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Exhibit 10.52
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
This Registration Rights Agreement (this "Agreement") is made
as of January 2, 1998 among Starwood Lodging Trust, a real estate investment
trust organized under the laws of the State of Maryland (the "Trust"), Starwood
Lodging Corporation, a Maryland corporation (the "Corporation"), and the persons
and entities whose names appear under the heading "Holders" on the signature
pages hereto (together with their permitted assigns, the "Holders"). Unless
otherwise indicated, capitalized terms used herein are used herein as defined in
Section 1.1.
RECITALS
WHEREAS, pursuant to a Transaction Agreement dated as of
September 8, 1997 (the "Transaction Agreement") among the Trust, SLT Realty
Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership (the "Realty Partnership"),
the Corporation, SLC Operating Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited
partnership (the "Operating Partnership"), certain of the Holders and certain
other parties, (i) shares of common stock of Westin Hotels & Resorts Worldwide,
Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Worldwide"), are being converted into, among
other things, shares of Class A Exchangeable Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per
share, of the Trust and shares of Class B Exchangeable Preferred Stock, par
value $.01 per share, of the Trust pursuant to the merger of Worldwide with and
into the Trust provided for in the Transaction Agreement (such shares of Class A
Preferred Stock and Class B Preferred Stock issued pursuant to such merger being
hereinafter called the "Class A Preferred Stock" and "Class B Preferred Stock",
respectively), (ii) on the date hereof certain of the Holders are making capital
contributions to the Realty Partnership in return for the issuance by the Realty
Partnership to such Holders of Class A Units (as defined in the Limited
Partnership Agreement of the Realty Partnership) of the Realty Partnership (such
Class A Units issued by the Realty Partnership to the Holders on the date hereof
being hereinafter called the "Realty Units") and (iii) on the date hereof
certain of the Holders are making capital contributions to the Operating
Partnership in return for the issuance by the Operating Partnership to such
Holders of Class A Units (as defined in the Limited Partnership Agreement of the
Operating Partnership) of the Operating Partnership (such Class A Units issued
by the Operating Partnership to the Holders on the date hereof being hereinafter
called the "Operating Units");
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Transaction Agreement, the parties
hereto desire to set forth the rights of the Holders and the obligations of the
Trust and the Corporation to cause the registration of the Registrable
Securities (as defined in Section 1.1) pursuant to the Securities Act;
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NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and for other
good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS AND USAGE.
1.1. DEFINITIONS. As used in this Agreement:
Beneficially Owning. "Beneficially Owning" means owning Trust
Shares directly, indirectly or constructively by a Person through the
application of Section 318(a) of the Code, as modified by Section 856(d)(5) of
the Code, or Section 544 of the Code, as modified by Section 856(h) of the Code.
Business Day. "Business Day" means any day other than
Saturday, Sunday and any day on which commercial banks are not open to do
business in New York, New York.
Class A Preferred Stock. "Class A Preferred Stock" shall have
the meaning set forth in the recitals.
Class B Preferred Stock. "Class B Preferred Stock" shall have
the meaning set forth in the recitals.
Code. "Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and
the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as amended from time to time.
Commission. "Commission" shall mean the Securities and
Exchange Commission or any other federal agency at the time administering the
Securities Act.
Continuously Effective. "Continuously Effective", with respect
to a specified registration statement, shall mean that such registration
statement shall not cease to be effective and available for Transfers of
Registrable Securities thereunder for longer than either (i) any ten (10)
consecutive Business Days, or (ii) an aggregate of fifteen (15) Business Days
during the period specified in the relevant provision of this Agreement.
Corporation Shares. "Corporation Shares" shall mean the shares
of common stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Corporation.
Effectiveness Period. "Effectiveness Period" shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 2.2.
Effective Time. "Effective Time" shall mean the date on which
the Commission declares the Shelf Registration Statement effective or on which
the Shelf Registration Statement otherwise
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becomes effective.
Electing Holder. "Electing Holder" shall mean a Holder that
elects to require the Trust and the Corporation to file a Shelf Registration
Statement pursuant to Section 2 or to participate in a Piggyback Registration
pursuant to Section 3.
Exchange Act. "Exchange Act" shall mean the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder,
all as the same shall be in effect at the time.
Holders. "Holders" shall have the meaning set forth in the
recitals.
Operating Partnership. "Operating Partnership" shall have the
meaning set forth in the recitals.
Operating Units. "Operating Units" shall have the meaning set
forth in the recitals.
Original Securities "Original Securities" shall have the
meaning set forth in the definition of "Registrable Securities".
Ownership Limit. "Ownership Limit" when used with respect to
Trust Shares, has the meaning set forth in the Declaration of Trust of the Trust
and, when used with respect to the Corporation Shares, has the meaning set forth
in the Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation, in each case as
amended from time to time.
Paired Shares. "Paired Shares" shall mean the Trust Shares and
the Corporation Shares which are "paired" pursuant to the Pairing Agreement
dated June 25, 1980 between the Trust and the Corporation, as it may be amended
from time to time.
Person. "Person" shall mean any individual, corporation,
partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, limited liability
company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or other agency or
political subdivision thereof.
Prospectus. "Prospectus" shall mean the prospectus (including,
without limitation, any preliminary prospectus, any final prospectus and any
prospectus that discloses information previously omitted from a prospectus filed
as part of an effective registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A under
the Securities Act) included in the Shelf Registration Statement, as amended or
supplemented by any prospectus supplement with respect to the terms of the
offering of any portion of the Registrable Securities covered by the Shelf
Registration
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Statement and by all other amendments and supplements to such prospectus,
including all material incorporated by reference in such prospectus and all
documents filed after the date of such prospectus by the Trust and the
Corporation under the Exchange Act and incorporated by reference therein.
Piggyback Registration. "Piggyback Registration" shall have
the meaning set forth in Section 3.
Realty Partnership. "Realty Partnership" shall have the
meaning set forth in the recitals.
Realty Units. "Realty Units" shall have the meaning set forth
in the recitals.
Register, Registered and Registration. "Register",
"registered", and "registration" shall refer to a registration effected by
preparing and filing a registration statement or similar document in compliance
with the Securities Act, and the declaration or ordering by the Commission of
effectiveness of such registration statement or document.
