EXHIBIT 4.1
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
Dated as of December 24, 1997
by and among
Production Resource Group, L.L.C.,
PRG Finance Corporation,
the Guarantors Named on the Signature Pages Hereto
and
Bear, Xxxxxxx & Co. Inc.,
BT Alex. Xxxxx Incorporated,
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated,
BNY Capital Markets, Inc.
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This Registration Rights Agreement (this "Agreement") is made and entered
into as of December 24, 1997 by and among Production Resource Group, L.L.C., a
Delaware limited liability company (the "Company"), PRG Finance Corporation, a
Delaware corporation ("Finance" and, together with the Company, the Issuers"),
the guarantors named on the signature pages hereto (collectively, the
"Guarantors"), and Bear, Xxxxxxx & Co. Inc., BT Alex. Xxxxx Incorporated, Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated and BNY Capital Markets, Inc. (collectively, the
"Initial Purchasers"), who have agreed to purchase the Company's 11 1/2% Series
A Senior Subordinated Notes due 2008 (the "Series A Notes") pursuant to the
Purchase Agreement (as defined below).
This Agreement is made pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, dated December
19, 1997 (the "Purchase Agreement"), by and among the Issuers, the Guarantors
and the Initial Purchasers. In order to induce the Initial Purchasers to
purchase the Series A Notes, the Issuers and the Guarantors have agreed to
provide the registration rights set forth in this Agreement. The execution and
delivery of this Agreement is a condition to the obligations of the Initial
Purchasers set forth in Section 3 of the Purchase Agreement.
The parties hereby agree as follows:
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS
As used in this Agreement, the following capitalized terms shall have the
following meanings:
Act: The Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Broker-Dealer: Any broker or dealer registered under the Exchange Act.
Closing Date: The date of this Agreement.
Commission: The Securities and Exchange Commission.
Consummate: An Exchange Offer shall be deemed "Consummated" for purposes of
this Agreement upon the occurrence of (a) the filing and effectiveness under the
Act of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement relating to the Series B Notes
to be issued in the Exchange Offer, (b) the maintenance of such Registration
Statement as continuously effective and the keeping of the Exchange Offer open
for a period not less than the minimum period required pursuant to Section 3(b)
hereof and (c) the delivery by the Issuers to the Registrar under the Indenture
of Series B Notes in the same aggregate principal amount as the aggregate
principal amount of Series A Notes that were tendered by Holders thereof
pursuant to the Exchange Offer.
Damages Payment Date: With respect to the Series A Notes, each Interest
Payment Date.
Effectiveness Target Date: As defined in Section 5.
Exchange Act: The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Exchange Offer: The registration by the Issuers under the Act of the Series
B Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement pursuant to which
the Issuers offer the Holders of all outstanding Transfer Restricted Securities
the opportunity to exchange all such outstanding Transfer
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Restricted Securities held by such Holders for Series B Notes in an aggregate
principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Transfer
Restricted Securities tendered in such exchange offer by such Holders.
Exchange Offer Registration Statement: The Registration Statement relating
to the Exchange Offer, including the related Prospectus.
Exempt Resales: The transactions in which the Initial Purchasers propose to
sell the Series A Notes to (a) certain "qualified institutional buyers," as such
term is defined in Rule 144A under the Act and (b) non-U.S. persons outside the
United States in reliance upon Regulation S under the Act.
Holders: As defined in Section 2(b) hereof.
Indenture: The Indenture, dated as of December 24, 1997, among the Issuers,
First Union National Bank, as trustee (the "Trustee"), and the Guarantors,
pursuant to which the Notes are to be issued, as such Indenture is amended or
supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.
Interest Payment Date: As defined in the Indenture and the Notes.
NASD: National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
Notes: The Series A Notes and the Series B Notes.
Person: An individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company,
trust or unincorporated organization, or a government or agency or political
subdivision thereof.
Prospectus: The prospectus included in a Registration Statement, as amended
or supplemented by any prospectus supplement and by all other amendments
thereto, including post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated by
reference into such Prospectus.
Record Holder: With respect to any Damages Payment Date relating to Notes,
each Person who is a Holder of Notes on the record date with respect to the
Interest Payment Date corresponding to such Damages Payment Date.
Registration Default: As defined in Section 5 hereof.
Registration Statement: Any registration statement of the Issuers relating
to (a) an offering of Series B pursuant to an Exchange Offer or (b) the
registration for resale of Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to the Shelf
Registration Statement, which is filed pursuant to the provisions of this
Agreement, in each case, including the Prospectus included therein, all
amendments and supplements thereto (including post-effective amendments) and all
exhibits and material incorporated by reference therein.
Series B Notes: The Issuers' 11 1/2% Series B Senior Subordinated Notes due
2008 to be issued pursuant to the Indenture (a) in the Exchange Offer or (b)
pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement, in each case, in exchange for Series
A Notes.
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Shelf Filing Deadline: As defined in Section 4 hereof.
Shelf Registration Statement: As defined in Section 4 hereof.
TIA: The Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. Section 77aaa-77bbbb) as in
effect on the date of the Indenture.
Transfer Restricted Securities: Each Note, until the earliest to occur of
(a) the date on which such Note is exchanged in the Exchange Offer and entitled
to be resold to the public by the Holder thereof without complying with the
prospectus delivery requirements of the Act, (b) the date on which such Note has
been effectively registered under the Act and disposed of in accordance with a
Shelf Registration Statement and (c) the date on which such Note is first
eligible to be distributed to the public pursuant to Rule 144 under the Act or
by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to the "Plan of Distribution" contemplated by the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement (including delivery of the Prospectus
contained therein).
Underwritten Registration or Underwritten Offering: A registration in which
securities of the Issuers are sold to an underwriter for reoffering to the
public.
SECTION 2. SECURITIES SUBJECT TO THIS AGREEMENT
(a) Transfer Restricted Securities. The securities entitled to the benefits
of this Agreement are the Transfer Restricted Securities.
(b) Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities. A Person is deemed to be a
holder of Transfer Restricted Securities (each, a "Holder") whenever such Person
owns Transfer Restricted Securities.
