issuers shall xxxx, or cause
to be marked, on such Registrable Notes that such Registrable Notes are being
cancelled in exchange for the Exchange Notes or the Private Exchange Notes, as
the case may be; in no event shall such Registrable Notes be marked as paid or
otherwise satisfied.
(s) Reasonably cooperate with each seller of Registrable Notes covered
by any Registration Statement and each underwriter, if any, participating in the
disposition of such Registrable Notes and their respective counsel in connection
with any filings required to be made with the National Association of Securities
Dealers, Inc. (the "NASD").
(t) Use their reasonable best efforts to take all other steps
necessary or advisable to effect the registration of the Registrable Notes
covered by a Registration Statement contemplated hereby.
The Company may require each seller of Registrable Notes as to which
any Registration is being effected to furnish to the Issuers such information
regarding such seller and the distribution of such Registrable Notes as the
Issuers may, from time to time, reasonably request and, in such event, shall
have no further obligation. The Issuers may exclude from such registration the
Registrable Notes of any seller who unreasonably fails to furnish such
information within a reasonable time after receiving such request. Each seller
as to which any Shelf Registration is being effected agrees to furnish promptly
to the Issuers all information required to be disclosed in order to make the
information previously furnished to the Issuers by such seller not materially
misleading.
Each Holder of Registrable Notes and each Participating Broker-Dealer
agrees by acquisition of such Registrable Notes or Exchange Notes to be sold by
such Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, that, upon actual receipt
of any notice from the Issuers of (A) the happening of any event of the kind
described in Section 5(c)(ii), 5(c)(iv), 5(c)(v) or 5(c)(vi) hereof or (B) a
Suspension Period under Section 5(b), such Holder will forthwith discontinue
disposition of such Registrable Notes covered by such Registration Statement or
Prospectus or Exchange Notes to be sold by such Holder or Participating
Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, until such Holder's or Participating
Broker-Dealer's-receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus
contemplated by Section 5(k) hereof, or until it is advised in writing (the
"ADVICE") by the Issuers that the use of the applicable Prospectus may be
resumed and has received copies of any amendments or supplements thereto. In the
event the Issuers shall give any such notice, each of the Effectiveness Period
and the Applicable Period shall be extended by the number of days during such
periods from and including the date of the giving of such notice to and
including the date when each seller of Registrable Notes covered by such
Registration Statement or Exchange Notes to be sold by such Participating
Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, shall have received
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(x) the copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section
5(k) hereof or (y) the Advice.
6. Registration Expenses
(a) Except as otherwise set forth herein, all fees and expenses
incident to the performance of or compliance with this Agreement by the Issuers
shall be borne by the issuers whether or not the Exchange Offer or a Shelf
Registration is filed or becomes effective, including, without limitation, (i)
all registration and filing fees (including, without limitation, (A) fees with
respect to filings required to be made with the NASD in connection with an
underwritten offering and (B) fees and expenses of compliance with state
securities or Blue Sky laws (including, without limitation, reasonable fees and
disbursements of counsel in connection with Blue Sky qualifications of the
Registrable Notes or Exchange Notes and determination of the eligibility of the
Registrable Notes or Exchange Notes for investment under the laws of such
jurisdictions (x) where the holders of Registrable Notes are located, in the
case of the Exchange Notes, or (y) as provided in Section 5(h) hereof, in the
case of Registrable Notes or Exchange Notes to be sold by a Participating
Broker-Dealer during the Applicable Period)), (ii) printing expenses, including,
without limitation, expenses of printing certificates for Registrable Notes or
Exchange Notes in a form eligible for deposit with The Depository Trust Company
and of printing prospectuses if the printing of prospectuses is requested by the
managing underwriter or underwriters, if any, by the Holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Registrable Notes included in any Registration
Statement or sold by any Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, (iii)
messenger, telephone and delivery expenses, (iv) fees and disbursements of
counsel for the Issuers and reasonable fees and disbursements of special counsel
for the sellers of Registrable Notes (subject to the provisions of Section 6(b)
hereof), (v) fees and disbursements of all independent certified public
accountants referred to in Section 5(n)(iii) hereof (including, without
limitation, the expenses of any special audit and "cold comfort" letters
required by or incident to such performance), (vi) rating agency fees, if-any,
and any fees associated with making the Registrable Notes or Exchange Notes
eligible for trading through The Depository Trust Company, (vii) Securities Act
liability insurance, if the Company desires such insurance, (viii) fees and
expenses of all other Persons retained by the Issuers, (ix) internal expenses of
the Issuers (including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of
officers and employees of the Issuers performing legal or accounting duties),
(x) the expense of any annual audit, (xi) the fees and expenses incurred in
connection with the listing of the securities to be registered on any securities
exchange, if applicable and (xii) the expenses relating to printing, word
processing and distributing all Registration Statements, underwriting
agreements, securities sales agreements, indentures and any other documents
necessary in order to comply with this Agreement.
