ALTRA HOLDINGS, INC. 81/8% Senior Secured Notes due 2016 REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
Exhibit 4.3
$210,000,000
ALTRA
HOLDINGS, INC.
81/8% Senior
Secured Notes due 2016
November 25, 2009
XXXXXXXXX & COMPANY, INC.
as representative of the
Initial Purchasers named on
Schedule I to the Purchase Agreement
Initial Purchasers named on
Schedule I to the Purchase Agreement
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Altra Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
“Company”), is issuing and selling to
Xxxxxxxxx & Company, Inc. and the other initial
purchasers listed on Schedule I to the Purchase Agreement
(as defined below) (collectively, the “Initial
Purchasers”), upon the terms set forth in the Purchase
Agreement, dated November 16, 2009, by and among the
Company, the Initial Purchasers and the guarantors named therein
(the “Purchase Agreement”), $210,000,000
aggregate principal amount of
81/8% Senior
Secured Notes due 2016 issued by the Company (each, together
with the related guarantees, a “Note” and
collectively, the “Notes”). As an inducement to
the Initial Purchasers to enter into the Purchase Agreement, the
Company and the Guarantors (as defined below) agree with the
Initial Purchasers, for the benefit of the Holders (as defined
below) of the Notes (including, without limitation, the Initial
Purchasers), as follows:
1. | Definitions |
Capitalized terms that are used herein without definition and
are defined in the Purchase Agreement shall have the respective
meanings ascribed to them in the Purchase Agreement. As used in
this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following
meanings:
Additional Interest: See
Section 4(a).
Advice: See Section 5(w).
Agreement: This Registration Rights Agreement,
dated as of the Closing Date, among the Company, the Guarantors
party hereto and the Initial Purchasers.
Applicable Period: See
Section 2(e).
Blackout Period: See Section 3(e).
Business Day: A day that is not a Saturday, a
Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in the City of New
York are authorized or required by law or executive order to be
closed.
Closing Date: November 25, 2009.
Collateral Documents: Has the meaning set
forth in the Indenture.
Company: See the introductory paragraph to
this Agreement.
Effectiveness Date: The 210th day
following the date that the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement is filed with the SEC.
Effectiveness Period: See
Section 3(a).
Exchange Act: The Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC
promulgated thereunder.
Exchange Notes: Senior Secured Notes due 2016
of the Company registered under the Securities Act, identical in
all material respects to the Notes, including the guarantees
relating thereto, except for restrictive legends and Additional
Interest provisions.
Exchange Offer: See Section 2(a).
Exchange Offer Registration Statement: See
Section 2(a).
Filing Date: The 90th day after the
Closing Date, or if such date is not a Business Day, the next
succeeding Business Day.
FINRA: Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.
Guarantors: Each subsidiary of the Company
that guarantees the obligations of the Company under the Notes
and the Indenture.
Holder: Any beneficial holder of Registrable
Notes.
Indemnified Party: See
Section 7(c).
Indemnifying Party: See
Section 7(c).
Indenture: The Indenture, dated as of the
Closing Date, among the Company, the Guarantors and the Bank of
New York Mellon, as trustee, pursuant to which the Notes are
being issued, as amended or supplemented from time to time in
accordance with the terms thereof.
Initial Purchasers: See the introductory
paragraph to this Agreement.
Initial Shelf Registration Statement: See
Section 3(a).
Inspectors: See Section 5(o).
Lien: Has the meaning set forth in the
Indenture.
Losses: See Section 7(a).
Maximum Contribution Amount: See
Section 7(d).
Notes: See the introductory paragraph to this
Agreement.
Participating Broker-Dealer: See
Section 2(e).
Person: An individual, trustee, corporation,
partnership, limited liability company, joint stock company,
trust, unincorporated association, union, business association,
firm, government or agency or political subdivision thereof, or
other legal entity.
Private Exchange: See Section 2(f).
Private Exchange Notes: See Section 2(f).
Prospectus: The prospectus included in any
Registration Statement (including, without limitation, a
prospectus that discloses information previously omitted from a
prospectus filed as part of an effective registration statement
in reliance upon Rule 430A promulgated under the Securities
Act), as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement,
with respect to the terms of the offering of any portion of the
Registrable Notes covered by such Registration Statement, and
all other amendments and supplements to the Prospectus,
including post-effective amendments, and all material
incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by
reference in such Prospectus.
Purchase Agreement: See the introductory
paragraph to this Agreement.
Records: See Section 5(o).
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Registration Default: See
Section 4(a).
Registrable Notes: Notes and Private Exchange
Notes, until they have been sold, exchanged or transferred
pursuant to an effective Registration Statement or are eligible
to be sold pursuant to Rule 144 (or any similar provision
then in force, but not Rule 144A) without restriction under
the Securities Act.
Registration Statement: Any registration
statement of the Company and the Guarantors filed with the SEC
under the Securities Act (including, but not limited to, the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement, the Shelf Registration
Statement and any Subsequent Shelf Registration Statement) that
covers any of the Registrable Notes pursuant to the provisions
of this Agreement, including the Prospectus, amendments and
supplements to such registration statement, including
post-effective amendments, all exhibits and all material
incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by
reference in such registration statement.
Rule 144: Rule 144 promulgated under
the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to
time, or any similar rule (other than Rule 144A) or
regulation hereafter adopted by the SEC providing for offers and
sales of securities made in compliance therewith resulting in
offers and sales by subsequent holders that are not affiliates
of an issuer of such securities being free of the registration
and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act.
Rule 144A: Rule 144A promulgated
under the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time
to time, or any similar rule (other than Rule 144) or
regulation hereafter adopted by the SEC.
Rule 415: Rule 415 promulgated under
the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to
time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the
SEC.
Rule 430A: Rule 430A promulgated
under the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time
to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by
the SEC.
SEC: The United States Securities and Exchange
Commission.
Securities: The Notes, the Exchange Notes and
the Private Exchange Notes.
Securities Act: The Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated
thereunder.
Shelf Notice: See Section 2(i).
Shelf Registration Statement: The Initial
Shelf Registration Statement and any Subsequent Shelf
Registration Statement.
Subsequent Shelf Registration Statement: See
Section 3(b).
TIA: The Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended.
Trustee: The trustee under the Indenture and,
if existent, the trustee under any indenture governing the
Exchange Notes and Private Exchange Notes (if any).
Underwritten Registration or Underwritten
Offering: A registration in which securities of
the Company are sold to an underwriter for reoffering to the
public.
2. | Exchange Offer |
(a) Unless the Exchange Offer would not be permitted by
applicable laws or a policy of the SEC, the Company shall (and
shall cause each Guarantor to) (i) use commercially
reasonable efforts to no later than the Filing Date, prepare and
file with the SEC a registration statement (the
“Exchange Offer Registration Statement”) on an
appropriate form under the Securities Act with respect to an
offer (the “Exchange Offer”) to exchange the
Notes for Exchange Notes guaranteed by the Guarantors which
shall have terms substantially identical in all material
respects to the Notes, (ii) use all commercially reasonable
efforts to cause the Exchange Offer Registration Statement to
become effective no later than the Effectiveness Date,
(iii) use all commercially reasonable efforts to keep the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement effective until the
consummation of the Exchange Offer in accordance with its terms,
and (iv) commence the Exchange Offer and use all
commercially reasonable efforts to issue, on or prior to
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30 Business Days after the date that the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC (or such
longer period if required by applicable securities laws),
Exchange Notes in exchange for all Notes tendered prior thereto
in the Exchange Offer. The Exchange Offer shall not be subject
to any conditions, other than that the Exchange Offer does not
violate applicable law or any applicable interpretation of the
staff of the SEC.