SECTION 3. REGISTERED EXCHANGE OFFER
(a) Unless the Exchange Offer shall not be permissible under applicable law
or Commission policy (after the procedures set forth in Section 6(a) below have
been complied with), the Issuers and the Guarantors shall (i) cause to be filed
with the Commission as soon as practicable after the Closing Date, but in no
event later than 60 days after the Closing Date, the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement, (ii) use their best efforts to cause such Exchange Offer Registration
Statement to become effective at the earliest possible time, but in no event
later than 150 days after the Closing Date, (iii) in connection with the
foregoing, file (A) all pre-effective amendments to such Exchange Offer
Registration Statement as may be necessary in order to cause such Exchange Offer
Registration Statement to become effective, (B) if applicable, a post-effective
amendment to such Exchange Offer Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430A
under the Act and (C) cause all necessary filings in connection with the
registration and qualification of the Series B Notes to be made under the Blue
Sky laws of such jurisdictions as are necessary to permit Consummation of the
Exchange Offer, and (iv) upon the effectiveness of such Exchange Offer
Registration Statement, commence and Consummate the Exchange Offer. The Exchange
Offer shall be on the appropriate form permitting registration of the Series B
Notes to be offered in exchange for the Transfer Restricted Securities and to
permit resales of Notes held by Broker-Dealers as contemplated by Section 3(c)
below.
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(b) The Issuers shall cause the Exchange Offer Registration Statement to be
effective continuously and shall keep the Exchange Offer open for a period of
not less than the minimum period required under applicable federal and state
securities laws to Consummate the Exchange Offer; provided, however, that in no
event shall such period be less than 20 business days. The Issuers shall cause
the Exchange Offer to comply with all applicable federal and state securities
laws. No securities other than the Notes shall be included in the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement. The Issuers shall use their best efforts to cause the
Exchange Offer to be Consummated on the earliest practicable date after the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement has become effective, but in no event
later than 30 business days thereafter.
(c) The Issuers shall include a "Plan of Distribution" section in the
Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and indicate
therein that any Broker-Dealer who holds Series A Notes that are Transfer
Restricted Securities and that were acquired for its own account as a result of
market-making activities or other trading activities (other than Transfer
Restricted Securities acquired directly from the Issuers) may exchange such
Series A Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer; however, such Broker-Dealer may
be deemed to be an "underwriter" within the meaning of the Act and must,
therefore, deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Act in
connection with any resales of the Series B Notes received by such Broker-Dealer
in the Exchange Offer, which prospectus delivery requirement may be satisfied by
the delivery by such Broker-Dealer of the Prospectus contained in the Exchange
Offer Registration Statement. Such "Plan of Distribution" section shall also
contain all other information with respect to such resales by Broker-Dealers
that the Commission may require in order to permit such resales pursuant
thereto, but such "Plan of Distribution" shall not name any such Broker-Dealer
or disclose the amount of Notes held by any such Broker-Dealer except to the
extent required by the Commission as a result of a change in policy after the
date of this Agreement.
The Issuers and the Guarantors shall use their best efforts to keep the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement continuously effective, supplemented and
amended as required by the provisions of Section 6(c) below to the extent
necessary to ensure that it is available for resales of Notes acquired by
Broker-Dealers for their own accounts as a result of market-making activities or
other trading activities, and to ensure that it conforms with the requirements
of this Agreement, the Act and the policies, rules and regulations of the
Commission as announced from time to time, for a period of one year from the
date on which the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is declared effective.
The Issuers shall provide sufficient copies of the latest version of such
Prospectus to Broker-Dealers promptly upon request at any time during such
one-year period in order to facilitate such resales.
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SECTION 4. SHELF REGISTRATION
(a) Shelf Registration. If (i) the Issuers and the Guarantors are not
required to file an Exchange Offer Registration Statement or permitted to
consummate the Exchange Offer because the Exchange Offer is not permitted by
applicable law or Commission policy (after the procedures set forth in Section
6(a) below have been complied with) or (ii) if any Holder of Transfer Restricted
Securities notifies the Company on or prior to the 20th business day following
the Consummation of the Exchange Offer (A) that such Holder is prohibited by
applicable law or Commission policy from participating in the Exchange Offer, or
(B) that such Holder may not resell the Series B Notes acquired by it in the
Exchange Offer to the public without delivering a prospectus and that the
Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is not
appropriate or available for such resales by such Holder, or (C) that such
Holder is a Broker-Dealer and holds Series A Notes acquired directly from the
Issuers or one of their affiliates, then the Issuers and the Guarantors shall:
(x) Use their best efforts to file a shelf registration statement with
the Commission pursuant to Rule 415 under the Act, which may be an
amendment to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement (in any event, the
"Shelf Registration Statement") on or prior to the earliest to occur of (1)
the 60th day after the date on which the Issuers and the Guarantors
determine that they are not required to file the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement and (2) the 60th day after the date on which the
Issuers receive notice from a Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities as
contemplated by clause (ii) above (such earliest date being the "Shelf
Filing Deadline"), which Shelf Registration Statement shall provide for
resales of all Transfer Restricted Securities the Holders of which shall
have provided the information required pursuant to Section 4(b) hereof; and
(y) Cause such Shelf Registration Statement to be declared effective
by the Commission on or prior to the 150th day after the Shelf Filing
Deadline.
The Issuers and the Guarantors shall use their best efforts to keep such Shelf
Registration Statement continuously effective, supplemented and amended as
required by the provisions of Sections 6(b) and (c) hereof to the extent
necessary to ensure that it is available for resales of Notes by the Holders of
Transfer Restricted Securities entitled to the benefit of this Section 4(a), and
to ensure that it conforms with the requirements of this Agreement, the Act and
the policies, rules and regulations of the Commission as announced from time to
time, for a period of at least two years following the Closing Date.
(b) Provision by Holders of Certain Information in Connection with the
Shelf Registration Statement. No Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities may
include any of its Transfer Restricted Securities in any Shelf Registration
Statement pursuant to this Agreement unless and until such Holder furnishes to
the Issuers in writing, within 20 business days after receipt of a request
therefor, such information as the Issuers may reasonably request for use in
connection with any Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus or preliminary
Prospectus included therein. No Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities shall
be entitled to Liquidated Damages pursuant to Section 5 hereof unless and until
such Holder shall have used its best efforts to provide all such reasonably
requested information. Each Holder of Notes as to which any Shelf Registration
Statement is being effected, by its participation in the Shelf Registration
Statement, shall be deemed to agree 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 Holder not materially misleading.