(b) The Issuers shall (i) reimburse the Holders of the Registrable
Notes being registered in a Shelf Registration for the reasonable fees and
disbursements of not more than one counsel (in addition to appropriate local
counsel) chosen by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of
the Registrable Notes to be included in such Registration Statement and (ii)
reimburse out-of-pocket expenses (other than legal expenses or selling
commissions or discounts) of Holders of Registrable Notes incurred in connection
with the registration and sale of the Registrable Notes pursuant to a Shelf
Registration or in connection with the exchange of Registrable Notes pursuant to
the Exchange Offer.
7. Indemnification
(a) The Issuers agree, jointly and severally, to indemnify and hold
harmless each Holder of Registrable Notes offered pursuant to a Shelf
Registration Statement and each Participating Broker-Dealer selling Exchange
Notes during the Applicable Period, the affiliates, directors, officers, agents,
representatives and employees of each such Person or its affiliates, and each
other Person, if any, who controls any such Person or its affiliates within the
meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange
Act (each, a "PARTICIPANT") against any and all losses, claims,
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damages and liabilities (including, without limitation, the reasonable legal
fees and other expenses actually incurred in connection with any suit, action or
proceeding or any claim asserted) caused by, arising out of or based upon
(i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material
fact contained in any Registration Statement pursuant to which the offering
of such Registrable Notes or Exchange Notes, as the case may be, is
registered (or any amendment thereto) or related Prospectus (or any
amendments or supplements thereto) or any related preliminary prospectus,
or
(ii) the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein,
in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading;
and will reimburse, as incurred, each Participant and each such controlling
person for any legal or other expenses incurred by the Participant or such
controlling person in connection with investigating, defending against or
appearing as a third-party witness in connection with any such loss, claim,
damage, liability or action; provided, however, that the Issuers will not be
required to indemnify a Participant if (i) such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities are caused by any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue
statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with information
relating to any Participant furnished to the Issuers in writing by or on behalf
of such Participant expressly for use therein or (ii) if such Participant sold
to the person asserting the claim the Registrable Notes or Exchange Notes that
are the subject of such claim and such untrue statement or omission or alleged
untrue statement or omission was contained or made in any preliminary prospectus
and corrected in the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, and the
Prospectus does not contain any other untrue statement or omission or alleged
untrue statement or omission of a material fact that was the subject matter of
the related proceeding and it is established by the Issuers in the related
proceeding that such Participant failed to deliver or provide a copy of the
Prospectus (as amended or supplemented) to such Person with or prior to the
confirmation of the sale of such Registrable Notes or Exchange Notes sold to
such Person unless such failure to deliver or provide a copy of the Prospectus
(as amended or supplemented) was a result of noncompliance by the Issuers with
Section 5 of this Agreement.