(b) The Exchange Notes and the Private Exchange Notes shall
be issued under, and entitled to the benefits of, the Indenture
or a trust indenture that is identical to the Indenture (other
than such changes as are necessary to comply with any
requirements of the SEC to effect or maintain the qualifications
thereof under the TIA), which in either case will provide that
(i) the Exchange Notes will not be subject to the
registration rights, transfer restrictions or Additional
Interest provisions set forth in the Indenture, (ii) the
Private Exchange Notes will be subject to the transfer
restrictions set forth in the Indenture and (iii) the
Exchange Notes, the Private Exchange Notes and the Notes, if
any, will be deemed one class of security (subject to the
provisions of the Indenture) and entitled to participate in all
the security granted by the Company pursuant to the Collateral
Documents (to the extent provided therein) and in any Guarantee
(as such terms are defined in the Indenture) on an equal and
ratable basis.
(c) Interest on the Exchange Notes and Private Exchange
Notes will accrue from (i) the later of (x) the last
interest payment date on which interest was paid on the Notes
surrendered in exchange therefor or (y) if the Note is
surrendered for exchange on a date in a period which includes
the record date for an interest payment date to occur on or
after the date of such exchange and as to which interest will be
paid, the date of such interest payment date or (ii) if no
interest has been paid on the Notes, from the Closing Date. Each
Exchange Note and Private Exchange Note shall bear interest at
the rate set forth thereon.
(d) The Company may require each Holder as a condition to
participation in the Exchange Offer to represent to the Company
that at the time of the commencement and consummation of the
Exchange Offer, (i) any Exchange Notes received by such
Holder will be acquired in the ordinary course of its business,
(ii) such Holder has not entered into any arrangement or
understanding with any Person to participate in the distribution
(within the meaning of the Securities Act) of the Exchange Notes
in violation of the provisions of the Securities Act,
(iii) such Holder is not an “affiliate” (as
defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act) of the Company
or if such Holder is an affiliate such Holder will comply with
the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the
Securities Act to the extent applicable, (iv) if such
Holder is not a broker-dealer, that it is not engaged in, and
does not intend to engage in, the distribution of the Exchange
Notes and (v) if such Holder is a Participating
Broker-Dealer that will receive Exchange Notes for its own
account in exchange for Notes that were acquired as a result of
market-making or other trading activities, that it will deliver
a Prospectus in connection with any resale of the Exchange Notes.
(e) The Company shall (and shall cause each Guarantor to)
include within the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement a section entitled “Plan of
Distribution” reasonably acceptable to the Initial
Purchasers which shall contain all of the information that the
SEC may require with respect to the potential
“underwriter” status of any broker-dealer that is the
beneficial owner (as defined in
Rule 13d-3
under the Exchange Act) of Exchange Notes received by such
broker-dealer in the Exchange Offer for its own account in
exchange for Notes that were acquired by it as a result of
market-making activities or other trading activities (a
“Participating Broker-Dealer”), whether such
positions or policies have been publicly disseminated by the
staff of the SEC or such positions or policies, in the judgment
of the Initial Purchasers, represent the prevailing views of the
staff of the SEC. Such “Plan of Distribution” section
shall also allow, to the extent permitted by applicable policies
and regulations of the SEC, the use of the Prospectus by all
Persons subject to the prospectus delivery requirements of the
Securities Act, including, to the extent so permitted, all
Participating Broker-Dealers, and include a statement describing
the manner in which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the
Exchange Notes. The Company shall use all commercially
reasonable efforts to keep the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement effective and to amend and supplement the Prospectus
contained therein, in order to permit such Prospectus to be
lawfully delivered by all Persons subject to the prospectus
delivery requirements of the Securities Act for such period of
time as such Persons must comply with such requirements in order
to resell the Exchange Notes; provided that such period shall
not exceed the lesser of 180 days and the date on which all
persons subject to the prospectus delivery requirements of the
Securities Act have sold all Exchange Notes held by them (the
“Applicable Period”).
(f) If, upon consummation of the Exchange Offer, the
Initial Purchasers hold any Notes acquired by them and having
the status of an unsold allotment in the initial distribution,
the Company (upon the written request from an
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Initial Purchaser) shall, simultaneously with the delivery of
the Exchange Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer, issue and
deliver to such Initial Purchaser in exchange (the
“Private Exchange”) for the Notes held by such
Initial Purchaser, a like principal amount of debt securities of
the Company, including guarantees relating thereto (issued under
the same Indenture as the Exchange Notes) that are identical in
all material respects to the Exchange Notes except for the
existence of restrictions on transfer thereof under the
Securities Act and securities laws of the several states of the
United States (the “Private Exchange Notes”).
The Private Exchange Notes shall bear the same CUSIP number as
the Exchange Notes.
(g) In connection with the Exchange Offer, the Company
shall (and shall cause each Guarantor to):
(i) mail or cause to be mailed to each Holder a copy of the
Prospectus forming part of the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement, together with an appropriate letter of transmittal
(substantially in the form attached as an exhibit to the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement) and any related documents;
(ii) keep the Exchange Offer open for not less than 20
Business Days (or longer if required by applicable law) after
the date notice thereof is mailed to the Holders;
(iii) utilize the services of a depository for the Exchange
Offer with an address in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of
New York, which may be the Trustee or an affiliate thereof;
(iv) permit Holders to withdraw tendered Registrable Notes
at any time prior to the close of business, New York time, on
the last Business Day on which the Exchange Offer shall remain
open; and
(v) otherwise comply in all material respects with all
applicable laws.
(h) Promptly after the close of the Exchange Offer or the
Private Exchange, as the case may be, the Company shall (and
shall cause each Guarantor to):
(i) accept for exchange all Registrable Notes validly
tendered and not validly withdrawn pursuant to the Exchange
Offer or the Private Exchange, as the case may be;
(ii) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation all Registrable Notes so accepted for
exchange; and
(iii) cause the Trustee to authenticate and deliver
promptly to each Holder tendering such Registrable Notes,
Exchange Notes or Private Exchange Notes, as the case may be,
equal in principal amount to the Notes of such Holder so
accepted for exchange; provided, that, in the case of any Notes
held in global form by a depositary, authentication and delivery
to such depositary of one or more replacement Notes in global
form in an equivalent principal amount thereto for the account
of such Holders in accordance with the Indenture shall satisfy
such authentication and delivery requirement.
(i) If (i) any change in law or in applicable
interpretations thereof by the staff of the SEC would not permit
the consummation of the Exchange Offer, (ii) the Exchange
Offer is not consummated within 30 Business Days after the
Effectiveness Date, (iii) the Initial Purchaser so requests
with respect to the Notes (or the Private Exchange Notes) not
eligible to be exchanged for Exchange Notes in the Exchange
Offer and held by it following consummation of the Exchange
Offer, or (iv) in the case of (A) any Holder
prohibited by law or SEC policy from participating in the
Exchange Offer, (B) any Holder that may not resell the
Exchange Notes acquired by it in the Exchange Offer to the
public without delivering a prospectus and the prospectus
contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is not
appropriate or available for such resales (other than due solely
to the status of such Holder as an affiliate of the Company
within the meaning of rule 405 of the Securities Act) or
(C) any Participating Broker-Dealer holds Notes acquired
directly from the Company or one of its affiliates, and in each
case contemplated by clause (iii) or (iv) above, such
Initial Purchaser or such Holder notifies the Company in writing
thereof prior to 20 Business Days following consummation of the
Exchange Offer, then in each case the Company shall promptly
(and in any event within five Business Days of such
notification) deliver to the Holders and the Trustee notice
thereof (the “Shelf Notice”) and shall as
promptly as practicable and at its sole expense file an Initial
Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to Section 3
hereof.