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SECTION 5. LIQUIDATED DAMAGES
If (a) any of the Registration Statements required by this Agreement is not
filed with the Commission on or prior to the date specified for such filing in
this Agreement, (b) any of such Registration Statements has not been declared
effective by the Commission on or prior to the date specified for such
effectiveness in this Agreement (the "Effectiveness Target Date"), (c) the
Exchange Offer has not been Consummated within 30 business days after the
Effectiveness Target Date with respect to the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement or (d) any Registration Statement required by this Agreement is filed
and declared effective but shall thereafter cease to be effective or fail to be
usable for its intended purpose without being succeeded immediately by a
post-effective amendment to such Registration Statement that cures such failure
and that is itself immediately declared effective (each such event referred to
in clauses (a) through (d), a "Registration Default"), the Issuers and the
Guarantors hereby jointly and severally agree to pay liquidated damages to each
Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities with respect to the first 90-day period
immediately following the occurrence of the first Registration Default, in an
amount equal to one-half of one percentage point (0.5%) per annum of the
principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities held by such Holder. The
amount of the liquidated damages shall increase by an additional one-half of one
percent (0.5%) per annum of the principal amount of Transfer Restricted
Securities with respect to each subsequent 90-day period until all Registration
Defaults have been cured, up to a maximum amount of liquidated damages of two
percent (2.0%) per annum of the principal amount of Transfer Restricted
Securities. All accrued liquidated damages shall be paid by the Issuers on each
Damages Payment Date to Record Holders by wire transfer of immediately available
funds or by federal funds check and to Holders of Certificated Securities by
wire transfers to the accounts specified by them or by mailing checks to their
registered addresses if no such accounts have been specified on each Damages
Payment Date, as provided in the Indenture. Following the cure of all
Registration Defaults relating to any particular Transfer Restricted Securities,
the accrual of liquidated damages with respect to such Transfer Restricted
Securities will cease.
All obligations of the Issuers and the Guarantors set forth in the
preceding paragraph that are outstanding with respect to any Transfer Restricted
Security at the time such security ceases to be a Transfer Restricted Security
shall survive until such time as all such obligations with respect to such
security shall have been satisfied in full.
SECTION 6. REGISTRATION PROCEDURES
(a) Exchange Offer Registration Statement. In connection with the Exchange
Offer, the Issuers and the Guarantors shall comply with all of the provisions of
Section 6(c) below, shall use their best efforts to effect such exchange to
permit the sale of Transfer Restricted Securities being sold in accordance with
the intended method or methods of distribution thereof, and shall comply with
all of the following provisions:
(i) If in the reasonable opinion of counsel to the Issuers there is a
question as to whether the Exchange Offer is permitted by applicable law,
the Issuers and the Guarantors hereby agree to seek a no-action letter or
other favorable decision from the Commission allowing the Issuers and the
Guarantors to Consummate an Exchange Offer for such Series A Notes. Each of
the Issuers
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and the Guarantors hereby agrees to pursue the issuance of such a decision
to the Commission staff level but shall not be required to take
commercially unreasonable action to effect a change of Commission policy.
Each of the Issuers and the Guarantors hereby agrees, however, to (A)
participate in telephonic conferences with the Commission, (B) deliver to
the Commission staff an analysis prepared by counsel to the Issuers setting
forth the legal bases, if any, upon which such counsel has concluded that
such an Exchange Offer should be permitted and (C) diligently pursue a
resolution (which need not be favorable) by the Commission staff of such
submission.
(ii) As a condition to its participation in the Exchange Offer
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, each Holder of Transfer Restricted
Securities shall furnish, upon the request of the Issuers, prior to the
Consummation thereof, a written representation to the Issuers (which may be
contained in the letter of transmittal contemplated by the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement) to the effect that (A) it is not an affiliate of
either of the Issuers or any Guarantor, (B) it is not engaged in, and does
not intend to engage in, and has no arrangement or understanding with any
person to participate in, a distribution of the Series B Notes to be issued
in the Exchange Offer and (C) it is acquiring the Series B Notes in its
ordinary course of business. In addition, all such Holders of Transfer
Restricted Securities shall otherwise cooperate in the Issuers'
preparations for the Exchange Offer. Each Holder shall be deemed to
acknowledge and agree that any Broker-Dealer and any such Holder using the
Exchange Offer to participate in a distribution of the securities to be
acquired in the Exchange Offer (1) could not under Commission policy as in
effect on the date of this Agreement rely on the position of the Commission
enunciated in Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx and Co., Inc. (available June 5, 1991) and
Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation (available May 13, 1988), as interpreted
in the Commission's letter to Shearman & Sterling dated July 2, 1993, and
similar no-action letters (including any no-action letter obtained pursuant
to clause (i) above), and (2) must comply with the registration and
prospectus delivery requirements of the Act in connection with a secondary
resale transaction and that such a secondary resale transaction should be
covered by an effective registration statement containing the selling
security holder information required by Item 507 or 508, as applicable, of
Regulation S-K if the resales are of Series B Notes obtained by such Holder
in exchange for Series A Notes acquired by such Holder directly from the
Issuers.
(iii) Prior to effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement, the Issuers and the Guarantors shall provide a supplemental
letter to the Commission (A) stating that the Issuers and the Guarantors
are registering the Exchange Offer in reliance on the position of the
Commission enunciated in Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation (available May
13, 1988), Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx and Co., Inc. (available June 5, 1991) and, if
applicable, any no-action letter obtained pursuant to clause (i) above and
(B) including a representation that neither of the Issuers nor any of the
Guarantors has entered into any arrangement or understanding with any
Person to distribute the Series B Notes to be received in the Exchange
Offer and that, to the best of the Issuers' and the Guarantors' information
and belief, each Holder participating in the Exchange Offer is acquiring
the Series B Notes in its ordinary course of business and has no
arrangement or understanding with any Person to participate in the
distribution of the Series B Notes received in the Exchange Offer.
(b) Shelf Registration Statement. In connection with the Shelf Registration
Statement, the Issuers and the Guarantors shall comply with all the provisions
of Section 6(c) below and shall use their best efforts to effect such
registration to permit the sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities being sold
in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution thereof, and
pursuant thereto the
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Issuers will as expeditiously as possible prepare and file with the Commission a
Registration Statement relating to the registration on any appropriate form
under the Act, which form shall be available for the sale of the Transfer
Restricted Securities in accordance with the intended method or methods of
distribution thereof.