(b) Each Participant agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify
and hold harmless each of the Issuers, their directors and officers and each
Person who controls each of the Issuers within the meaning of Section 15 of the
Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act to the same extent as the
foregoing indemnity from the Issuers to each Participant, but only (i) with
reference to information relating to such Participant furnished to the Issuers
in writing by or on behalf of such Participant expressly for use in any
Registration Statement or Prospectus, any amendment or supplement thereto or any
preliminary prospectus or (ii) with respect to any untrue statement or
representation made by such Participant in writing to the Company. The liability
or any Participant under this paragraph shall in no event exceed the proceeds
received by such Participant from sales of Registrable Notes or Exchange Notes
giving rise to such obligations.
(c) If any suit, action, proceeding (including any governmental or
regulatory investigation), claim or demand shall be brought or asserted against
any Person in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to either of the
two preceding paragraphs, such Person (the "INDEMNIFIED PERSON") shall promptly
notify the Person against whom such indemnity may be sought (the "INDEMNIFYING
PERSON") in writing, and the Indemnifying Person, upon request of the
Indemnified Person, shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the
Indemnified Person to represent the Indemnified Person and any others the
Indemnifying Person may reasonably designate in such proceeding and shall pay
the reasonable fees and expenses actually incurred by such counsel related to
such proceeding; provided, however, that the failure to so notify the
Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it of any obligation or liability that it
may have hereunder or otherwise (unless and only to the extent that such failure
directly results in the forfeiture of any substantial rights or defenses by the
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Indemnifying Person and the Indemnifying Person was not otherwise aware of such
action or claim). In any such proceeding, any Indemnified Person shall have the
right to retain its own counsel, but the reasonable fees and expenses of such
counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Person unless (i) the
Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person shall have mutually agreed in
writing to the contrary, (ii) the Indemnifying Person shall have failed within a
reasonable period of time to retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the
Indemnified Person or (iii) the named parties in any such proceeding (including
any impleaded parties) include both the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified
Person and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be
inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them. It is
understood that, unless there exists a conflict among Indemnified Persons, the
Indemnifying Person shall not, in connection with any one such proceeding or
separate but substantially similar related proceeding in the same jurisdiction
arising out of the same general allegations, be liable for the fees and expenses
of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for all
Indemnified Persons and that all such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed
promptly as they are incurred. Any such separate firm for the Participants and
such control Persons of Participants shall be designated in writing by
Participants who sold a majority in interest of Registrable Notes and Exchange
Notes sold by all such Participants and any such separate firm for the Issuers,
its directors, its officers and such control Persons of the Issuers shall be
designated in writing by the Issuers. The Indemnifying Person shall not be
liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its prior written
consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final non-appealable
judgment for the plaintiff for which the Indemnified Person is entitled to
indemnification pursuant to this Agreement, the indemnifying Person agrees to
indemnify and hold harmless each Indemnified Person from and against any loss or
liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the
foregoing sentence, if at any time an Indemnified Person shall have requested an
Indemnifying Person to reimburse the Indemnified Person for reasonable fees and
expenses actually incurred by counsel as contemplated by the third sentence of
this paragraph, the indemnifying Person agrees that it shall be liable for any
settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such
settlement is entered into more than 30 days after receipt by such Indemnifying
Person of the aforesaid request and (ii) such Indemnifying Person shall not have
reimbursed the Indemnified Person in accordance with such request prior to the
date of such settlement; provided, however, that the Indemnifying Person shall
not be liable for any settlement effected without its consent pursuant to this
sentence if the Indemnifying Person is contesting, in good faith, the request
for reimbursement. No Indemnifying Person shall, without the prior written
consent of the Indemnified Person, effect any settlement or compromise of any
pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Person is
or could have been a party, and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by
such Indemnified Person, unless such settlement (A) includes an unconditional
written release of such Indemnified Person, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to such Indemnified Person, from all liability-on claims that are
the subject matter of such proceeding and (B) does not include any statement as
to an admission of fault, culpability or failure to act by or on behalf of any
Indemnified Person.