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3. | Shelf Registration |
If a Shelf Notice is delivered pursuant to
Section 2(i), then this Section 3 shall
apply to all Registrable Notes. Otherwise, upon consummation of
the Exchange Offer in accordance with Section 2, the
provisions of this Section 3 shall apply solely with
respect to (i) Notes held by any Holder thereof not
permitted to participate in the Exchange Offer,
(ii) Private Exchange Notes, and (iii) Exchange Notes
that are not freely tradable as contemplated by
Section 2(i)(iv)(B) hereof, provided in each case
that the relevant Holder has duly notified the Company within 20
Business Days of the Exchange Offer as required by
Section 2(i)(iv) hereof.
(a) Initial Shelf
Registration. The Company shall, and shall
cause each Guarantor to, use all commercially reasonable efforts
to file with the SEC a Registration Statement for an offering to
be made on a continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 covering
all of the Registrable Notes (the “Initial Shelf
Registration Statement”) within 45 days of the
delivery of the Shelf Notice and shall (and shall cause each
Guarantor to) use all commercially reasonable efforts to cause
such Initial Shelf Registration Statement to be declared
effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable
thereafter (but in no event more than 90 days after
delivery of the Shelf Notice); provided, however,
that if the Company (and each Guarantor) has not filed an
Exchange Offer Registration Statement prior to the delivery of
the Shelf Notice, then the Company shall use all commercially
reasonable efforts to file (and shall cause each Guarantor to
file) with the SEC the Initial Shelf Registration Statement on
or prior to the Filing Date and shall use all commercially
reasonable efforts to cause such Initial Shelf Registration
Statement to be declared effective under the Securities Act on
or prior to the Effectiveness Date. The Initial Shelf
Registration Statement shall be on
Form S-1
or another appropriate form permitting registration of such
Registrable Notes for resale by Holders in the manner or manners
reasonably designated by them (including, without limitation,
one or more Underwritten Offerings). The Company and Guarantors
shall not permit any securities other than the Registrable Notes
to be included in any Shelf Registration Statement. The Company
shall (and shall cause each Guarantor to) use all commercially
reasonable efforts to keep the Initial Shelf Registration
Statement continuously effective under the Securities Act until
the earlier of two years from the Closing Date or such shorter
period ending when (i) all Registrable Notes covered by
such Shelf Registration Statement cease to be Registrable Notes,
(ii) all Registrable Notes covered by the Initial Shelf
Registration Statement have been sold in the manner set forth
and as contemplated in the Initial Shelf Registration Statement,
(iii) a Subsequent Shelf Registration Statement covering
all of the Registrable Notes covered by and not sold under the
Initial Shelf Registration Statement or an earlier Subsequent
Shelf Registration Statement has been declared effective under
the Securities Act, or (iv) there cease to be any
outstanding Registrable Notes.
(b) Subsequent Shelf
Registrations. If the Initial Shelf
Registration Statement or any Subsequent Shelf Registration
Statement ceases to be effective for any reason at any time
during the Effectiveness Period (other than during a Blackout
Period or because of the sale of all of the Securities
registered thereunder), the Company shall (and shall cause each
Guarantor to) use all commercially reasonable efforts to obtain
the prompt withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness
thereof, and in any event shall within 30 days of such
cessation of effectiveness amend such Shelf Registration
Statement in a manner designed to obtain the withdrawal of the
order suspending the effectiveness thereof, or file (and cause
each Guarantor to file) an additional “shelf”
registration statement pursuant to Rule 415 covering all of
the Registrable Notes covered by and not sold under the Initial
Shelf Registration Statement or any earlier Registration
Statement (a “Subsequent Shelf Registration
Statement”). If a Subsequent Shelf Registration
Statement is filed, the Company shall (and shall cause each
Guarantor to) use all commercially reasonable efforts to cause
the Subsequent Shelf Registration Statement to be declared
effective as soon as practicable after such filing and to keep
such Subsequent Shelf Registration Statement continuously
effective for a period equal to the number of days in the
Effectiveness Period less the aggregate number of days during
which the Initial Shelf Registration Statement or any Subsequent
Shelf Registration Statement was previously continuously
effective.
(c) Supplements and
Amendments. The Company shall promptly amend
any Shelf Registration Statement
and/or amend
or supplement the Prospectus constituting a part thereof if
required by the rules, regulations or instructions applicable to
the registration form used for such Shelf Registration
Statement, if required by the Securities Act, or if reasonably
requested in writing by the Holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Registrable Notes covered by such Shelf
Registration Statement or by any underwriter of such Registrable
Notes.
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(d) Provision of Information. No
Holder shall be entitled to include any of its Registrable Notes
in any Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to this Agreement
unless such Holder furnishes to the Company and the Trustee in
writing, within 20 days after receipt of a written request
therefor, such information as the Company or the Trustee, after
conferring with counsel with regard to information relating to
Holders that would be required by the SEC to be included in such
Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus included therein, may
reasonably request for inclusion in any Shelf Registration
Statement or Prospectus included therein, and no such Holder
shall be entitled to Additional Interest pursuant to
Section 4 hereof unless and until such Holder shall
have provided such information.
(e) Blackout
Periods. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained in this Agreement, upon notice to Holders,
the Company may suspend use of the Prospectus included in any
Shelf Registration Statement in the event that and for a period
of time (a “Blackout Period”) not to exceed an
aggregate of 90 days in any
12-month
period if the board of directors of the Company determines in
good faith that (1) the disclosure of an event, occurrence
or other item at such time could reasonably be expected to have
a material adverse effect on the business, operations or
prospects of the Company and the Guarantors, taken as a whole,
or (2) the disclosure otherwise relates to a material
business transaction which has not been publicly disclosed and
that any such disclosure would jeopardize the success of the
transaction or that disclosure of the transaction is prohibited
pursuant to the terms thereof. The cumulative Blackout Periods
in any
12-month
period commencing on the Closing Date may not exceed an
aggregate of 90 days during any
12-month
period. The Company may exercise its rights pursuant to this
Section 3(e) twice during any
12-month
period, and then only as to separate events.