(c) General Provisions. In connection with any Registration Statement and
any Prospectus required by this Agreement to permit the sale or resale of
Transfer Restricted Securities (including, without limitation, any Registration
Statement and the related Prospectus required to permit resales of Notes by
Broker-Dealers), the Issuers and the Guarantors shall:
(i) use their best efforts to keep such Registration Statement
continuously effective and provide all requisite financial statements
(including, if required by the Act or any regulation thereunder, financial
statements of the Guarantors) for the period specified in Section 3 or 4
hereof, as applicable; upon the occurrence of any event that would cause
any such Registration Statement or the Prospectus contained therein (A) to
contain a material misstatement or omission or (B) not to be effective and
usable for resale of Transfer Restricted Securities during the period
required by this Agreement, the Issuers shall file promptly an appropriate
amendment to such Registration Statement, in the case of clause (A),
correcting any such misstatement or omission, and, in the case of either
clause (A) or (B), use their best efforts to cause such amendment to be
declared effective and such Registration Statement and the related
Prospectus to become usable for their intended purpose(s) as soon as
practicable thereafter;
(ii) prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and
post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement as may be necessary
to keep the Registration Statement effective for the applicable period set
forth in Section 3 or 4 hereof, as applicable, or such shorter period as
will terminate when all Transfer Restricted Securities covered by such
Registration Statement have been sold; cause the Prospectus to be
supplemented by any required Prospectus supplement, and as so supplemented
to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Act, and to comply fully with
the applicable provisions of Rules 424 and 430A under the Act in a timely
manner; and comply with the provisions of the Act with respect to the
disposition of all securities covered by such Registration Statement during
the applicable period in accordance with the intended method or methods of
distribution by the sellers thereof set forth in such Registration
Statement or supplement to the Prospectus;
(iii) advise the underwriter(s), if any, and selling Holders (in the
case of a Shelf Registration Statement) promptly and, if requested by such
Persons, to confirm such advice in writing, (A) when the Prospectus or any
Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment has been filed, and, with
respect to any Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment
thereto, when the same has become effective, (B) of any request by the
Commission for amendments to the Registration Statement or amendments or
supplements to the Prospectus or for additional information relating
thereto, (C) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending
the effectiveness of the Registration Statement under the Act or of the
suspension by any state securities commission of the qualification of the
Transfer Restricted Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or
the initiation of any proceeding for any of the preceding purposes, (D) of
the existence of any fact or the happening of any event that makes any
statement of a material fact made in the Registration Statement, the
Prospectus, any amendment or supplement thereto, or any document
incorporated by reference therein untrue, or that requires the making of
any additions to or changes in the Registration Statement in order to make
the
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statements therein not misleading, or that requires the making of any
additions to or changes in the Prospectus in order to make the statements
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading. If at any time the Commission shall issue any stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, or any state
securities commission or other regulatory authority shall issue an order
suspending the qualification or exemption from qualification of the
Transfer Restricted Securities under state securities or Blue Sky laws, the
Issuers and the Guarantors shall use their best efforts to obtain the
withdrawal or lifting of such order at the earliest possible time;
(iv) furnish to each of the selling Holders and each of the
underwriter(s), if any, before filing with the Commission, copies of any
Registration Statement or any Prospectus included therein or any amendments
or supplements to any such Registration Statement or Prospectus (including
all documents incorporated by reference after the initial filing of such
Registration Statement), which documents will be subject to the review and
comment of such Holders and underwriter(s), if any, for a period of at
least five business days, and the Issuers will not file any such
Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to any
such Registration Statement or Prospectus (including all such documents
incorporated by reference) to which a selling Holder of Transfer Restricted
Securities covered by such Registration Statement or the underwriter(s), if
any, shall reasonably object within five business days after the receipt
thereof. A selling Holder or underwriter, if any, shall be deemed to have
reasonably objected to such filing if such Registration Statement,
amendment, Prospectus or supplement, as applicable, as proposed to be
filed, contains a material misstatement or omission or fails to comply with
the applicable requirements of the Act;
(v) promptly prior to the filing of any document that is to be
incorporated by reference into a Registration Statement or Prospectus,
provide copies of such document to the selling Holders and to the
underwriter(s), if any, make the Issuers' representatives available (and
representatives of the Guarantors) for discussion of such document and
other customary due diligence matters, and include such information in such
document prior to the filing thereof as such selling Holders or
underwriter(s), if any, reasonably may request;
(vi) make available at reasonable times for inspection by the selling
Holders, any underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to such
Registration Statement, and any attorney or accountant retained by such
selling Holders or any of the underwriter(s), all financial and other
records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Issuers and
the Guarantors and cause the Issuers' and the Guarantors' officers,
directors and employees to supply all information reasonably requested by
any such Holder, underwriter, attorney or accountant in connection with
such Registration Statement subsequent to the filing thereof and prior to
its effectiveness;
(vii) if requested by any selling Holders or the underwriter(s), if
any, promptly include in any Registration Statement or Prospectus, pursuant
to a supplement or post-effective amendment if necessary, such information
as such selling Holders and underwriter(s), if any, may reasonably request
to have included therein, including, without limitation, information
relating to the "Plan of Distribution" of the Transfer Restricted
Securities, information with respect to the principal amount of Transfer
Restricted Securities being sold to such underwriter(s), the purchase price
being paid therefor and any other terms of the offering of the Transfer
Restricted Securities to be sold in such offering; and make all required
filings of such Prospectus supplement or post-effective
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amendment as soon as practicable after the Issuers are notified of the
matters to be included in such Prospectus supplement or post-effective
amendment;
(viii) cause the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the
Registration Statement to be rated with the appropriate rating agencies, if
so requested by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of
Notes covered thereby or the underwriter(s), if any;
(ix) furnish to each selling Holder and each of the underwriter(s), if
any, without charge, at least one copy of the Registration Statement, as
first filed with the Commission, and of each amendment thereto, including
all documents incorporated by reference therein and all exhibits (including
exhibits incorporated therein by reference);
(x) deliver to each selling Holder and each of the underwriter(s), if
any, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus (including each
preliminary prospectus) and any amendment or supplement thereto as such
Persons reasonably may request; the Issuers and the Guarantors hereby
consent to the use of the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement
thereto by each of the selling Holders and each of the underwriter(s), if