Registrable Securities. "Registrable Securities" shall mean:
(i) the Paired Shares issued or issuable upon exchange or conversion of any of
the Class A Preferred Stock, Class B Preferred Stock, Realty Units or Operating
Units issued in connection with the Transaction Agreement (the "Original
Securities"), (ii) any Paired Shares or other securities issued as (or issuable
upon the conversion or exercise of any warrant, right or other security which is
issued as) a dividend or other distribution with respect to, or in exchange by
the Trust and the Corporation generally for, or in replacement by the Trust and
the Corporation generally of, such Paired Shares (or Original Securities that
are convertible or exchangeable for Paired Shares); (iii) any securities issued
in exchange for Paired Shares (or Original Securities that are convertible or
exchangeable for Paired Shares) in any merger or reorganization of the Trust and
the Corporation; provided, however, that Registrable Securities shall not
include any securities which have theretofore been registered and sold pursuant
to the Securities Act or which have been publicly sold pursuant to Rule 144
under the Securities Act or any similar rule promulgated by the Commission
pursuant to the Securities Act and (iv) during the continuance of any default by
Starwood Trust of its obligations under the terms of the Class B EPS, the shares
of Class B EPS received in the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Agreement; provided further, that the Trust and the Corporation shall have no
obligation under Sections 2 and 3 to register any Registrable Securities if
nationally recognized counsel for the Trust and the Corporation, experienced in
such matters and reasonably satisfactory to such Holders, delivers (after
consultation with counsel for such Holders) to the Holders of
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such Registrable Securities an opinion of counsel to the effect that the
proposed sale or disposition of all the Registrable Securities for which
registration was requested does not require registration under the Securities
Act for a sale or disposition in a single public sale, and the Trust and the
Corporation offer to remove any and all legends restricting transfer from the
certificates evidencing such Registrable Securities. Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary set forth herein, Registrable Securities shall not include (x) any
Realty Units, Operating Units, Class A EPS or, except as provided above, Class B
EPS or (y) securities convertible or exchangeable for Paired Shares which are
not being issued in connection with the Transaction Agreement or Paired Shares
which are acquired other than in connection with the Transaction Agreement
(which shall not be deemed to include Paired Shares which are acquired pursuant
to the conversion or exchange of securities acquired pursuant to the Transaction
Agreement).
Registrable Securities then outstanding. "Registrable
Securities then outstanding" shall mean, with respect to a specified
determination date, the Registrable Securities owned by all Holders on such date
and the Registrable Securities which are issuable upon conversion or exchange of
Class A Preferred Stock, Class B Preferred Stock, Realty Units and Operating
Units owned by all Holders on such date.
Registration Expenses. "Registration Expenses" shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 6.1.
REIT Rules. "REIT Rules" shall mean the rules under the Code,
governing ownership limits and rules under the Code applicable to related party
rents.
Required Holder or Required Holders. "Required Holder" shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 2.1.
Securities Act. "Securities Act" shall mean the Securities Act
of 1933 and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, all as the
same may be in effect at the time.
Selling Holder. "Selling Holder" shall mean, with respect to a
specified offering pursuant to this Agreement, a Holder whose Registrable
Securities are included in such registration.
Shelf Registration Statement. "Shelf Registration Statement"
shall mean a "shelf" registration statement filed under the Securities Act
providing for the registration of, and the sale on a continuous or delayed basis
by the Holders of, all or a portion of the Registrable Securities pursuant to
Rule 415 under the Securities Act and/or any similar rule that may be
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adopted by the Commission, filed by the Trust and the Corporation pursuant to
the provisions of Section 2 of this Agreement, including the Prospectus
contained therein, any amendments and supplements to such registration
statement, including post-effective amendments, and all exhibits and all
material incorporated by reference in such registration statement.
Transaction Agreement. "Transaction Agreement" shall have the
meaning set forth in the recitals.
Transfer. "Transfer" shall mean and include the act of
selling, giving, transferring, creating a trust (voting or otherwise), assigning
or otherwise disposing of (other than pledging, hypothecating or otherwise
transferring as security) (and correlative words shall have correlative
meanings); provided however, that any transfer or other disposition upon
foreclosure or other exercise of remedies of a secured creditor after an event
of default under or with respect to a pledge, hypothecation or other transfer as
security shall constitute a "Transfer".
Trust Shares. "Trust Shares" shall mean the shares of
beneficial interest, $.01 par value, of the Trust.
Underwriters' Representative. "Underwriters' Representative"
shall mean the managing underwriter, or, in the case of a co-managed
underwriting, the managing underwriter designated as the Underwriters'
Representative by the co-managers.
Units. "Units" shall mean Realty Units and Operating Units.
Violation. "Violation" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 7.1.
1.2. USAGE.
(i) References to a Person are also references to its assigns
and successors in interest (by means of merger, consolidation or sale of all or
substantially all the assets of such Person or otherwise, as the case may be).
(ii) References to Registrable Securities "owned" by a Holder
shall include Registrable Securities beneficially owned by such Person but which
are held of record in the name of a nominee, trustee, custodian, or other agent,
but shall exclude Paired Shares held by a Holder in a fiduciary capacity for
customers of such Person.
(iii) References to a document are to it as amended, waived
and otherwise modified from time to time and references to a statute or other
governmental rule are to it as amended and otherwise modified from time to time
(and references to any
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provision thereof shall include references to any successor provision).
(iv) References to Sections or to Schedules or Exhibits are to
sections hereof or schedules or exhibits hereto, unless the context otherwise
requires.
(v) The definitions set forth herein are equally applicable
both to the singular and plural forms and the feminine, masculine and neuter
forms of the terms defined.
(vi) The term "including" and correlative terms shall be
deemed to be followed by "without limitation" whether or not followed by such
words or words of like import.
(vii) The term "hereof" and similar terms refer to this
Agreement as a whole.
(viii) The "date of" any notice or request given pursuant to
this Agreement shall be determined in accordance with Section 11.
SECTION 2. SHELF REGISTRATIONS.
2.1. Subject to Section 2.3 and 2.4, if one or more Holders
(each, a "Required Holder") of at least 1,257,156 shares or Units (or any
combination thereof) of Registrable Securities (subject to adjustment in the
event the exchange ratios of the Original Securities are adjusted pursuant to
their terms) shall make a written request to the Trust and the Corporation to
file with the Commission a Shelf Registration Statement relating to the offer
and sale of the Registrable Securities held by the Required Holder or Required
Holders, the Trust and the Corporation shall, within 60 calendar days following
the date on which such request is received, so file such Shelf Registration
Statement and, thereafter, shall use all reasonable efforts to cause such Shelf
Registration Statement to be declared effective under the Securities Act within
60 calendar days after the date of filing of such Shelf Registration Statement.