4. | Additional Interest |
(a) The Company and each Guarantor acknowledges and agrees
that the Holders of Registrable Notes will suffer damages if the
Company or any Guarantor fails to fulfill its material
obligations under Section 2 or Section 3 hereof and
that it would not be feasible to ascertain the extent of such
damages with precision. Accordingly, the Company and the
Guarantors agree to pay additional cash interest on the Notes
(“Additional Interest”) under the circumstances
and to the extent set forth below (each event described in
clauses (i) through (iii) below, a
“Registration Default” and each of which shall
be given independent effect):
(i) if (A) neither the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement nor the Initial Shelf Registration Statement has been
filed with the SEC on or prior to the Filing Date or
(B) notwithstanding that the Company has consummated or
will consummate an Exchange Offer, the Company is required to
file a Shelf Registration Statement and such Shelf Registration
Statement is not filed on or prior to the date required by this
Agreement, then, commencing on the day after either such
required filing date, Additional Interest shall accrue on the
Notes over and above any stated interest at a rate of 0.25% per
annum of the principal amount at maturity of such Notes for the
first 90 days immediately following such filing date, such
Additional Interest rate increasing by an additional 0.25% per
annum at the beginning of each subsequent
90-day
period, subject to the provisos in the last sentence of this
paragraph;
(ii) if (A) neither the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement nor the Initial Shelf Registration Statement is
declared effective by the SEC on or prior to the Effectiveness
Date, or (B) notwithstanding that the Company has
consummated or will consummate an Exchange Offer, the Company is
required to file a Shelf Registration Statement and such Shelf
Registration Statement is not declared effective by the SEC on
or prior to the 90th day following the date such Shelf
Registration Statement was filed, then, commencing on the day
after either such required effective date, Additional Interest
shall accrue on the Notes over and above any stated interest at
a rate of 0.25% per annum of the principal amount at maturity of
such Notes for the first 90 days immediately following such
effective date, such Additional Interest rate increasing by an
additional 0.25% per annum at the beginning of each subsequent
90-day
period, subject to the provisos in the last sentence of this
paragraph;
(iii) if (A) the Company (and any Guarantor) has not
exchanged Exchange Notes for all Notes validly tendered in
accordance with the terms of the Exchange Offer on or prior to
30 Business Days after the Effectiveness Date, (B) the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement ceases to be effective any
time prior to the consummation of the Exchange Offer,
(C) if applicable, a Shelf Registration Statement has been
declared effective and such Shelf Registration Statement ceases
to be effective at any time prior to the earlier of the time
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when all Registrable Notes cease to be Registrable Notes or the
second anniversary of the Closing Date (other than during a
Blackout Period or after such time as all Notes have been
disposed of thereunder), or (D) the Company issues a valid
notice to suspend the use of the Prospectus included in any
Shelf Registration Statement and such suspension, when taken
together with all other suspensions, if any (but solely to the
extent not concurrent), during any 12 month period exceeds
90 days, then, in each case, Additional Interest shall
accrue on the Notes over and above any stated interest at a rate
of 0.25% per annum of the principal amount of such Notes for the
first 90 days commencing on (x) the 31st Business
Day after the Effectiveness Date, in the case of clause (A)
above, (y) the day such Exchange Offer Registration
Statement or a Shelf Registration Statement ceases to be
effective or useable, in the case of clause (B) or
(C) above, as applicable or (z) the day the Prospectus
in any Shelf Registration Statement ceases to be useable, (in
the case of clause (D) above, such Additional Interest rate
increasing by an additional 0.25% per annum at the beginning of
each subsequent
90-day
period;
provided, however, that Additional Interest will
not accrue under more than one of the foregoing clauses (i)
through (iii) at any one time; provided
further, however, that the amount of Additional
Interest accruing on the Notes shall not exceed at any one time
in the aggregate 1.0% per annum; and provided
further, however, that (1) upon the filing of
the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or Initial Shelf
Registration Statement (in the case of clause (i) above),
(2) upon the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement or Shelf Registration Statement (in the
case of clause (ii) above), (3) upon the exchange of
Exchange Notes for all Notes tendered (in the case of clause
(iii)(A) above), (4) upon the effectiveness of the Exchange
Offer Registration Statement or a Shelf Registration Statement,
as the case may be, which had ceased to remain effective (in the
case of clauses (iii)(B) or (iii)(C) above), or (5) upon
the day the Prospectus in any Shelf Registration Statement the
use of which was previously suspended may be used again (in the
case of clause (iii)(D) above), Additional Interest on the Notes
as a result of such clause (or the relevant subclause thereof),
as the case may be, shall cease to accrue. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, (x) the amount of Additional Interest payable
shall not increase because more than one Registration Default
has occurred and is pending, and (y) Additional Interest
shall be payable for Registration Defaults related to a failure
of the Company to cause a Shelf Registration Statement to be
declared effective only to those Holders who sought to have
their Registrable Notes registered pursuant to
Section 3 hereof. Additional Interest pursuant to
this Section 4 constitutes liquidated damages with
respect to a Registration Default and shall be the exclusive
monetary remedy available to the Holders with respect to a
Registration Default.
(b) The Company shall notify the Trustee within three
Business Days after each and every date on which a Registration
Default occurs in respect of which Additional Interest is
required to be paid. Any amounts of Additional Interest due
pursuant to clause (a)(i), (a)(ii) or (a)(iii) of this
Section 4 will be payable in cash, on the dates and
in the manner provided in the Indenture for interest payments on
the Notes and whether or not any cash interest would then be
payable on such date, commencing with the first such semi-annual
date occurring after any such Additional Interest commences to
accrue. The amount of Additional Interest will be determined by
multiplying the applicable Additional Interest rate by the
principal amount of the Notes, multiplied by a fraction, the
numerator of which is the number of days such Additional
Interest rate was applicable during such period (determined on
the basis of a
360-day year
comprised of twelve
30-day
months and, in the case of a partial month, the actual number of
days elapsed), and the denominator of which is 360.
5. | Registration Procedures |
In connection with the filing of any Registration Statement
pursuant to Sections 2 or 3 hereof, the
Company shall (and shall cause each Guarantor to) effect such
registrations to permit the sale of such Securities covered
thereby in accordance with the intended method or methods of
disposition thereof, and pursuant thereto and in connection with
any Registration Statement filed by the Company hereunder, the
Company shall (and shall cause each Guarantor to):
(a) Prepare and file with the SEC on or prior to the Filing
Date, the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or, if the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement is not filed because of
the circumstances contemplated by Section 2(i), a
Shelf Registration Statement as prescribed by
Section 3, and use all commercially reasonable
efforts to cause each such Registration Statement to become
effective and remain effective as provided herein; provided
that, if (i) a Shelf Registration Statement is filed
pursuant to Section 3 or
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(ii) a Prospectus contained in an Exchange Offer
Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2
is required to be delivered under the Securities Act by any
Participating Broker-Dealer who seeks to sell Exchange Notes
during the Applicable Period, before filing any Registration
Statement or Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto
the Company shall (and shall cause each Guarantor to), if
requested, furnish at no charge to Holders of the Registrable
Notes to be registered pursuant to such Shelf Registration
Statement, each Participating Broker-Dealer, the managing
underwriters, if any, and each of their respective counsel, a
reasonable opportunity to review copies of all such documents
(including copies of any documents to be incorporated by
reference therein and all exhibits thereto) proposed to be filed
(in each case at least five Business Days prior to such filing).
The Company and each Guarantor shall not (and shall not allow
any of the other Guarantors to) file any such Registration
Statement or Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto
in respect of which the Holders must provide information for the
inclusion therein without the Holders being afforded an
opportunity to review such documentation if the Holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Registrable Notes
covered by such Registration Statement, or any such
Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, or the managing
underwriters, if any, or any of their respective counsel shall
reasonably object in writing on a timely basis. A Holder 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 an untrue
statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or fails
to comply with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act.
(b) Provide an indenture trustee for the Registrable Notes,
the Exchange Notes or the Private Exchange Notes, as the case
may be, and cause the Indenture (or other indenture relating to
the Registrable Notes) to be qualified under the TIA not later
than the effective date of the first Registration Statement; and
in connection therewith, to effect such changes to such
indenture as may be required for such indenture to be so
qualified in accordance with the terms of the TIA; and execute,
and use all commercially reasonable efforts to cause such
trustee to execute, all documents as may be required to effect
such changes, and all other forms and documents required to be
filed with the SEC to enable such indenture to be so qualified
in a timely manner.
(c) Other than during a Blackout Period, prepare and file
with the SEC such pre-effective amendments and post-effective
amendments to each Shelf Registration Statement or Exchange
Offer Registration Statement, as the case may be, as may be
necessary to keep such Registration Statement continuously
effective for the Effectiveness Period or the Applicable Period,
as the case may be; cause the related Prospectus to be
supplemented by any Prospectus supplement required by applicable
law, and as so supplemented to be filed pursuant to
Rule 424 (or any similar provisions then in force)
promulgated under the Securities Act; and comply with the
provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act applicable
to them with respect to the disposition of all securities
covered by such Registration Statement as so amended or in such
Prospectus as so supplemented and with respect to the subsequent
resale of any securities being sold by a Participating
Broker-Dealer covered by any such Prospectus. The Company and
each Guarantor shall not (and shall not allow any other
Guarantor to), during the Applicable Period, voluntarily take
any action that would result in selling Holders of the
Registrable Notes covered by a Registration Statement or
Participating Broker-Dealers seeking to sell Exchange Notes not
being able to sell such Registrable Notes or such Exchange Notes
during that period, unless such action is required by applicable
law, rule or regulation or permitted by this Agreement.