any, in connection with the offering and the sale of the Transfer
Restricted Securities covered by the Prospectus or any amendment or
supplement thereto;
(xi) enter into such agreements (including an underwriting agreement),
and make such representations and warranties, and take all such other
actions in connection therewith in order to expedite or facilitate the
disposition of the Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to any
Registration Statement contemplated by this Agreement, all to such extent
as may be requested by the Initial Purchasers or by any Holder of Transfer
Restricted Securities or underwriter in connection with any sale or resale
pursuant to any Registration Statement contemplated by this Agreement; and
whether or not an underwriting agreement is entered into and whether or not
the registration is an Underwritten Registration, the Issuers and the
Guarantors shall:
(A) furnish to the Initial Purchasers, each selling Holder and
each underwriter, if any, in such substance and scope as they may
request and as are customarily made by issuers to underwriters in
primary underwritten offerings, upon the date of the Consummation of
the Exchange Offer and, if applicable, the effectiveness of the Shelf
Registration Statement:
(1) a certificate, dated the date of Consummation of the
Exchange Offer or the date of effectiveness of the Shelf
Registration Statement, as the case may be, signed by (x) the
President or any Vice President and (y) a principal financial or
accounting officer of each of the Issuers and the Guarantors,
confirming, as of the date thereof, the matters set forth in
paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (d) of Section 8 of the Purchase
Agreement and such other matters as such parties may reasonably
request;
(2) an opinion, dated the date of Consummation of the
Exchange Offer or the date of effectiveness of the Shelf
Registration Statement, as the case may be, of counsel for the
Issuers and the Guarantors, covering the matters set forth in
paragraphs (1) through (24) of Exhibit B to the Purchase
Agreement, as applicable, and such other matters as such parties
may reasonably request, and in any event including a statement to
the effect that such counsel has participated in conferences with
officers and other representatives of the Issuers and the
Guarantors, representatives of the independent public accountants
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for the Issuers, the Initial Purchasers' representatives and the
Initial Purchasers' counsel in connection with the preparation of
such Registration Statement and the related Prospectus and have
considered the matters required to be stated therein and the
statements contained therein, although such counsel has not
independently verified the accuracy, completeness or fairness of
such statements; and that such counsel advises that, on the basis
of the foregoing (relying as to materiality to the extent such
counsel deems appropriate upon facts provided to such counsel by
officers and other representatives of the Issuers and the
Guarantors and without independent check or verification), no
facts came to such counsel's attention that caused such counsel
to believe that the applicable Registration Statement, at the
time such Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment
thereto became effective, and, in the case of the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement, as of the date of Consummation, contained
an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the statements therein not misleading, or that the Prospectus
contained in such Registration Statement as of its date and, in
the case of the opinion dated the date of Consummation of the
Exchange Offer, as of the date of Consummation, contained an
untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a
material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein,
in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading. Without limiting the foregoing, such counsel may
state further that such counsel assumes no responsibility for,
and has not independently verified, the accuracy, completeness or
fairness of the financial statements, notes and schedules and
other financial data included in any Registration Statement
contemplated by this Agreement or the related Prospectus; and
(3) a customary comfort letter, dated as of the date of
Consummation of the Exchange Offer or the date of effectiveness
of the Shelf Registration Statement, as the case may be, from the
Issuers' independent accountants, in the customary form and
covering matters of the type customarily covered in comfort
letters by underwriters in connection with primary underwritten
offerings, and affirming the matters set forth in the comfort
letters delivered pursuant to Section 8 of the Purchase
Agreement, without exception;
(B) set forth in full or incorporate by reference in the
underwriting agreement, if any, the indemnification provisions and
procedures of Section 8 hereof with respect to all parties to be
indemnified pursuant to said Section; and
(C) deliver such other documents and certificates as may be
reasonably requested by such parties to evidence compliance with
clause (A) above and with any customary conditions contained in the
underwriting agreement or other agreement entered into by the Issuers
pursuant to this clause (xi), if any.
If at any time the representations and warranties of the Issuers and the
Guarantors contemplated in clause (A)(1) above cease to be true and correct, the
Issuers or the Guarantors shall so advise the Initial Purchasers and the
underwriter(s), if any, and each selling Holder promptly and, if requested by
such Persons, shall confirm such advice in writing;
(xii) prior to any public offering of Transfer Restricted Securities,
cooperate with the selling Holders, the underwriter(s), if any, and their
respective counsel in connection with the
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registration and qualification of the Transfer Restricted Securities under
the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the selling
Holders or underwriter(s) may request and do any and all other acts or
things necessary or advisable to enable the disposition in such
jurisdictions of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the Shelf
Registration Statement; provided, however, that neither of the Issuers nor
any of the Guarantors shall be required to register or qualify as a foreign
corporation where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that
would subject it to the service of process in suits or to taxation, other
than as to matters and transactions relating to the Registration Statement,
in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject;
(xiii) shall issue, upon the request of any Holder of Series A Notes
covered by the Shelf Registration Statement, Series B Notes, having an
aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of
Series A Notes surrendered to the Issuers by such Holder in exchange
therefor or being sold by such Holder; such Series B Notes to be registered
in the name of such Holder or in the name of the purchaser(s) of such
Notes, as the case may be; in return, the Series A Notes held by such
Holder shall be surrendered to the Issuers for cancellation;
(xiv) cooperate with the selling Holders and the underwriter(s), if
any, to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates
representing Transfer Restricted Securities to be sold and not bearing any
restrictive legends; and enable such Transfer Restricted Securities to be
in such denominations and registered in such names as the Holders or the
underwriter(s), if any, may request at least two business days prior to any
sale of Transfer Restricted Securities made by such underwriter(s);
(xv) use their best efforts to cause the Transfer Restricted
Securities 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 seller or sellers thereof or the underwriter(s), if
any, to consummate the disposition of such Transfer Restricted Securities,
subject to the proviso contained in clause (viii) above;
(xvi) if any fact or event contemplated by clause (c)(iii)(D) above
shall exist or have occurred, prepare a supplement or post-effective
amendment to the Registration Statement or related Prospectus or any
document incorporated therein by reference or file any other required
document so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of Transfer
Restricted Securities, the Prospectus will not contain an untrue statement
of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the
statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading;
(xvii) provide a CUSIP number for all Transfer Restricted Securities
not later than the effective date of the Registration Statement and provide