Within seven calendar days after receiving the request from such Required Holder
or Required Holders, the Trust and the Corporation will send written notice to
the other Holders of such request. Such request shall specify the number of
Registrable Securities to which it relates and the possible intended methods of
disposition thereof and shall state that the Required Holder or Required Holders
intends to distribute publicly all such Registrable Securities within two years
after the filing of such Shelf Registration Statement. The Trust and the
Corporation shall include in such Shelf Registration Statement all or any
portion of the Registrable Securities requested by the Required Holders together
with all or such portion of the Registrable Securities
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of any Holder or Holders joining in such request as are specified in a written
request received by the Trust and the Corporation within ten Business Days after
written notice from the Trust and the Corporation is given above. Prior to
filing the Shelf Registration Statement, the Trust and the Corporation will
furnish a draft thereof to the Holders and shall not file the Shelf Registration
Statement (other than reports, proxy statement and other documents filed under
the Exchange Act) with the Commission without the prior consent of the Holders,
which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Trust and the Corporation shall
have no obligation under this Section 2 or under Section 3 to any Holder of
Registrable Securities to the extent such Holder is restricted under the
Transaction Agreement or the Other Agreement (as defined in the Transaction
Agreement) from selling or otherwise transferring such Registrable Securities;
provided, however, that in the event of any transaction constituting a Change of
Control (as defined in the Other Agreement) specified in clause (3) of such
definition in which the Holders of Registrable Securities receive securities in
exchange for the Registrable Securities, the Trust and, the Corporation agree
that such transaction will be registered under the Securities Act; provided
further that in the event of any Change of Control specified in clause (2) of
the definition thereof (or any announced proxy solicitation intended to effect
such a Change of Control) this sentence shall be deemed to be of no further
force and effect.
2.2. The Trust and the Corporation shall use all reasonable
efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement Continuously Effective in order
to permit the Prospectus forming a part thereof to be usable by Holders for
resales of Registrable Securities until the Registrable Securities registered
thereunder have been distributed as contemplated thereby, but not later than the
second anniversary of the Effective Date; provided that such two-year period
will be extended for so long as such Holders reasonably request (based on advice
of counsel that the proposed sale or disposition of all such Registrable
Securities requires registration under the Securities Act) (such period being
referred to herein as the "Effectiveness Period").
2.3. The Trust and the Corporation shall be entitled to
postpone for up to 90 calendar days (provided that if such a 90-day postponement
has occurred previously in the prior 365 days up to 45 days but no more) the
filing, effectiveness, supplementing or amending of the Shelf Registration
Statement or any supplement to the Prospectus thereto otherwise required to be
prepared and filed pursuant to this Section 2 and may suspend any sales pursuant
to the Shelf Registration Statement, the Prospectus and any supplements to the
Prospectus (each, a "Blackout Period"), if the Board of Trustees of the Trust
and the
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Board of Directors of the Corporation determine in good faith and on the advice
of counsel that the disclosure required in such registration and the Transfer of
Registrable Securities contemplated thereby would materially adversely affect
any material financing, acquisition, disposition, reorganization or other
material transaction involving the Realty Partnership, the Operating
Partnership, the Trust or the Corporation or any of their respective
subsidiaries and the Trust or the Corporation, as the case may be, promptly
gives the Required Holder or Required Holders notice of such determination. Each
Blackout Period shall terminate upon the earlier to occur of (x) the completion
or abandonment of the financing, acquisition, disposition, reorganization, or
other transaction and (y) the public disclosure by either the Trust or the
Corporation or public admission by either the Trust or the Corporation of such
information.
2.4. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the
contrary, (a) in no event will the Trust or the Corporation be obligated to
effect more than one Shelf Registration Statement upon the request, as a
Required Holder, of each of WHWE, Marswood or Nomura (each as defined in the
Transaction Agreement), it being understood and agreed that any Shelf
Registration Statement withdrawn prior to effectiveness shall not count as
WHWE's, Marswood's or Nomura's one Shelf Registration Statement, and (b) no
registration shall be effected under this Agreement and no Transfer of
Registrable Securities may be effected if as a result thereof the Trust would
violate the REIT Rules in any respect or if such registration or Transfer would
result in any Person Beneficially Owning Paired Shares in excess of the
Ownership Limit.
2.5. The Shelf Registration Statement shall be on such
appropriate registration form of the Commission as shall be selected by the
Trust and the Corporation and shall permit the disposition of the Registrable
Securities in accordance with the intended method or methods of disposition
specified in the request pursuant to Section 2.1.
2.6. If any sale under the Shelf Registration Statement
involves an underwritten offering (whether on a "firm commitment", "best
efforts" or "all reasonable efforts" basis or otherwise), the Required Holder or
Required Holders shall select the underwriter or underwriters and manager or
managers to administer such underwritten offering. If WHWE and its Affiliates
collectively hold (i) more than 50%, or (ii) more than 30% but not more than
50%, of the Registrable Securities to be offered in such underwritten offering,
then Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. or an affiliate thereof ("Xxxxxxx Sachs") shall be (i)
the underwriter or (ii) a co-manager, respectively; provided, however, that if
any Holder or Holders in addition to WHWE is a
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Required Holder then such additional Holder or Holders may select a co-manager,
in addition to Xxxxxxx Xxxxx. Each Person so selected shall be acceptable to the
Trust and the Corporation; provided, however, that Xxxxxxx Sachs shall be deemed
to be acceptable to the Trust and the Corporation.
2.7. In connection with an underwritten offering by one or
more Selling Holders of Registrable Securities if the Underwriters'
Representative advises the Selling Holders that, in its opinion, the amount of
securities requested to be included in such offering exceeds the amount which
can be sold in such offering within a price range acceptable to the Selling
Holder or Holders, securities shall be included in such offering, to the extent
of the amount which can be sold within such price range, pro-rata based on the
estimated gross proceeds from the sale thereof.
SECTION 3. PIGGYBACK REGISTRATION.