(d) Furnish to such selling Holders and Participating
Broker-Dealers who so request in writing (i) upon the
Company’s receipt, a copy of the order of the SEC declaring
such Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment
thereto effective, (ii) such reasonable number of copies of
such Registration Statement and of each amendment and supplement
thereto (in each case including any documents incorporated
therein by reference and all exhibits), (iii) such
reasonable number of copies of the Prospectus included in such
Registration Statement (including each preliminary Prospectus)
and each amendment and supplement thereto, and such reasonable
number of copies of the final Prospectus as filed by the Company
and each Guarantor pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the
Securities Act, in conformity with the requirements of the
Securities Act and each amendment and supplement thereto, and
(iv) such other documents (including any amendments
required to be filed pursuant to clause (c) of this
Section 5), as any such Person may reasonably
request in writing. The Company and the Guarantors hereby
consent to the use of the Prospectus by each of the selling
Holders of Registrable Notes or each such Participating
Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, and the underwriters or
agents,
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if any, and dealers, if any, in connection with the offering and
sale of the Registrable Notes covered by, or the sale by
Participating Broker-Dealers of the Exchange Notes pursuant to,
such Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto.
(e) If (1) a Shelf Registration Statement is filed
pursuant to Section 3, or (2) a Prospectus
contained in an Exchange Offer Registration Statement filed
pursuant to Section 2 is required to be delivered
under the Securities Act by any Participating Broker-Dealer who
seeks to sell Exchange Notes during the Applicable Period
relating thereto, the Company shall notify in writing the
selling Holders of Registrable Notes, or each such Participating
Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, and the managing
underwriters, if any, promptly (but in any event within two
Business Days) (i) when a Prospectus or any Prospectus
supplement or post-effective amendment has been filed, and, with
respect to a Registration Statement or any post-effective
amendment, when the same has become effective (including in such
notice a written statement that any Holder may, upon request,
obtain, without charge, one conformed copy of such Registration
Statement or post-effective amendment including financial
statements and schedules, documents incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference and exhibits), (ii) of the
issuance by the SEC of any stop order suspending the
effectiveness of a Registration Statement or of any order
preventing or suspending the use of any Prospectus or the
initiation of any proceedings for that purpose, (iii) if at
any time when a Prospectus is required by the Securities Act to
be delivered in connection with sales of the Registrable Notes
the representations and warranties of the Company and any
Guarantor contained in any agreement (including any underwriting
agreement contemplated by Section 5(n)) hereof cease
to be true and correct in all material respects, (iv) of
the receipt by the Company or any Guarantor of any notification
with respect to the suspension of the qualification or exemption
from qualification of a Registration Statement or any of the
Registrable Notes or the Exchange Notes to be sold by any
Participating Broker-Dealer for offer or sale in any
jurisdiction, or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding
for such purpose, (v) of the happening of any event, the
existence of any condition or any information becoming known to
the Company that makes any statement made in such Registration
Statement or related Prospectus or any document incorporated or
deemed to be incorporated therein by reference untrue in any
material respect or that requires the making of any changes in,
or amendments or supplements to, such Registration Statement,
Prospectus or documents so that, in the case of the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus, it will not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading, (vi) of any reasonable
determination by the Company or any Guarantor that a
post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement would be
appropriate and (vii) of any request by the SEC for
amendments to the Registration Statement or supplements to the
Prospectus or for additional information relating thereto.
(f) Use all commercially reasonable efforts to prevent the
issuance of any order suspending the effectiveness of a
Registration Statement or of any order preventing or suspending
the use of a Prospectus or suspending the qualification (or
exemption from qualification) of any of the Registrable Notes or
the Exchange Notes to be sold by any Participating
Broker-Dealer, for sale in any jurisdiction, and, if any such
order is issued, use all commercially reasonable efforts to
obtain the withdrawal of any such order at the earliest possible
date.
(g) If (1) a Shelf Registration Statement is filed
pursuant to Section 3, (2) a Prospectus
contained in an Exchange Offer Registration Statement filed
pursuant to Section 2 is required to be delivered
under the Securities Act by any Participating Broker-Dealer who
seeks to sell Exchange Notes during the Applicable Period or
(3) reasonably requested in writing by the managing
underwriters, if any, or the Holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Registrable Notes being sold in
connection with an Underwritten Offering, other than during a
Blackout Period, (i) promptly incorporate in a Prospectus
supplement or post-effective amendment such information or
revisions to information therein relating to such underwriters
or selling Holders as the managing underwriters, if any, or such
Holders or any of their respective counsel reasonably request in
writing to be included or made therein and (ii) make all
required filings of such Prospectus supplement or such
post-effective amendment as soon as practicable after the
Company has received notification of the matters to be
incorporated in such Prospectus supplements or post-effective
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amendment; provided, however, that the Company
shall not be required to take any action hereunder that would,
in the written opinion of counsel to the Company, violate
applicable laws.
(h) Prior to any public offering of Registrable Notes or
any delivery of a Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement by any Participating Broker-Dealer who
seeks to sell Exchange Notes during the Applicable Period, use
all commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify, and
cooperate with the selling Holders of Registrable Notes or each
such Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, the
underwriters, if any, and their respective counsel in connection
with the registration or qualification (or exemption from such
registration or qualification) of such Registrable Notes or
Exchange Notes, as the case may be, for offer and sale under the
securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions within the
United States as any selling Holder, Participating Broker-Dealer
or any managing underwriter or underwriters, if any, reasonably
request in writing; and, if Exchange Notes held by Participating
Broker-Dealers or Registrable Notes are offered other than
through an Underwritten Offering, the Company and each Guarantor
shall use all commercially reasonable efforts to cause its
counsel to perform Blue Sky investigations and use all
commercially reasonable efforts to file any registrations and
qualifications required to be filed pursuant to this
Section 5(h), use all commercially reasonable
efforts to keep each such registration or qualification (or
exemption therefrom) effective during the period such
Registration Statement is required to be kept effective and use
all commercially reasonable efforts to do any and all other acts
or things reasonably necessary or advisable to enable the
disposition in such jurisdictions of the Exchange Notes held by
Participating Broker-Dealers or the Registrable Notes covered by
the applicable Registration Statement; provided that
neither the Company nor any Guarantor shall be required to
(i) qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction
where it is not then so qualified, (ii) take any action
that would subject it to general service of process in any such
jurisdiction where it is not then so subject or
(iii) subject itself to taxation in excess of a nominal
dollar amount in any such jurisdiction where it is not then so
subject.
(i) If (i) a Shelf Registration Statement is filed
pursuant to Section 3 or (ii) a Prospectus
contained in an Exchange Offer Registration Statement filed
pursuant to Section 2 is requested to be delivered
under the Securities Act by any Participating Broker-Dealer who
seeks to sell Exchange Notes during the Applicable Period,
cooperate with the selling Holders of Registrable Notes and the
managing underwriter or underwriters, if any, to facilitate the
timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing
Registrable Notes to be sold, which certificates shall not bear
any restrictive legends and shall be in a form eligible for
deposit with The Depository Trust Company, and enable such
Registrable Notes to be in such denominations and registered in
such names as the managing underwriter or underwriters, if any,
or Holders may reasonably request in writing.
(j) Use all commercially reasonable efforts to cause the
Registrable Notes covered by any Registration Statement to be
registered with or approved by such United States governmental
agencies or authorities as may be necessary to enable the seller
or sellers thereof or the underwriter, if any, to consummate the
disposition of such Registrable Notes, except as may be required
solely as a consequence of the nature of such selling
Holder’s business, in which case the Company shall (and
shall cause each Guarantor to) cooperate in all reasonable
respects with the filing of such Registration Statement and the
granting of such approvals; provided that neither the Company
nor any Guarantor shall be required to (i) qualify
generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not
then so qualified, (ii) take any action that would subject
it to general service of process in any jurisdiction where it is
not then so subject or (iii) subject itself to taxation in
any such jurisdiction where it is not then so subject.