the Trustee under the Indenture with printed certificates for the Transfer
Restricted Securities which are in a form eligible for deposit with the
Depositary Trust Company;
(xviii) cooperate and assist in any filings required to be made with
the NASD and in the performance of any due diligence investigation by any
underwriter (including any "qualified independent underwriter") that is
required to be retained in accordance with the rules and regulations of the
NASD, and use their reasonable best efforts to cause such Registration
Statement to become effective and approved by such governmental agencies or
authorities as may be necessary to enable the Holders selling Transfer
Restricted Securities to consummate the
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disposition of such Transfer Restricted Securities;
(xix) otherwise use their best efforts to comply with all applicable
rules and regulations of the Commission, and make generally available to
their security holders, as soon as practicable, a consolidated earnings
statement meeting the requirements of Rule 158 (which need not be audited)
for the twelve-month period (A) commencing at the end of any fiscal quarter
in which Transfer Restricted Securities are sold to underwriters in a firm
or best efforts Underwritten Offering or (B) if not sold to underwriters in
such an offering, beginning with the first month of the Company's first
fiscal quarter commencing after the effective date of the Registration
Statement;
(xx) cause the Indenture to be qualified under the TIA not later than
the effective date of the first Registration Statement required by this
Agreement, and, in connection therewith, cooperate with the Trustee and the
Holders of Notes to effect such changes to the 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 best efforts to cause the Trustee to
execute, all documents that may be required to effect such changes and all
other forms and documents required to be filed with the Commission to
enable such Indenture to be so qualified in a timely manner;
(xxi) cause all Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the
Registration Statement to be listed on each securities exchange on which
similar securities issued by the Issuers are then listed if requested by
the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of Series A Notes
or the managing underwriter(s), if any; and
(xxii) provide promptly to each Holder upon request each document
filed with the Commission pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 and
Section 15 of the Exchange Act.
Each Holder shall be deemed to agree by acquisition of a Transfer
Restricted Security that, upon receipt of any notice from the Issuers of the
existence of any fact of the kind described in Section 6(c)(iii)(D) hereof, such
Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of Transfer Restricted Securities
pursuant to the applicable Registration Statement until such Holder's receipt of
the copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section
6(c)(xvi) hereof, or until it is advised in writing (the "Advice") by the
Issuers that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed, and has received copies
of any additional or supplemental filings that are incorporated by reference in
the Prospectus. If so directed by the Issuers, each Holder will deliver to the
Issuers (at the Issuers' expense) all copies, other than permanent file copies
then in such Holder's possession, of the Prospectus covering such Transfer
Restricted Securities that was current at the time of receipt of such notice. In
the event the Issuers shall give any such notice, the time period regarding the
effectiveness of such Registration Statement set forth in Section 3 or 4 hereof,
as applicable, shall be extended by the number of days during the period from
and including the date of the giving of such notice pursuant to Section
6(c)(iii)(D) hereof to and including the date when each selling Holder covered
by such Registration Statement shall have received the copies of the
supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 6(c)(xvi) hereof or
shall have received the Advice.
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SECTION 7. REGISTRATION EXPENSES
(a) All expenses incident to the Issuers' or the Guarantors' performance of
or compliance with this Agreement will be borne by the Issuers and the
Guarantors, regardless of whether a Registration Statement becomes effective,
including without limitation: (i) all registration and filing fees and expenses
(including filings made by the Initial Purchasers or any Holder with the NASD
(and, if applicable, the fees and expenses of any "qualified independent
underwriter" and its counsel that may be required by the rules and regulations
of the NASD)); (ii) all fees and expenses of compliance with federal securities
and state Blue Sky or securities laws; (iii) all expenses of printing (including
printing certificates for the Series B Notes to be issued in the Exchange Offer
and printing of Prospectuses), messenger and delivery services and telephone;
(iv) all fees and disbursements of counsel for the Issuers, the Guarantors and,
subject to Section 7(b) below, the Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities;
(v) all application and filing fees in connection with listing Notes on a
national securities exchange or automated quotation system pursuant to the
requirements hereof; and (vi) all fees and disbursements of independent
certified public accountants of the Issuers and the Guarantors (including the
expenses of any special audit and comfort letters required by or incident to
such performance).
The Issuers and the Guarantors will, in any event, bear their internal
expenses (including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of their
officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties), the expenses of
any annual audit and the fees and expenses of any Person, including special
experts, retained by the Issuers.
(b) In connection with any Registration Statement required by this
Agreement (including, without limitation, the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement and the Shelf Registration Statement), the Issuers and the Guarantors
will reimburse the Initial Purchasers and the Holders of Transfer Restricted
Securities being tendered in the Exchange Offer and/or resold pursuant to the
"Plan of Distribution" contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or
registered pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement, as applicable, for the
reasonable fees and disbursements of not more than one counsel, who shall be
Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx or such other counsel as may be chosen by the Holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Transfer Restricted Securities for
whose benefit such Registration Statement is being prepared.
SECTION 8. INDEMNIFICATION
(a) The Issuers and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, agree to
indemnify and hold harmless (i) each Holder, (ii) each person, if any, who
controls any Holder within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20(a)
of the Exchange Act and (iii) the respective officers, directors, partners,
employees, representatives and agents of each Holder or any controlling person
to the fullest extent lawful, from and against any and all losses, liabilities,
claims, damages and expenses whatsoever (including but not limited to attorneys'
fees and any and all expenses whatsoever incurred in investigating, preparing or
defending against any investigation or litigation, commenced or threatened, or
any claim whatsoever, and any and all amounts paid in settlement of any claim or
litigation), joint or several, to which they or any of them may become subject
under the Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses,
liabilities, claims, damages or expenses (or actions in respect thereof) arise
out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact contained in any Registration Statement or Prospectus, or in any
supplement thereto or amendment
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thereof, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to
state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading; provided, however, that the Issuers will not be liable in
any such case to the extent, but only to the extent, that any such loss,
liability, claim, damage or expense arises out of or is based upon any such
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission
made therein in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any
Holder furnished to the Issuers in writing by or on behalf of such Holder
expressly for use therein. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any
liability which the Issuers and the Guarantors may otherwise have, including,
under this Agreement.