3.1. If, at any time, the Trust and the Corporation propose to
register securities under the Securities Act in connection with a public
offering (other than a registration statement on Form S-4 or S-8 (or any
replacement or successor forms)), the Trust and the Corporation shall promptly
give the Holders written notice of such registration. Upon the written request
of each Holder given as promptly as practicable but in any event within twenty
(20) days following the date of such notice, the Trust and the Corporation shall
cause to be included in such registration statement and use their respective
reasonable efforts to be registered under the Securities Act all the Registrable
Securities that each such Holder shall have requested to be registered;
provided, however, that such right of inclusion shall not apply to any
registration statement covering an offering of debt securities or convertible
debt securities that does not include an offering of equity securities (other
than those underlying such convertible debt securities) (any such registration
in which Holders participate pursuant to this Section 3.1 being referred to as a
"Piggyback Registration"). The Trust and the Corporation shall have the absolute
right to delay, withdraw or cease to prepare or file any registration statement
for any offering referred to in this Section 3 without any obligation or
liability to any Holder, it being understood that any Registrable Securities
previously included in any such withdrawn Registration Statement shall not cease
to be Registrable Securities by reason of such inclusion or withdrawal.
3.2. If the Underwriters' Representative shall advise the
Trust and the Corporation that, in its opinion, the amount of Registrable
Securities requested to be included in a Piggyback Registration would adversely
affect such offering, or the timing
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thereof, then the Trust and the Corporation will include in such registration,
to the extent of the amount and class which the Trust and the Corporation are so
advised can be sold without such adverse effect in such offering: first, all
securities proposed to be sold by the Trust and the Corporation for their own
accounts; second, all securities, if any, requested to be included in a
registration statement pursuant to the exercise of demand registration rights
granted by the Trust and the Corporation; and third, the Registrable Securities
requested to be included in such registration by Holders pursuant to this
Section 3 and all other securities requested to be included in such registration
pursuant to the exercise of piggyback rights granted to other entities, pro rata
based on the estimated gross proceeds from the sale thereof.
SECTION 4. REGISTRATION PROCEDURES. In connection with the
Shelf Registration Statement the Trust and the Corporation shall, as soon as
reasonably practicable (and, in any event, subject to the terms of this
Agreement, at or before the time required by applicable laws and regulations),
but only during the Effectiveness Period:
4.1. Promptly prepare and file with the Commission such
amendments and supplements to the Shelf Registration Statement and the
Prospectus as may be necessary to comply with the provisions of the Securities
Act and rules thereunder with respect to the disposition of all securities
covered by the Shelf Registration Statement; provided, however, no such
amendment or supplement (other than reports, proxy statements and other
documents filed under the Exchange Act) shall be filed until the Holders have
had a reasonable opportunity to comment thereon and have provided their consent
to such filing. If the offering is an underwritten offering, the Trust and the
Corporation shall amend the Shelf Registration Statement or supplement the
Prospectus whenever required by the terms of the underwriting agreement entered
into pursuant to Section 4.4. The Trust and the Corporation shall amend the
Shelf Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus so that it will remain
current and in compliance with the requirements of the Securities Act during the
Effectiveness Period and if during such period any event or development occurs
as a result of which the Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus contains a
misstatement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, the Trust or the
Corporation shall as promptly as practicable notify each Holder, amend the Shelf
Registration Statement and supplement the Prospectus so that each will
thereafter comply with the Securities Act and furnish to each Holder,
underwriter and manager such amended or supplemented Prospectus, which each such
Holder shall thereafter use and shall use all reasonable
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efforts to cause any manager or underwriter to use in the Transfer of
Registrable Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement. Upon receipt
of notice pursuant to this Section 4.1, each such Holder shall cease making
offers or Transfers of Registrable Shares pursuant to the prior Prospectus. In
the event that any Registrable Securities included in a registration statement
subject to, or required by, this Agreement remain unsold at the end of the
period during which the Trust and Corporation are obligated to use their
respective reasonable efforts to maintain the effectiveness of such registration
statement, the Trust and the Corporation may file a post-effective amendment to
the registration statement for the purpose of removing such Registrable
Securities from registered status.
4.2. Furnish to each Holder of Registrable Securities, without
charge, such numbers of copies of the Shelf Registration Statement, any
pre-effective or post-effective amendment thereto, the Prospectus, including
each preliminary prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto, in each
case in conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act and the rules
thereunder, documents incorporated by reference in the Shelf Registration
Statement and such other related documents as any such Holder may reasonably
request in order to facilitate the disposition of Registrable Securities owned
by such Holder.
4.3. Use their respective reasonable best efforts (i) to
register and qualify the securities covered by such registration statement under
such other securities or "blue sky" laws of such states where an exemption from
registration is not available and as shall be reasonably requested by the
Underwriters' Representative or any Holder and (ii) to obtain the withdrawal of
any order suspending the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement, or
the lifting of any suspension of the qualification (or exemption from
qualification) of the offer and transfer of any of the Registrable Securities in
any state, at the earliest possible moment; provided, however, that neither the
Trust nor the Corporation shall be required in connection therewith to (A)
qualify as a foreign corporation or other foreign entity or as a dealer in
securities in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to
qualify but for the requirements of this Section 4.3 or (B) consent to general
service of process in any such jurisdiction, provided that the Trust and the
Corporation shall execute consents to service of process in the forms
customarily requested in connection with the Shelf Registration Statement or
qualification of securities under any applicable state or securities or blue sky
laws.
4.4. In the event of any underwritten offering, use their
respective reasonable efforts to enter into and perform their respective
obligations under an underwriting agreement (including indemnification and
contribution obligations of
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underwriters), in usual and customary form, with the managing underwriter or
underwriters of such offering and take such other actions as are reasonably
necessary in connection therewith in order to expedite or facilitate the
disposition of Registered Securities; and (A) make such representations and
warranties with respect to the Shelf Registration Statement or any
post-effective amendment or supplement thereto, Prospectus or any amendment or
supplement thereto, and documents incorporated by reference, if any, to the
Holders and the managers or underwriters of the Registered Securities in form,
substance and scope as are customary in connection with transactions of such
kind; (B) if requested by the managing underwriters or lead placement agent of
the Registered Securities, obtain an opinion of outside counsel to the
Corporation and the Trust in customary form and covering matters of the type
customarily covered by such an opinion, addressed to such placement agent or
underwriters named in the underwriting agreement and dated the date of the
closing of the sale of the Registrable Securities relating thereto; (C) if
requested by the managing underwriters or lead placement agent of the
Registrable Securities, (I) obtain "comfort" letters (or, if a "comfort" letter
or "comfort" letters may not be delivered under applicable accounting
pronouncements or standards, a "procedures" letter) and an update thereof from
each of the independent certified public accountants who have certified the most
recent audited financial statements that are incorporated by reference in the
Shelf Registration Statement, which letters shall be addressed to the sales or
placement agent or any underwriter of the Registrable Securities and shall be
dated the date of the Prospectus used in connection with an offering of
Registrable Securities and/or the date of the closing of the sale of Registrable
Securities, such letter or letters to be in customary form and covering such
matters of the type customarily covered by "comfort" letters of such type, and
(II) use their respective reasonable best efforts to have such letter addressed
to the Selling Holders of Registrable Securities (provided, however, that such
letters need not be addressed to any Holder to whom, in the reasonable opinion
of the Issuers' independent certified public accountants, addressing such letter
is not permissible under applicable accounting standards); and (D) deliver such
documents and certificates as may be reasonably requested by the Selling Holder
and the sales or placement agent or any underwriter of Securities to evidence
compliance with any conditions contained in the underwriting agreement or other
agreement entered into by the Trust and the Corporation. The Trust and the
Corporation shall also cooperate with the Selling Holders, and the Underwriters'
Representative for such offering in the marketing of the Registrable Securities,
including making available the officers, making the officers available to
participate in such "road show" presentations and conference calls as the
Selling Holders may reasonably request, accountants, counsel, premises, books
and records of the Trust and the Corporation for such purpose.