(k) If (i) a Shelf Registration Statement is filed
pursuant to Section 3 or (ii) a Prospectus
contained in an Exchange Offer Registration Statement filed
pursuant to Section 2 is required to be delivered
under the Securities Act by any Participating Broker-Dealer who
seeks to sell Exchange Notes during the Applicable Period, upon
the occurrence of any event contemplated by
Section 5(e)(v) or (vi) hereof, other than
during a Blackout Period, as promptly as practicable, prepare
and file with the SEC, at the expense of the Company and the
Guarantors, a supplement or post-effective amendment to the
Registration Statement or a supplement to the related Prospectus
or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated
therein by reference, or file any other required document so
that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of the
Registrable Notes being sold thereunder or to the purchasers of
the Exchange Notes to whom such Prospectus will be delivered by
a Participating Broker-Dealer, such Prospectus will not contain
an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
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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, and, if SEC review
is required, use all commercially reasonable efforts to cause
such post-effective amendment to be declared effective as soon
as possible.
(l) Use all commercially reasonable efforts to cause the
Registrable Notes covered by a Registration Statement to be
rated with such appropriate rating agencies, if so requested in
writing by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the Registrable Notes covered by such Registration
Statement or the managing underwriter or underwriters, if any.
(m) Prior to the initial issuance of the Exchange Notes,
(i) provide the Trustee with one or more certificates for
the Registrable Notes in a form eligible for deposit with The
Depository Trust Company and (ii) provide a CUSIP
number for the Exchange Notes.
(n) If a Shelf Registration Statement is filed pursuant to
Section 3, enter into such agreements (including an
underwriting agreement in form, scope and substance as is
customary in underwritten offerings of debt securities similar
to the Notes, as may be appropriate in the circumstances) and
take all such other actions in connection therewith (including
those reasonably requested in writing by the managing
underwriters, if any, or the Holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Registrable Notes being sold) in order
to expedite or facilitate the registration or the disposition of
such Registrable Notes, and in such connection, whether or not
an underwriting agreement is entered into and whether or not the
registration is an Underwritten Registration, (i) make such
representations and warranties to the Holders and the
underwriters, if any, with respect to the business of the
Company and its subsidiaries as then conducted, and the
Registration Statement, Prospectus and documents, if any,
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein,
in each case, in form, substance and scope as are customarily
made by issuers to underwriters in underwritten offerings of
debt securities similar to the Notes, as may be appropriate in
the circumstances, and confirm the same if and when reasonably
required; (ii) use all commercially reasonable efforts to
obtain an opinion of counsel to the Company and the Guarantors
and updates thereof (which counsel and opinions (in form, scope
and substance) shall be reasonably satisfactory to the managing
underwriters, if any, and the Holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Registrable Notes being sold), addressed
to each selling Holder and each of the underwriters, if any,
covering the matters customarily covered in opinions of counsel
to the Company and the Guarantors requested in underwritten
offerings of debt securities similar to the Notes, as may be
appropriate in the circumstances; (iii) use all
commercially reasonable efforts to obtain “cold
comfort” letters and updates thereof (which letters and
updates (in form, scope and substance) shall be reasonably
satisfactory to the managing underwriters) from the independent
certified public accountants of the Company and the Guarantors
(and, if necessary, any other independent certified public
accountants of any subsidiary of the Company or of any business
acquired by the Company for which financial statements and
financial data are, or are required to be, included in the
Registration Statement), addressed to each of the underwriters,
such letters to be in customary form and covering matters of the
type customarily covered in “cold comfort” letters in
connection with underwritten offerings of debt securities
similar to the Notes, as may be appropriate in the
circumstances, and such other matters as reasonably requested in
writing by the underwriters; and (iv) deliver such
documents and certificates as may be reasonably requested in
writing by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the Registrable Notes being sold and the managing
underwriters, if any, to evidence the continued validity of the
representations and warranties of the Company and its
subsidiaries made pursuant to clause (i) above and to
evidence compliance with any conditions contained in the
underwriting agreement or other similar agreement entered into
by the Company or any Guarantor.
(o) If (1) a Shelf Registration Statement is filed
pursuant to Section 3, or (2) a Prospectus
contained in an Exchange Offer Registration Statement filed
pursuant to Section 2 is required to be delivered
under the Securities Act by any Participating Broker-Dealer who
seeks to sell Exchange Notes during the Applicable Period, make
available for inspection by any selling Holder of such
Registrable Notes being sold, or each such Participating
Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, any underwriter participating
in any such disposition of Registrable Notes, if any, and any
attorney, accountant or other agent retained by any such selling
Holder or each such Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may
be, or underwriter (collectively, the
“Inspectors”), at the offices where normally
kept, during reasonable business hours, all financial and other
records and pertinent
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corporate documents of the Company and its subsidiaries
(collectively, the “Records”) as shall be
reasonably necessary to enable them to exercise any applicable
due diligence responsibilities, and cause the officers,
directors and employees of the Company and its subsidiaries to
supply all information reasonably requested in writing by any
such Inspector in connection with such Registration Statement;
provided that the foregoing inspection and information gathering
on behalf of the Holders shall be coordinated by one counsel
designated by and on behalf of the Holders. Each Inspector shall
agree in writing that it will keep the Records confidential and
that it will not disclose, or use in connection with any market
transactions in violation of any applicable securities laws any
of the Records unless (i) the disclosure of such Records is
necessary to avoid or correct a misstatement or omission in such
Registration Statement, (ii) the release of such Records is
ordered pursuant to a subpoena or other order from a court of
competent jurisdiction, (iii) the information in such
Records is public or has been made generally available to the
public other than as a result of a disclosure or failure to
safeguard by such Inspector or (iv) disclosure of such
information is, in the reasonable written opinion of counsel for
any Inspector, necessary or advisable in connection with any
action, claim, suit or proceeding, directly or indirectly,
involving or potentially involving such Inspector and arising
out of, based upon, related to, or involving this Agreement, or
any transaction contemplated hereby or arising hereunder. Each
selling Holder of such Registrable Notes and each such
Participating Broker-Dealer will be required to agree that
information obtained by it as a result of such inspections shall
be deemed confidential and shall not be used by it as the basis
for any market transactions in the securities of the Company
unless and until such information is made generally available to
the public. Each Inspector, each selling Holder of such
Registrable Notes and each such Participating Broker-Dealer will
be required to further agree that it will, upon learning that
disclosure of such Records is sought in a court of competent
jurisdiction, give notice to the Company and, to the extent
practicable, use all commercially reasonable efforts to allow
the Company, at its expense, to undertake appropriate action to
prevent disclosure of the Records deemed confidential at its
expense.
(p) Use commercially reasonable efforts to comply with all
applicable rules and regulations of the SEC and make generally
available to the security holders of the Company with regard to
any applicable Registration Statement earning statements
satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the
Securities Act and Rule 158 thereunder (or any similar rule
promulgated under the Securities Act) no later than 45 days
after the end of any 12 month period (or 90 days after
the end of any 12 month period if such period is a fiscal
year) (i) commencing at the end of any fiscal quarter in
which Registrable Notes are sold to underwriters in a firm
commitment or best efforts underwritten offering and
(ii) if not sold to underwriters in such an offering,
commencing on the first day of the first fiscal quarter of the
Company after the effective date of a Registration Statement,
which statements shall cover said 12 month periods.