(d) If the indemnification provided for in the first and second
paragraphs of this Section 7 is for any reason available by its terms, but is
held to be unenforceable, then each Indemnifying Person under such paragraphs,
in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Person thereunder and in order to
provide for just and equitable contribution, shall contribute to the amount paid
or payable by such Indemnified Person as a result of such losses, claims,
damages or liabilities in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the
relative fault of the Indemnifying Person or Persons on the one hand and the
Indemnified Person or Persons on the other in connection with the statements or
omissions or alleged statements or omissions that resulted in such losses,
claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof). The relative
fault of the parties shall be determined by reference to, among other things,
whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the
omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information
supplied by the Issuers on the one hand or such Participant or such other
Indemnified Person, as the case may be, on the other, the parties' relative
intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent
such statement or omission, and any other equitable considerations appropriate
in the circumstances.
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(e) The parties agree that it would not be just and equitable if
contribution pursuant to this Section 7 were determined by pro rata allocation
(even if the Participants were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any
other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable
considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph. The amount
paid or payable by an Indemnified Person as a result of the losses, claims,
damages and liabilities referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph shall
be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any reasonable
legal or other expenses actually incurred by such Indemnified Person in
connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7, in no event shall a
Participant be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by
which proceeds received by such Participant from sales of Registrable Notes or
Exchange Notes, as the case may be, exceeds the amount of any damages that such
Participant has otherwise been required to pay or has paid by reason of such
untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No Person
guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of
the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any Person who was
not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
(f) The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this
Section 7 will be in addition to any liability that the Indemnifying Persons may
otherwise have to the Indemnified Persons referred to above.
8. Rule 144 and 144A
Each of the Issuers covenants that it will file the reports required
to be filed by it under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the rules
and regulations adopted by the SEC thereunder in a timely manner in accordance
with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and, if at any
time the Issuers are not required to file such reports, it will, upon the
request of any Holder of Registrable Notes, make publicly available annual
reports and such information, documents and other reports of the type specified
in Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act. Each of the Issuers further
covenants for so long as any Registrable Notes remain outstanding, to make
available to any Holder or beneficial owner of Registrable Notes in connection
with any sale thereof and any prospective purchaser of such Registrable Notes
from such Holder or beneficial owner the information required by Rule 144A(d)(4)
under the Securities Act in order to permit resales of such Registrable Notes
pursuant to Rule 144A.
9. Underwritten Registrations
If any of the Registrable Notes covered by any Shelf Registration are
to be sold in an underwritten offering, the investment banker or investment
bankers and manager or managers that will manage the offering will be selected
by the Holders of a majority in Aggregate principal amount of such Registrable
Notes included in such offering and reasonably acceptable to the Issuers.
No Holder of Registrable Notes may participate in any underwritten
registration hereunder unless such Holder (a) agrees to sell such Holder's
Registrable Notes on the basis provided in any underwriting arrangements
approved by the Persons entitled hereunder to approve such arrangements and (b)
completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities,
underwriting agreements and other documents required under the terms of such
underwriting arrangements.
10. Miscellaneous
(a) No Inconsistent Agreements. None of the Issuers has entered, as of
the date hereof, and none of the Issuers will, after the date of this Agreement,
enter into any agreement with respect to any of its securities that is
inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders of Registrable Notes in this
Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof. None of the Issuers
has
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entered and none of the Issuers will enter into any agreement with respect
to any of its securities that will grant to any Person piggyback registration
rights with respect to a Registration Statement.
(b) Adjustments Affecting Registrable Notes. None of the Issuers will,
directly or indirectly, take any action with respect to the Registrable Notes as
a class that would adversely affect the ability of the Holders of Registrable
Notes to include such Registrable Notes in a registration undertaken pursuant to
this Agreement.