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4.5. Promptly notify each Selling Holder and the Underwriter's
Representative of any stop order issued or threatened to be issued by the
Commission in connection therewith and take all reasonable actions required to
prevent the entry of such stop order or to remove it if entered.
4.6. Make available for inspection by any Selling Holder, any
underwriter participating in such offering and the representatives of such
Selling Holder and Underwriter (but not more than one firm of counsel to such
Selling Holders), all financial and other information as shall be reasonably
requested by them, and provide any Selling Holder, any underwriter participating
in such offering and the representatives of such Selling Holder and Underwriter
the reasonable opportunity to discuss the business affairs of the Trust and the
Corporation with their officers and independent public accountants who have
certified the audited financial statements included in such registration
statement, in each case all as necessary to enable them to exercise their due
diligence responsibility under the Securities Act; provided, however, that
information that the Trust or the Corporation determine to be confidential and
which the Trust or the Corporation advise such Person in writing, is
confidential shall not be disclosed unless such Person signs a confidentiality
agreement reasonably satisfactory to the Trust and the Corporation or the
related Selling Holder of Registrable Securities agrees to be responsible for
such Person's breach of confidentiality on terms reasonably satisfactory to the
Trust and the Corporation.
4.7. Promptly notify each Holder, each sales or placement
agent and each underwriter (A) when the Shelf Registration Statement or any
related Prospectus or any amendment or supplement has been filed, and, with
respect to the Shelf Registration Statement or any amendment thereto, when the
same has become effective or (B) of any request by the Commission for amendments
or supplements to the Shelf Registration Statement or the related Prospectus or
for additional information.
4.8. Cooperate with each Holder and any sales or placement
agent or underwriter of Registrable Securities to facilitate the timely
preparation and delivery of certificates representing Registrable Securities to
be sold pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement, which certificates shall
not bear any restrictive legends except as required by law or as customarily
borne by securities held by DTC or any similar depository; and, in the case of
an underwritten offering, enable such Registrable Securities to be in such
denominations and registered in such names as the managing underwriter or
underwriters thereof may request in writing at least two business days prior to
any sale of the Registrable Securities.
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4.9. Make available to their respective security Holders
separate and combined earnings statements, as soon as reasonably practicable but
in no event later than 45 days after the end of the period of twelve months
commencing on the first day of any fiscal quarter next succeeding each sale by
any Selling Holder, which earnings statements shall cover such twelve month
period and shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act
and may be prepared in accordance with Rule 158 under the Securities Act;
provided, however, that the Trust's and the Corporation's obligations under this
Section 4.9 may be satisfied by the timely filing of quarterly or annual reports
under the Exchange Act containing the information specified by Rule 158.
4.10. In the event that any broker-dealer registered under the
Exchange Act shall be an "affiliate" (as defined in Rule 2720(b)(1) of the NASD
Rules (or any successor provision thereto)) of the Trust or the Corporation or
has a "conflict of interest" (as defined in Rule 2720(b)(7) of the NASD Rules
(or any successor provision thereto)) and such broker-dealer shall underwrite,
participate as a member of an underwriting syndicate or selling group or assist
in the distribution of any Registrable Securities covered by the Shelf
Registration Statement, whether as a holder of such Registrable Securities or as
an underwriter, a placement or sales agent or a broker or dealer in respect
thereof, or otherwise, the Trust and the Corporation shall assist such
broker-dealer in complying with the requirements of the NASD Rules, including,
without limitation, by (A) engaging a "qualified independent underwriter" (as
defined in Rule 2720(b)(15) of the NASD Rules (or any successor provision
thereto)) to participate in the preparation of the registration statement
relating to such Registrable Securities, to exercise usual standards of due
diligence in respect thereto and to recommend the public offering price of such
Registrable Securities, (B) indemnifying such qualified independent underwriter
to the extent of the indemnification of underwriters provided in Section 7
hereof, and (C) providing such information, known to the Trust or the
Corporation to such broker-dealer as may be required in order for such
broker-dealer to comply with the requirements of the NASD Rules.
4.11. Use their respective reasonable efforts to cause the
Registrable Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement (i) if the
Paired Shares are then listed on a securities exchange or included for quotation
in a recognized trading market, to continue to be so listed or included for a
reasonable period of time after the offering, and (ii) to be registered with or
approved by such other United States or state governmental agencies or
authorities as may be necessary by virtue of the business and operations of the
Trust and the
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Corporation to enable the Selling Holders of Registrable Securities to
consummate the disposition of such Registrable Securities.
4.12. Take such other actions as are reasonably required in
order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of Registrable Securities
included in each such offering.
SECTION 5. HOLDERS' OBLIGATIONS. It shall be a condition
precedent to the obligations of the Trust and the Corporation to take any action
pursuant to this Agreement with respect to the Registrable Securities of any
Selling Holder of Registrable Securities that such Selling Holder shall:
5.1. Furnish to the Trust and the Corporation such information
regarding such Selling Holder, the number of the Registrable Securities owned by
it, and the intended method of disposition of such securities as shall be
required to effect the offering of such Selling Holder's Registrable Securities,
and to reasonably cooperate with the Trust and the Corporation in preparing the
Shelf Registration Statement and the Prospectus (together with any amendments or
supplements thereto).