(q) Upon consummation of an Exchange Offer or Private
Exchange, use all commercially reasonable efforts to obtain an
opinion of counsel to the Company and the Guarantors (in form,
scope and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Initial
Purchasers), addressed to the Trustee for the benefit of all
Holders participating in the Exchange Offer or the Private
Exchange, as the case may be, to the effect that (i) the
Company and the Guarantors have duly authorized, executed and
delivered the Exchange Notes or the Private Exchange Notes, as
the case may be, and the Indenture, (ii) the Exchange Notes
or the Private Exchange Notes, as the case may be, and the
Indenture constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the
Company and the Guarantors, enforceable against the Company and
the Guarantors in accordance with their respective terms, except
as such enforcement may be subject to customary United States
and foreign exceptions and (iii) all obligations of the
Company and the Guarantors under the Exchange Notes or the
Private Exchange Notes, as the case may be, and the Indenture
are secured by Liens on the assets securing the obligations of
the Company and the Guarantors under the Notes, the Indenture
and the Collateral Documents to the extent and as discussed in
the Registration Statement.
(r) If the Exchange Offer or a Private Exchange is to be
consummated, upon delivery of the Registrable Notes by the
Holders to the Company and the Guarantors (or to such other
Person as directed by the Company and the Guarantors) in
exchange for the Exchange Notes or the Private Exchange Notes,
as the case may be, the Company and the Guarantors shall mark,
or cause to be marked, on such Registrable Notes that the
Exchange Notes or the Private Exchange Notes, as the case may
be, are being issued as substitute evidence of the
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indebtedness originally evidenced by the Registrable Notes;
provided that in no event shall such Registrable Notes be marked
as paid or otherwise satisfied.
(s) Cooperate with each seller of Registrable Notes covered
by any Registration Statement and each underwriter, if any,
participating in the disposition of such Registrable Notes and
their respective counsel in connection with any filings required
to be made with the FINRA.
(t) Use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause all
Securities covered by a Registration Statement to be listed on
each securities exchange, if any, on which similar debt
securities issued by the Company are then listed.
(u) Use all commercially reasonable efforts to take all
other steps reasonably necessary to effect the registration of
the Registrable Notes covered by a Registration Statement
contemplated hereby.
(v) The Company may require each seller of Registrable
Notes or Participating Broker-Dealer as to which any
registration is being effected to furnish to the Company such
information regarding such seller or Participating Broker-Dealer
and the distribution of such Registrable Notes as the Company
may, from time to time, reasonably request in writing. The
Company may exclude from such registration the Registrable Notes
of any seller who fails to furnish such information within a
reasonable time (which time in no event shall exceed
45 days) after receiving such request. Each seller of
Registrable Notes or Participating Broker-Dealer as to which any
registration is being effected agrees to furnish promptly to the
Company all information required to be disclosed in order to
make the information previously furnished by such seller not
materially misleading.
(w) Each Holder of Registrable Notes and each Participating
Broker-Dealer agrees by acquisition of such Registrable Notes or
Exchange Notes to be sold by such Participating Broker-Dealer,
as the case may be, that, upon receipt of any notice from the
Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in
Section 5(e)(ii), (iv), (v), or (vi)
or the commencement of a Blackout Period, such Holder will
forthwith discontinue disposition of such Registrable Notes
covered by a Registration Statement and such Participating
Broker-Dealer will forthwith discontinue disposition of such
Exchange Notes pursuant to any Prospectus and, in each case,
forthwith discontinue dissemination of such Prospectus until
such Holder’s or Participating Broker-Dealer’s receipt
of the copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus
contemplated by Section 5(k), or until it is advised
in writing (the “Advice”) by the Company and
the Guarantors that the use of the applicable Prospectus may be
resumed, and has received copies of any amendments or
supplements thereto and, if so directed by the Company and the
Guarantors, such Holder or Participating Broker-Dealer, as the
case may be, will deliver to the Company all copies, other than
permanent file copies, then in such Holder’s or
Participating Broker-Dealer’s possession, of the Prospectus
covering such Registrable Notes current at the time of the
receipt of such notice. In the event the Company and the
Guarantors shall give any such notice, the Applicable Period
shall be extended by the number of days during such periods from
and including the date of the giving of such notice to and
including the date when each Participating Broker-Dealer shall
have received (x) the copies of the supplemented or amended
Prospectus contemplated by Section 5(k) or (y) the
Advice.
6. | Registration Expenses |
(a) All fees and expenses incident to the performance of or
compliance with this Agreement (other than the underwriting
discounts or commissions) by the Company and the Guarantors
shall be borne by the Company and the Guarantors, whether or not
the Exchange Offer or a Shelf Registration Statement is filed or
becomes effective, including, without limitation, (i) all
registration and filing fees, including, without limitation,
(A) fees with respect to filings required to be made with
the FINRA in connection with any Underwritten Offering and
(B) fees and expenses of compliance with state securities
or Blue Sky laws as provided in Section 5(h) hereof
(including, without limitation, reasonable fees and
disbursements of counsel in connection with Blue Sky
qualifications of the Registrable Notes or Exchange Notes and
determination of the eligibility of the Registrable Notes or
Exchange Notes for investment under the laws of such
jurisdictions (x) where the Holders are located, in the
case of the Exchange Notes, or (y) as provided in
Section 5(h), in the case of Registrable Notes or
Exchange Notes to be sold by a Participating Broker-Dealer
during the Applicable Period), (ii) printing expenses,
including, without limitation, expenses of printing Prospectuses
if the printing of Prospectuses is requested by the managing
underwriter or underwriters, if any, or by the Holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Registrable Notes
included
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in any Registration Statement or by any Participating
Broker-Dealer during the Applicable Period, as the case may be,
(iii) messenger, telephone and delivery expenses incurred
in connection with the performance of their obligations
hereunder, (iv) fees and disbursements of counsel for the
Company, the Guarantors and, subject to
Section 6(b), the Holders, (v) fees and
disbursements of all independent certified public accountants
referred to in Section 5 (including, without
limitation, the expenses of any special audit and “cold
comfort” letters required by or incident to such
performance), (vi) rating agency fees and the fees and
expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the
Securities to be registered on any securities exchange,
(vii) Securities Act liability insurance, if the Company
and the Guarantors desire such insurance, (viii) fees and
expenses of all other Persons retained by the Company and the
Guarantors, (ix) fees and expenses of any “qualified
independent underwriter” or other independent appraiser
participating in an offering pursuant to the bylaws of the
FINRA, but only where the need for such a “qualified
independent underwriter” arises due to a relationship with
the Company and the Guarantors, (x) internal expenses of
the Company and the Guarantors (including, without limitation,
all salaries and expenses of officers and employees of the
Company or the Guarantors performing legal or accounting
duties), (xi) the expense of any annual audit,
(xii) the fees and expenses of the Trustee and the exchange
agent and (xiii) the expenses relating to printing, word
processing and distributing all Registration Statements,
underwriting agreements, securities sales agreements, indentures
and any other documents necessary in order to comply with this
Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the
contrary, each Holder shall pay all underwriting discounts and
commissions of any underwriters with respect to any Registrable
Notes sold by or on behalf of it.
(b) The Company and the Guarantors shall reimburse the
Holders for the reasonable fees and disbursements of not more
than one counsel chosen by the Holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Registrable Notes to be
included in any Registration Statement. The Company and the
Guarantors shall pay all documentary, stamp, transfer or other
transactional taxes attributable to the issuance or delivery of
the Exchange Notes or Private Exchange Notes in exchange for the
Notes; provided, that the Company shall not be required
to pay taxes payable in respect of any transfer involved in the
issuance or delivery of any Exchange Note or Private Exchange
Note in a name other than that of the Holder of the Note in
respect of which such Exchange Note or Private Exchange Note is
being issued. The Company and the Guarantors shall reimburse the
Holders for reasonable fees and expenses (including reasonable
fees and expenses of counsel to the Holders) relating to any
enforcement of any rights of the Holders under this Agreement.