(c) Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement may not
be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from
the provisions hereof may not be given, otherwise than with the prior written
consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount
of the then outstanding Registrable Notes. 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 of Registrable Notes whose
securities are being sold pursuant to a Registration Statement and that does not
directly or indirectly affect, impair, limit or compromise the rights of other
Holders of Registrable Notes may be given by Holders of at least a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Registrable Notes being sold by such Holders
pursuant to such Registration Statement; provided, however, that the provisions
of this sentence may not be amended, modified or supplemented except in
accordance with the provisions of the immediately preceding sentence.
(d) Notices. All notices and other communications (including without
limitation any notices or other communications to the Trustee) provided for or
permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand-delivery, registered
first-class mail, next-day air courier or facsimile:
1. if to a Holder of the Registrable Notes or any Participating
Broker-Dealer, at the most current address of such Holder or Participating
Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, set forth on the records of the
registrar under the Indenture, with a copy in like manner to the Initial
Purchasers as follows:
BT Alex. Xxxxx Incorporated
Chase Securities Inc.
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Barney Inc.
c/o BT Alex. Xxxxx Incorporated
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx
Facsimile No: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Corporate Finance Department
with a copy to:
Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx
0000 Xxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx,. X.X.
Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxxxxx, X.X. 00000-0000
Facsimile No: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Xxxx X. Xxxxxx, Xx., Esq.
2. if to the Initial Purchasers, at the addresses specified in Section
10(d)(1);
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3. if to the Company, as follows:
Chancellor Media Corporation of Los Angeles
000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Facsimile No: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Chief Financial Officer
with copies to:
Weil, Gotshal & Xxxxxx LLP
000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Facsimile No: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Esq.
All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly
given: when delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five business days after
being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; one business day after
being timely delivered to a next-day air courier; and when receipt is
acknowledged by the addressee, if sent by facsimile.
Copies of all such notices, demands or other communications shall be
concurrently delivered by the Person giving the same to the Trustee at the
address and in the manner specified in such Indenture.
(e) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit
of and be binding upon the successors and assigns of each of the parties hereto;
provided, however, that this Agreement shall not inure to the benefit of or be
binding upon a successor or assign of a Holder unless and to the extent such
successor or assign holds Registrable Notes.
(f) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which
when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken
together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
(g) Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of
reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
(h) Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AS APPLIED TO CONTRACTS
MADE AND PERFORMED WHOLLY WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO
PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW.
(i) Severability. If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of
this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid,
illegal, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions,
covenants and restrictions set forth herein shall remain in full force and
effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated, and the parties
hereto shall use their 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.
(j) Notes Held by the Issuers or their Affiliates. Whenever the
consent or approval of Holders of a specified percentage of Registrable Notes is
required hereunder, Registrable Notes held by the Issuers or their affiliates
(as such term is defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) shall not be
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counted in determining whether such consent or approval was given by the Holders
of such required percentage.
(g) Third Party Beneficiaries. Holders of Registrable Notes and
Participating Broker-Dealers are intended third party beneficiaries of this
Agreement and this Agreement may be enforced by such Persons.
(h) Entire Agreement. This Agreement, together with the Purchase
Agreement and the Indenture, is intended by the parties as a final and exclusive
statement of the agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in respect of
the subject matter contained herein and therein and any and all prior oral or
written agreements, representations, or warranties, contracts, understandings,
correspondence, conversations and memoranda between the Initial Purchasers on
the one hand and the Issuers on the other, or between or among any agents,
representatives, parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, predecessors in interest or
successors in interest with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof are
merged herein and replaced hereby.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the
date first written above.
THE COMPANY
CHANCELLOR MEDIA CORPORATION OF
LOS ANGELES
By: /s/ XXXX XXXXXXXX
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Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
Title: Vice President and Assistant Secretary
THE GUARANTORS:
On behalf of the Subsidiary Guarantors listed
on Exhibit A hereto:
By: /s/ XXXX XXXXXXXX
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Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
Title: Vice President and Assistant Secretary
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The foregoing Agreement is
hereby confirmed and accepted
as of the date first above written.