5.2. Agree to sell their Registrable Securities to the
underwriters at the same price and on substantially the same terms and
conditions as the Trust and the Corporation or the other Persons on whose behalf
the Piggyback Registration statement or supplement to the Prospectus was being
filed have agreed to sell their securities, and, in the case of a registration
under Section 3, to execute the underwriting agreement agreed to by the Trust
and the Corporation and the Selling Holders.
SECTION 6. EXPENSES OF REGISTRATION. Expenses in connection
with registrations pursuant to this Agreement shall be allocated and paid as
follows:
6.1. With respect to the Shelf Registration Statement and each
offering pursuant thereto and pursuant to the Prospectus, each of the Trust and
the Corporation shall bear and pay all expenses incurred in connection with any
registration, filing, or qualification of Registrable Securities with respect to
such Registration for each Selling Holder, including all registration, filing
and National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. fees, all fees and expenses
of complying with securities or blue sky laws, all printing expenses, messenger
and delivery expenses, the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the
Trust and the Corporation, and of the independent public accountants for the
Trust and the Corporation, including the expenses of "cold comfort" letters
required by or incident to such performance and compliance (the "Registration
Expenses"), but excluding underwriting discounts and commissions relating to
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Registrable Securities (which shall be paid on a pro rata basis by the Selling
Holders) and all fees and expenses of counsel for the Selling Holders; provided,
however, that the Trust and the Corporation shall not be required to pay for any
expenses of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to Section 2 if the
registration is subsequently withdrawn by the Required Holder (in which case the
Selling Holders shall bear such expenses), unless, in the case of a Shelf
Registration, the Required Holder agrees that such withdrawn registration shall
have constituted the Shelf Registration available to it under Section 2 hereof.
The Trust and the Corporation each agree between themselves that they shall bear
and pay Registration Expenses in an amount equal to their respective Issuance
Percentage of such Registration Expenses and that they shall reimburse each
other to the extent necessary to cause each of them to so bear and pay such
respective amounts.
6.2. The Trust and the Corporation shall bear and pay all
Registration Expenses incurred in connection with any Piggyback Registrations
pursuant to Section 3, but excluding underwriting discounts and commissions
relating to Registrable Securities (which shall be paid on a pro rata basis by
the Selling Holders) and all fees and expenses of counsel for the Selling
Holders.
SECTION 7. INDEMNIFICATION; CONTRIBUTION. If any Registrable
Securities are included in a registration statement under this Agreement:
7.1. To the extent permitted by applicable law, each of the
Trust and the Corporation, severally and not jointly, shall indemnify and hold
harmless each Selling Holder, each Person, if any, who controls such Selling
Holder within the meaning of the Securities Act, each Person who participates as
a sales or placement agent or underwriter in any offering of the Registered
Securities and each officer, director, partner and employee of such Selling
Holder and such controlling Person, against any and all losses, claims, damages,
liabilities and expenses (joint or several), including reasonable attorneys'
fees and disbursements and reasonable expenses of investigation, incurred by
such party or to which such party may become subject pursuant to any actual or
threatened action, suit, proceeding or investigation, or to which any of the
foregoing Persons may otherwise become subject under the Securities Act, the
Exchange Act or other federal or state laws, insofar as such losses, claims,
damages, liabilities and expenses arise out of or are based upon any of the
following statements, omissions or violations (collectively a "Violation"):
(i) Any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact contained in such registration statement, including any
preliminary Prospectus or final Prospectus
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contained therein, or any amendments or supplements thereto; 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 not misleading;
provided, however, that the indemnification required by this Section 7.1 shall
not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any such loss, claim, damage,
liability or expense if such settlement is effected by the indemnified person
without the consent of the Trust or the Corporation (which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld), nor shall the Trust or the Corporation be liable in any
such case for any such loss, claim, damage, liability or expense to the extent
that it arises out of or is based upon a Violation which occurs in reliance upon
and in conformity with information furnished to the Trust or the Corporation by
the indemnified party expressly for use in connection with such registration;
and provided further that the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 7
shall not apply to the extent that any such loss is based on or arises out of an
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact, contained in or
omitted from any preliminary Prospectus if the final Prospectus shall correct
such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement, or such omission or alleged
omission, and a copy of the final Prospectus has not been sent or given to such
person at or prior to the confirmation of sale to such person if an underwriter,
placement agent or Selling Holder was under an obligation to deliver such final
Prospectus and failed to do so.
7.2. To the extent permitted by applicable law, each Selling
Holder shall indemnify and hold harmless the Trust, the Corporation, each of the
Trustees of the Trust, each of the directors of the Corporation, each of the
officers of the Trust or the Corporation who shall have signed the registration
statement, each Person, if any, who controls the Trust or the Corporation within
the meaning of the Securities Act, any other Selling Holder, any controlling
Person of any such other Selling Holder and each officer, director, partner, and
employee of such other Selling Holder and such controlling Person, against any
and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses (joint and several),
including reasonable attorneys' fees and disbursements and reasonable expenses
of investigation, incurred by such party pursuant to any actual or threatened
action, suit, proceeding or investigation, or to which any of the foregoing
Persons may otherwise become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act
or other federal or state laws, but only insofar as such losses, claims,
damages, liabilities and expenses arise out of or are based upon any Violation,
in each case to the extent that, but only to the extent that, such Violation
arises out of or is based upon and was made in reliance upon information
furnished by such Selling Holder expressly for use in connection with such
registration; provided, however, that (x) the indemnification
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required by this Section 7.2 shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of
any such loss, claim, damage, liability or expense if such settlement (A) is
effected without the consent of the relevant Selling Holder (which consent shall
not be unreasonably withheld), (B) does not include an unconditional release of
the indemnified party from all liability arising out of such action or claim or
(C) includes a statement as to, or an admission of, fault, culpability or a
failure to act, by or on behalf of any indemnified party and (y) in no event
shall the amount of any indemnity under this Section 7.2 exceed the net proceeds
from the applicable offering received by such Selling Holder.