(b) Each Holder, by its participation in the Exchange Offer or Shelf
Registration Statement, shall be deemed to acknowledge and agree, severally and
not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless (i) the Issuers and the Guarantors,
(ii) each person, if any, who controls the Issuers and the Guarantors within the
meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20(a) of the Exchange Act and (iii)
the respective officers, directors, advisors, partners, employees
representatives and agents of each of them, against any losses, liabilities,
claims, damages and expenses whatsoever (including but not limited to attorneys'
fees and any and all expenses whatsoever incurred in investigating, preparing or
defending against any investigation or litigation, commenced or threatened, or
any claim whatsoever and any and all amounts paid in settlement of any claim or
litigation), joint or several, to which they or any of them may become subject
under the Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses,
liabilities, claims, damages or expenses (or actions in respect thereof) arise
out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact contained in any Registration Statement or Prospectus, or in any
amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the
omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in each case to the
extent, but only to the extent, that any such loss, liability, claim, damage or
expense arises out of or is based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement or omission or alleged omission made therein in reliance upon and in
conformity with information relating to any Holder furnished to the Issuers in
writing by or on behalf of such Holder expressly for use therein; provided,
however, that in no case shall any Holder be liable or responsible for any
amount in excess of the dollar amount of the proceeds received by such Holder
upon the sale of the Notes giving rise to such indemnification obligation. This
indemnity will be in addition to any liability which any Holder may otherwise
have, including under this Agreement.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under subsection (a) or
(b) above of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party
shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying
party under such subsection, notify each party against whom indemnification is
to be sought in writing of the commencement thereof (but the failure so to
notify an indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability which it
may have under this Section 8 except to the extent that it has been prejudiced
in any material respect by such failure or from any liability which it may
otherwise have). In case any such action is brought against any indemnified
party, and it notifies an indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the
indemnifying party will be entitled to participate therein, and to the extent it
may elect by written notice delivered to the indemnified party promptly after
receiving the aforesaid notice from such indemnified party, to assume the
defense thereof with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the indemnified party or parties shall have the
right to employ its or their own counsel in any such case, but the fees and
expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such indemnified party or
parties unless (i) the employment of such counsel shall have been authorized in
writing by the indemnifying
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parties in connection with the defense of such action, (ii) the indemnifying
parties shall not have employed counsel to take charge of the defense of such
action within a reasonable time after notice of commencement of the action, or
(iii) such indemnified party or parties shall have reasonably concluded that
there may be defenses available to it or them which are different from or
additional to those available to one or all of the indemnifying parties (in
which case the indemnifying party or parties shall not have the right to direct
the defense of such action on behalf of the indemnified party or parties), in
any of which events such fees and expenses of counsel shall be borne by the
indemnifying parties; provided, however, that the indemnifying party under
subsection (a) or (b) above shall only be liable for the legal expenses of one
counsel (in addition to any local counsel) for all indemnified parties in each
jurisdiction in which any claim or action is brought. Anything in this
subsection to the contrary notwithstanding, an indemnifying party shall not be
liable for any settlement of any claim or action effected without its prior
written consent; provided, however, that such consent was not unreasonably
withheld.
(d) In order to provide for contribution in circumstances in which the
indemnification provided for in this Section 8 is for any reason held to be
unavailable from the Issuers and the Guarantors or is insufficient to hold
harmless a party indemnified hereunder, the Issuers and the Guarantors, on the
one hand, and each Holder (who shall be deemed to agree to these terms by its
participation in the Exchange Offer or the Shelf Registration Statement), on the
other hand, shall contribute to the aggregate losses, claims, damages,
liabilities and expenses of the nature contemplated by such indemnification
provision (including any investigation, legal and other expenses incurred in
connection with, and any amount paid in settlement of, any action, suit or
proceeding or any claims asserted, but after deducting in the case of losses,
claims, damages, liabilities and expenses suffered by the Issuers and the
Guarantors, any contribution received by the Issuers and the Guarantors from
persons, other than the Holders, who may also be liable for contribution,
including persons who control the Issuers and the Guarantors within the meaning
of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20(a) of the Exchange Act) to which the
Issuers, the Guarantors and such Holder may be subject, in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Issuers and the
Guarantors, on one hand, and such Holder, on the other hand, if such allocation
is not permitted by applicable law or indemnification is not available as a
result of the indemnifying party not having received notice as provided in this
Section 8, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative
benefits referred to above but also the relative fault of the Issuers and the
Guarantors, on the one hand, and such Holder, on the other hand, in connection
with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages,
liabilities or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations.
The relative benefits received by the Issuers and the Guarantors, on one hand,
and each Holder, on the other hand, shall be deemed to be in the same proportion
as (i) the total proceeds from the offering of the Notes (net of discounts but
before deducting expenses) received by the Issuers and the Guarantors and (ii)
the total proceeds received by such Holder upon the sale of the Notes giving
rise to such indemnification obligation. The relative fault of the Issuers and
the Guarantors, on the one hand, and of each Holder, on the other hand, shall be
determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state
a material fact relates to information supplied by the Issuers, the Guarantors
or such Holder and the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to
information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.
The Issuers, the Guarantors agree and the Holders shall be deemed to agree by
their participation in the Exchange Offer or the Shelf Registration Statement
that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section
8(d) were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation
which does not take into account the equitable considerations referred to above.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 8(d), (i) in no case shall any
Holder be required
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to contribute any amount in excess of the dollar amount by which the proceeds
received by such Holder upon the sale of the Notes exceeds the amount of any
damages which such Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such
untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission and (ii) no
person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section
11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not
guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes of this Section 8(d),
(A) each person, if any, who controls any Holder within the meaning of Section
15 of the Act or Section 20(a) of the Exchange Act and (B) the respective
officers, directors, partners, employees, representatives and agents of each
Holder or any controlling person shall have the same rights to contribution as
such Holder, and each person, if any, who controls the Issuers and the
Guarantors within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20(a) of the
Exchange Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the Issuers and the
Guarantors, subject in each case to clauses (i) and (ii) of this Section 8(d).