BT ALEX. XXXXX INCORPORATED
CHASE SECURITIES INC.
XXXXXX XXXXXXX & Co. INCORPORATED
XXXXXXX XXXXX BARNEY INC.
By: BT ALEX. XXXXX INCORPORATED
By: /s/ XXXXX X. XXXXXX
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Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Vice President
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EXHIBIT A
CERTAIN SUBSIDIARIES OF
CHANCELLOR MEDIA CORPORATION OF LOS ANGELES
(all subsidiaries are Delaware corporations except as expressly indicated)
1. Chancellor Media Corporation Of The Lone Star State
2. KZPS/KDGE License Corp.
3. Chancellor Media Corporation of California
4. KIOI License Corp.
5. Chancellor Media Corporation of Illinois
6. Chancellor Media Illinois License Corp.
7. Chancellor Media Corporation of Dade County
8. WVCG License Corp.
9. Chancellor Media Corporation of Massachusetts
10. Chancellor Media Pennsylvania License Corp.
11. Chancellor Media Corporation of Miami
12. WEDR License Corp.
13. Chancellor Media of Houston Limited Partnership
14. Chancellor Media Corporation of Houston
15. Chancellor Media Corporation of the Keystone State
16. Chancellor Media Corporation of New York
17. Chancellor Media Corporation of Charlotte
18. WIOQ License Corp.
19. Chancellor Media Corporation of Washington, D.C.
20. Chancellor Media Corporation of St. Louis
21. Chancellor Media Corporation of Michigan
22. Chancellor Media / WAXQ Inc.
23. WAXQ License Corp.
24. Chancellor Media / KCMG Inc.
25. Chancellor Media / Riverside Broadcasting Co., Inc.
26. WLTW License Corp.
27. Chancellor Media Corporation of the Capital City
28. Chancellor Media D.C. License Corp.
29. Chancellor Media Licensee Company
30. Chancellor Media/Trefoil Communications, Inc.
31. Chancellor Media/Shamrock Broadcasting, Inc.
32. Chancellor Media/Shamrock Radio Licenses, Inc.
33. Chancellor Media/Shamrock Broadcasting Licenses of Denver, Inc.
34. Chancellor Media/Shamrock Broadcasting of Texas, Inc (a Texas corporation)
35. Chancellor Media/Shamrock Radio Licenses, LLC
36. Chancellor Media Outdoor Corporation
37. Chancellor Media Nevada Sign Corporation
38. Chancellor Media MW Sign Corporation
39. Chancellor Media Xxxxxx Corporation
40. Western Poster Service, Inc. (a Texas corporation)
41. The AMFM Radio Networks, Inc.
42. Chancellor Media Air Services Corporation
43. Chancellor Media Whiteco Outdoor Corporation
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44. Chancellor Merger Corp.
45. Broadcast Architecture, Inc. (a Massachusetts corporation)
46. Xxxxxx Media (a California limited partnership)
47. Xxxxxxx Company Incorporated (a Virginia corporation)
48. Nevada Outdoor Systems, Inc. (a Nevada corporation)
49. MW Sign Corp. (a California corporation)
50. Xxxxxx & XxxXxxxxxx, Inc. (a California corporation)
51. Xxxx Media Corporation
52. Xxxx Communications, Inc.
53. Xxxx Millennium Marketing, Inc.
54. Amcast Radio Sales, Inc.
55. Xxxxxxxx Radio Sales, Inc.
56. Xxxxxxx Radio Sales, Inc.
57. Seltel Inc.
58. Xxxx Cable Corporation
59. The National Payroll Company, Inc.
60. Chancellor Media Radio Licenses, LLC
61. KLOL License Limited Partnership
62. WTOP License Limited Partnership
63. Radio 100, L.L.C.
64. Revolution Outdoor Advertising, Inc.
65. Xxxxxx Development Corporation
66. Xxxxxxx Development Company