7.3. Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this
Section 7 of notice of the commencement of any action, suit, proceeding,
investigation or threat thereof made in writing for which such indemnified party
may make a claim under this Section 7, such indemnified party shall deliver to
the indemnifying party a written notice thereof and the indemnifying party shall
have the right to participate in, and, to the extent the indemnifying party so
desires, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly noticed, to assume
the defense thereof with nationally recognized counsel experienced in such
matters reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party; provided, however,
that an indemnified party shall have the right to retain its own counsel and to
not have the indemnifying party assume its defense, with the fees, disbursements
and expenses to be paid by the indemnifying party, if representation of such
indemnified party by the counsel retained by the indemnifying party would be
inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between such
indemnified party and any other party represented by such counsel in such
proceeding. The failure to deliver written notice to the indemnifying party
within a reasonable time following the commencement of any such action, if
materially prejudicial to its ability to defend such action, shall relieve such
indemnifying party of any liability to the indemnified party under this Section
7 to the extent of such prejudice but shall not relieve the indemnifying party
of any liability that it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than
pursuant to this Section 7. Any fees and expenses incurred by the indemnified
party (including any fees and expenses incurred in connection with investigating
or preparing to defend such action or proceeding) shall be paid to the
indemnified party, as incurred, within thirty (30) days of written notice
thereof to the indemnifying party (regardless of whether it is ultimately
determined that an indemnified party is not entitled to indemnification
hereunder). Any such indemnified party shall have the right to employ separate
counsel in any such action, claim or proceeding and to participate in the
defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be the expenses
of such indemnified party unless (i) the indemnifying party has agreed to pay
such fees and expenses or (ii) the indemnifying
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party shall have failed to promptly assume the defense of such action, claim or
proceeding or (iii) the named parties to any such action (including any
impleaded parties) include both such indemnified party and the indemnifying
party, and such indemnified party shall have been advised by counsel that there
may be one or more legal defenses available to it which are different from or in
addition to those available to the indemnifying party and that the assertion of
such defenses would create a conflict of interest such that counsel employed by
the indemnifying party could not faithfully represent the indemnified party (in
which case, if such indemnified party notifies the indemnifying party in writing
that it elects to employ separate counsel at the expense of the indemnifying
party, the indemnifying party shall not have the right to assume the defense of
such action, claim or proceeding on behalf of such indemnified party, it being
understood, however, that the indemnifying party shall not, in connection with
any one such action, claim or proceeding or separate but substantially similar
or related actions, claims or proceedings in the same jurisdiction arising out
of the same general allegations or circumstances, be liable for the reasonable
fees and expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys (together with
appropriate local counsel) at any time for all such indemnified parties, unless
in the reasonable judgment of such indemnified party a conflict of interest may
exist between such indemnified party and any other of such indemnified parties
with respect to such action, claim or proceeding, in which event the
indemnifying party shall be obligated to pay the fees and expenses of such
additional counsel or counsels).
7.4. If the indemnification required by this Section 7 from
the indemnifying party is unavailable to an indemnified party hereunder in
respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses referred to in
this Section 7:
(i) The indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying such
indemnified party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such
indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or
expenses in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of
the indemnifying party and indemnified parties in connection with the actions
which resulted in such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses, as well
as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of such
indemnifying party and indemnified parties shall be determined by reference to,
among other things, whether any Violation has been committed by, or relates to
information supplied by, such indemnifying party or indemnified parties, and the
parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to
correct or prevent such Violation. The amount paid or payable by a party as a
result of the losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses referred to
above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in
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Section 7.1 and Section 7.2, any legal or other fees or expenses reasonably
incurred by such party in connection with any investigation or proceeding.
(ii) The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and
equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 7.4 were determined by pro
rata allocation or by any other method of allocation which does not take into
account the equitable considerations referred to in Section 7.4(i). 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.
7.5. If indemnification is available under this Section 7, the
indemnifying parties shall indemnify each indemnified party to the full extent
provided in this Section 7 without regard to the relative fault of such
indemnifying party or indemnified party or any other equitable consideration
referred to in Section 7.4 except that no Selling Holder shall be liable for any
amount in excess of the net proceeds it receives in the offering which is the
subject of the indemnification proceeding.
7.6. The obligations of the Trust and the Corporation under
this Section 7 shall be in addition to any liability which the Trust and the
Corporation may otherwise have to the persons specified in Section 7.1 and the
obligations of the Selling Holders under this Section 7 shall be in addition to
any liability which such Persons may otherwise have to the Trust and the
Corporation. The remedies provided in this Section 7 are not exclusive and shall
not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be available to an
indemnified party at law or in equity.
7.7. The obligations of the Trust, the Corporation and the
Selling Holders of Registrable Securities under this Section 7 shall survive the
completion of any offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to a registration
statement under this Agreement, and otherwise.
SECTION 8. HOLDBACK. (a) Each Holder, if so requested by the
Underwriters' Representative in connection with an offering of any securities
covered by a registration statement filed by Trust and the Corporation, whether
or not such Holder's securities are included therein, shall not effect any
public sale or distribution of Paired Shares or any securities convertible into
or exchangeable or exercisable for Paired Shares, including a sale pursuant to
Rule 144 under the Securities act (except as part of such underwritten
registration), during the 90-day period (provided that if such a 90-day period
has previously occurred
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under this Section 8 (a) in the prior 365 days, the 45-day period) beginning on
the date such registration statement is declared effective under the Securities
Act by the Commission. Notwithstanding the immediately preceding sentence or
Section 2.3, the 90-day and 45-day periods referred to therein and herein shall
not extend to more than 180 days in any consecutive 365 day period. In order to
enforce the foregoing covenant, the Trust and the Corporation shall be entitled
to impose stop-transfer instructions with respect to the Registrable Securities
of each Holder until the end of such period. Holders of Registrable Securities
shall have the right to participate in any such registration on the terms
provided in Section 3 hereof.
(b) Each of the Trust and the Corporation agrees not to effect any public sale
or distribution of its equity securities, or any securities convertible into or
exchangeable to or exercisable for such securities, during the 90-day (or
45-day) period beginning on the effective date of any underwritten demand
registration (except pursuant to (i) registrations on Form S-4 or any successor
form and (ii) registrations of securities in connection with a dividend
reinvestment plan on form(s) applicable to such securities) unless the
underwriters managing the registered public offering otherwise agree.
SECTION 9. AMENDMENT, MODIFICATION AND WAIVERS; FURTHER ASSURANCES.
(i) This Agreement may be amended with the consent of the
Trust and the Corporation and the Holders and the Trust and the Corporation may
take any action herein prohibited, or omit to perform any act herein required to
be performed by it, only if the Trust and the Corporation shall have obtained
the written consent of the Holders to such amendment, action or omission to act.
(ii) No waiver of any terms or conditions of this Agreement
shall operate as a waiver of any other breach of such terms and conditions or
any other term or condition, nor shall any failure to enforce any provision
hereof operate as a waiver of such provision or of any other provision hereof.