Any party entitled to contribution will, promptly after receipt of notice of
commencement of any action, suit or proceeding against such party in respect of
which a claim for contribution may be made against another party or parties
under this Section 8(d), notify such party or parties from whom contribution may
be sought, but the failure to so notify such party or parties shall not relieve
the party or parties from whom contribution may be sought from any obligation it
or they may have under this Section 8(d) or otherwise. No party shall be liable
for contribution with respect to any action or claim settled without its prior
written consent; provided, however, that such written consent was not
unreasonably withheld.
SECTION 9. RULE 144A
The Issuers and the Guarantors hereby agree with each Holder, for so long
as any Transfer Restricted Securities remain outstanding, to make available to
any Holder or beneficial owner of Transfer Restricted Securities in connection
with any sale thereof and any prospective purchaser of such Transfer Restricted
Securities from such Holder or beneficial owner, the information required by
Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Act in order to permit resales of such Transfer
Restricted Securities pursuant to Rule 144A.
SECTION 10. PARTICIPATION IN UNDERWRITTEN REGISTRATIONS
No Holder may participate in any Underwritten Registration hereunder unless
such Holder (a) agrees to sell such Holder's Transfer Restricted Securities on
the basis provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by the Persons
entitled hereunder to approve such arrangements and (b) completes and executes
all reasonable questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting
agreements, lock-up letters and other documents required under the terms of such
underwriting arrangements.
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SECTION 11. SELECTION OF UNDERWRITERS
The Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities covered by a Shelf
Registration Statement who desire to do so may sell such Transfer Restricted
Securities in an Underwritten Offering. In any such Underwritten Offering, the
investment banker or investment bankers and manager or managers that will
administer the offering will be selected by the Holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Transfer Restricted Securities included in
such offering; provided, that such investment bankers and managers must be
reasonably satisfactory to the Issuers.
SECTION 12. MISCELLANEOUS
(a) Remedies. The Issuers and the Guarantors agree that monetary damages
(including the liquidated damages contemplated hereby) would not be adequate
compensation for any loss incurred by reason of a breach by it of the provisions
of this Agreement and hereby agree to waive the defense in any action for
specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate.
(b) No Inconsistent Agreements. The Issuers and the Guarantors will not, on
or after the date of this Agreement, enter into any agreement with respect to
their respective securities that is inconsistent with the rights granted to the
Holders in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof.
Neither of the Issuers nor any of the Guarantors has previously entered into any
agreement granting any registration rights with respect to its securities to any
Person. The rights granted to the Holders hereunder do not in any way conflict
with and are not inconsistent with the rights granted to the holders of the
Issuers' securities under any agreement in effect on the date hereof.
(c) Adjustments Affecting the Notes. Neither of the Issuers nor any
Guarantor will take any action, or permit any change to occur, with respect to
the Notes that would materially and adversely affect the ability of the Holders
to Consummate any Exchange Offer.
(d) Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement may not be
amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to or departures from
the provisions hereof may not be given unless the Issuers have obtained the
written consent of Holders of a majority of the outstanding principal amount of
Transfer Restricted Securities. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a waiver or
consent to departure from the provisions hereof that relates exclusively to the
rights of Holders whose securities are being tendered pursuant to the Exchange
Offer and that does not affect directly or indirectly the rights of other
Holders whose securities are not being tendered pursuant to such Exchange Offer
may be given by the Holders of a majority of the outstanding principal amount of
Transfer Restricted Securities being tendered or registered.
(e) Notices. All notices and other communications provided for or permitted
hereunder shall be made in writing by hand-delivery, first-class mail
(registered or certified, return receipt requested), telex, telecopier, or air
courier guaranteeing overnight delivery:
(i) if to a Holder, at the address set forth on the records of the
Registrar under the Indenture, with a copy to the Registrar under the
Indenture; and
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(ii) if to the Issuers or any of the Guarantors:
Production Resource Group, L.L.C.
000 Xxxxxx Xxxx Xxxx
Xxx Xxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Telecopy No.: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
With copies to:
Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx L.L.P.
0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Telecopy No.: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Esq.
All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly
given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five business
days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when
answered back, if telexed; when receipt acknowledged, if telecopied; and on the
next business day, if timely delivered to an air courier guaranteeing overnight
delivery.
Copies of all such notices, demands or other communications shall be
concurrently delivered by the Person giving the same to the Trustee at the
address specified in the Indenture.
(f) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of
and be binding upon the successors and assigns of each of the parties, including
without limitation and without the need for an express assignment, subsequent
Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities; 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 acquired
Transfer Restricted Securities from such Holder.
(g) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which
when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken
together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
(h) Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of
reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
(i) Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE
CONFLICT OF LAW RULES THEREOF.
(j) Severability. In the event that any one or more of the provisions
contained herein, or the application thereof in any circumstance, is held
invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of
any such provision in every other respect and of the remaining provisions
contained herein shall not be affected or impaired thereby.
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(k) Entire Agreement. This Agreement, together with the other Operative
Documents (as defined in the Purchase Agreement), is intended by the parties as
a final expression of their agreement and intended to be a complete and
exclusive statement of the agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in
respect of the subject matter contained herein. There are no restrictions,
promises, warranties or undertakings, other than those set forth or referred to
herein with respect to the registration rights granted by the Issuers with
respect to the Transfer Restricted Securities. This Agreement supersedes all
prior agreements and understandings between the parties with respect to such
subject matter.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date
first written above.
PRODUCTION RESOURCE GROUP, L.L.C.
By: ____________________________
Name:
Title:
PRG FINANCE CORPORATION
By: ____________________________
Name:
Title:
PRG PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT LLC
By: ____________________________
Name:
Title:
ECTS, A SCENIC TECHNOLOGY COMPANY, INC.
By: ____________________________
Name:
Title:
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SHOWPAY, L.L.C.
By: ____________________________
Name:
Title:
ATTRACTION MANAGEMENT LLC
By: ____________________________
Name:
Title:
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BEAR, XXXXXXX & XX.XXX.
By:_________________________________
Name:
Title:
BT ALEX. XXXXX INCORPORATED
By:_________________________________
Name:
Title:
XXXXXX XXXXXXX & CO. INCORPORATED
By:_________________________________
Name:
Title:
BNY CAPITAL MARKETS, INC.
By:_________________________________
Name:
Title:
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