No written waiver hereunder, unless it by its own terms explicitly provides to
the contrary, shall be construed to effect a continuing waiver of the provisions
being waived and no such waiver in any instance shall constitute a waiver in any
other instance or for any other purpose or impair the right of the party against
whom such waiver is claimed in all other instances or for all other purposes to
require full compliance with such provision.
(iii) Each of the parties hereto shall execute all such
further instruments and documents and take all such further action as any other
party hereto may reasonably require in order
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to effectuate the terms and purposes of this Agreement.
SECTION 10. ASSIGNMENT; BENEFIT. This Agreement and all of the
provisions hereof shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the
parties hereto and their respective heirs, assigns, executors, administrators or
successors; provided, however that neither this Agreement nor any of the rights,
interests or obligations hereunder shall be directly or indirectly assigned
(including the substitution of an issuer or issuers other than the Trust and the
Corporation) or delegated by a Holder other than to a permitted transferee of
the Registrable Securities that agrees to be bound hereby.
SECTION 11. MISCELLANEOUS.
11.1. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT GIVING
REGARD TO THE CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF.
11.2. NOTICES. All notices and requests given pursuant to this
Agreement shall be in writing and shall be made by hand-delivery, first-class
mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested), confirmed facsimile or
overnight air courier guaranteeing next Business Day delivery to the relevant
address specified on Annex A hereto. Except as otherwise provided in this
Agreement, the date of each such notice and request shall be deemed to be, and
the date on which each such notice and request shall be deemed given shall be:
at the time delivered, if personally delivered or mailed; when receipt is
acknowledged, if sent by facsimile; and the next Business Day after timely
delivery to the courier, if sent by overnight air courier guaranteeing next
Business Day delivery.
11.3. ENTIRE AGREEMENT; INTEGRATION. Except as expressly
agreed in a separate writing signed by the parties hereto on or after the date
of this Agreement, this Agreement, the Transaction Agreement, the Westin
Disclosure Letter (as defined in the Transaction Agreement), the Starwood
Disclosure Letter (as defined in the Transaction Agreement), the Confidentiality
Agreement (as defined in the Transaction Agreement) and the Other Agreement (as
defined in the Transaction Agreement) constitute the entire agreement, and
supersede all other prior agreements, understandings, representations and
warranties both written and oral, among the parties, with respect to the subject
matter hereof.
11.4. SECTION HEADINGS. Section headings are for convenience
of reference only and shall not affect the meaning of any provision of this
Agreement.
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11.5. COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in any
number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, and all of which
shall together constitute one and the same instrument. All signatures need not
be on the same counterpart.
11.6. SEVERABILITY. If any provision of this Agreement shall
be invalid or unenforceable, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not
affect the validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this
Agreement, unless the result thereof would be unreasonable, in which case the
parties hereto shall negotiate in good faith as to appropriate amendments
hereto.
11.7. TERMINATION. This Agreement may be terminated at any
time by a written instrument signed by the Trust, the Corporation and all of the
Holders. Unless sooner terminated in accordance with the preceding sentence,
this Agreement (other than Section 7 hereof) shall terminate in its entirety on
such date as there shall be (a) no Registrable Securities outstanding, and (b)
no securities outstanding which are convertible or exchangeable into Registrable
Securities; provided that any Paired Shares previously subject to this Agreement
shall not be Registrable Securities following the sale of any such shares in an
offering registered pursuant to this Agreement and provided that the rights and
obligations pursuant to Section 7 shall survive termination of this Agreement.
11.8. STARWOOD TRUST. The parties hereto understand and agree
that the name "Starwood Lodging Trust" is a designation of the Trust and its
Trustees (as Trustees but not personally) under the Declaration of Trust, and
all persons dealing with the Trust shall look solely to the Trust's assets for
the enforcement of any claims against the Trust, and that the Trustees,
officers, agents and security holders of the Trust assume no personal liability
for obligations entered into on behalf of the Trust, and their respective
individual assets shall not be subject to the claims of any person relating to
such obligations.
11.9. SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION. Each of the parties hereto
and each of the Holders irrevocably submits and consents to the jurisdiction of
the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York in
connection with any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this
Agreement, and irrevocably waives any immunity from jurisdiction thereof and any
claim of improper venue, forum non conveniens or any similar basis to which it
might otherwise be entitled in any such action or proceeding.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been duly executed by
the parties hereto as of the date first written above.
STARWOOD LODGING TRUST,
a Maryland real estate investment
trust
By: ________________________________
Name:
Title:
STARWOOD LODGING CORPORATION,
a Maryland corporation
By: ________________________________
Name:
Title:
HOLDERS:
W&S Hotel L.L.C.
By: ________________________________
Name:
Title:
WHWE L.L.C.
By: Whitehall Street Real Estate
Limited Partnership V,
Member and Manager
By: ________________________________
Name:
Title:
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Woodstar Investor Partnership
By: Marswood Investors, L.P.
General Partner
By: Starwood Capital Group, L.P.
General Partner
By: BSS Capital Partners, L.P.
General Partner
By: Sternlicht Holdings II, Inc.
General Partner
By: ________________________________
Name:
Title:
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
____________________________________
Nomura Asset Capital Corporation
By: ________________________________
Name:
Title:
GS CAPITAL PARTNERS, L.P.
By: GS Advisors, L.P.,
General Partner
By: GS Advisors, Inc.,
General Partner
By: ________________________________
Name:
Title:
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XXXXX XXXXXX XXXX 0000, L.P.
By: Stone Street Funding Corp.,
General Partner
By: ________________________________
Name:
Title:
STONE STREET WESTIN HOLDING, INC.
By: ________________________________
Name:
Title:
XXXXX XXXXXX XXXX 0000, X.X.
By: Stone Street Value Corp.,
General Partner
By: ________________________________
Name:
Title:
XXXXX XXXXXX 0000 XXXXXX HOLDING INC.
By: ________________________________
Name:
Title:
XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXX 0000, X.X.
By: Stone Street Funding Corp.,
General Partner
By: ________________________________
Name:
Title:
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XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXX 0000, L.P.
By: Stone Street Value Corp.,
General Partner
By: ________________________________
Name:
Title:
GS CAPITAL PARTNERS WESTIN HOLDING,
L.P.
By: GS Capital Partners, L.P.
General Partner
By: GS Advisors, L.P.
General Partner
By: GS Advisors, Inc.,
General Partner
By: ________________________________
Name:
Title:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
____________________________________
Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
____________________________________
Xxxx xxx Xxxxxxxxxx
____________________________________
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