7. | Indemnification |
(a) Indemnification by the Company and the
Guarantors. The Company and the Guarantors
jointly and severally agree to indemnify and hold harmless each
Holder of Registrable Notes, Exchange Notes or Private Exchange
Notes and each Participating Broker-Dealer selling Exchange
Notes during the Applicable Period, each Person, if any, who
controls each such Holder (within the meaning of Section 15
of the Securities Act or Section 20(a) of the Exchange Act)
and the officers, directors and partners of each such Holder,
Participating Broker-Dealer and controlling person, to the
fullest extent lawful, from and against any and all losses,
claims, damages, liabilities, costs (including, without
limitation, reasonable costs of preparation and reasonable
attorneys’ fees as provided in this Section 7)
and reasonable expenses (including, without limitation,
reasonable costs and expenses incurred in connection with
investigating, preparing, pursuing or defending against any of
the foregoing) (collectively, “Losses”), as
incurred, directly or indirectly caused by, related to, based
upon, arising out of or in connection with any untrue statement
or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any
Registration Statement, Prospectus or form of prospectus, or in
any amendment or supplement thereto, or in any preliminary
prospectus, or any omission or alleged omission to state therein
a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein, and with respect to the Prospectus
only, in light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading, except insofar as such Losses are based upon
information relating to such Holder or Participating
Broker-Dealer and furnished in writing to the Company and the
Guarantors (or reviewed and approved in writing) by such Holder
or Participating Broker-Dealer or their counsel expressly for
use therein; provided, however, that the Company
and the Guarantors will not be liable to any Indemnified Party
under this Section 7 to the extent Losses were
caused by an untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue
statement or omission that was contained or made in any
preliminary prospectus and corrected in the Prospectus or any
amendment or supplement thereto if (i) the Prospectus does
not contain any other untrue statement or omission or alleged
untrue statement or omission of a material fact that was the
subject matter of the related proceedings, (ii) any
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such Losses resulted from an action, claim or suit by any Person
who purchased Registrable Notes or Exchange Notes which are the
subject thereof from such Indemnified Party and (iii) it is
established in the related proceeding that such Indemnified
Party failed to deliver or provide a copy of the Prospectus (as
amended or supplemented) to such Person with or prior to the
confirmation of the sale of such Registrable Notes or Exchange
Notes sold to such Person if required by applicable law, unless
such failure to deliver or provide a copy of the Prospectus (as
amended or supplemented) was a result of noncompliance by the
Company with Section 5 of this Agreement. The
Company and the Guarantors also agree to indemnify underwriters,
selling brokers, dealer managers and similar securities industry
professionals, in each case, that are engaged by the Company and
participating in the distribution, their officers, directors,
agents and employees and each Person who controls such Persons
(within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or
Section 20(a) of the Exchange Act) to the same extent as
provided above with respect to the indemnification of the
Holders or the Participating Broker-Dealer.
(b) Indemnification by Xxxxxx. In
connection with any Registration Statement, Prospectus or form
of prospectus, any amendment or supplement thereto, or any
preliminary prospectus in which a Holder is participating, such
Holder shall furnish to the Company and the Guarantors in
writing such information as the Company and the Guarantors
reasonably request for use in connection with any Registration
Statement, Prospectus or form of prospectus, any amendment or
supplement thereto, or any preliminary prospectus, and shall
indemnify and hold harmless the Company, the Guarantors, their
respective directors and officers and each Person, if any, who
controls the Company and the Guarantors (within the meaning of
Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20(a) of
the Exchange Act), and the directors, officers and partners of
such controlling persons, to the fullest extent lawful, from and
against all Losses arising out of or based upon any untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
contained in any Registration Statement, Prospectus or form of
prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any
preliminary prospectus, or any 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 to the
extent, but only to the extent, that such Losses are based upon
an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material
fact or omission or alleged omission of a material fact
contained in or omitted from any information so furnished in
writing (or reviewed and approved in writing) by such Holder to
the Company and the Guarantors expressly for use therein.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the liability
of any selling Holder be greater in amount than such
Holder’s Maximum Contribution Amount.
(c) Conduct of Indemnification
Proceedings. If any proceeding shall be
brought or asserted against any Person entitled to indemnity
hereunder (an “Indemnified Party”), such
Indemnified Party shall promptly notify the party or parties
from which such indemnity is sought (the “Indemnifying
Party” or “Indemnifying Parties”, as
applicable) in writing; provided, that the failure to so notify
the Indemnifying Parties shall not (i) relieve such
Indemnifying Party from any obligation or liability under
paragraph (a) or (b) above, unless and only to the
extent it is materially prejudiced as a result thereof and
(ii) will not, in any event, relieve the Indemnifying Party
from any obligations to any Indemnified Party other than the
indemnification obligation provided in paragraphs (a) and
(b) above.
The Indemnifying Party shall have the right, exercisable by
giving written notice to an Indemnified Party, within 20
Business Days after receipt of written notice from such
Indemnified Party of such proceeding, to assume, at its expense,
the defense of any such proceeding, provided, that an
Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ separate
counsel in any such proceeding and to participate in the defense
thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at
the expense of such Indemnified Party or parties unless:
(i) the Indemnifying Party has agreed to pay such fees and
expenses; or (ii) the Indemnifying Party shall have failed
promptly to assume the defense of such proceeding or shall have
failed to employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to such
Indemnified Party; or (iii) the named parties to any such
proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both such
Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party or any of its
affiliates or controlling persons, and such Indemnified Party
shall have been advised by counsel that there may be one or more
defenses available to such Indemnified Party that are in
addition to, or in conflict with, those defenses available to
the Indemnifying Party or such affiliate or controlling person
(in which case, if such Indemnified Party notifies the
Indemnifying Parties in writing that it elects to employ
separate counsel at the expense of the Indemnifying Parties, the
Indemnifying Parties shall not have the right to assume the
defense and the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel
shall be at the expense of the Indemnifying Party; it being
understood, however, that, the Indemnifying Party shall not, in
connection with any
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one such proceeding or separate but substantially similar or
related proceedings in the same jurisdiction, arising out of the
same general allegations or circumstances, be liable for the
fees and expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys
(together with appropriate local counsel) at any time for such
Indemnified Party).
No Indemnifying Party shall be liable for any settlement of any
such proceeding effected without its written consent, which
shall not be unreasonably withheld, but if settled with its
written consent, or if there be a final judgment for the
plaintiff in any such proceeding, each Indemnifying Party
jointly and severally agrees, subject to the exceptions and
limitations set forth above, to indemnify and hold harmless each
Indemnified Party from and against any and all Losses by reason
of such settlement or judgment. The Indemnifying Party shall not
consent to the entry of any judgment or enter into any
settlement unless such judgment or settlement (i) includes
as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or
plaintiff to each Indemnified Party of a release, in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party, from
all liability in respect of such proceeding for which such
Indemnified Party would be entitled to indemnification hereunder
(whether or not any Indemnified Party is a party thereto) and
(ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of
fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any
Indemnified Party.
(d) Contribution. If the
indemnification provided for in this Section 7 is
unavailable to an Indemnified Party or is insufficient to hold
such Indemnified Party harmless for any Losses in respect of
which this Section 7 would otherwise apply by its
terms (other than by reason of exceptions provided in this
Section 7), then each applicable Indemnifying Party,
in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Party, shall have a
joint and several obligation to contribute to the amount paid or
payable by such Indemnified Party as a result of such Losses, in
such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault
of the Indemnifying Party, on the one hand, and such Indemnified
Party, on the other hand, in connection with the actions,
statements or omissions that resulted in such Losses as well as
any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault
of such Indemnifying Party, on the one hand, and Indemnified
Party, on the other hand, shall be determined by reference to,
among other things, whether any untrue or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to
state a material fact relates to information supplied by such
Indemnifying Party or Indemnified Party, and the parties’
relative intent, knowledge, access to information and
opportunity to correct or prevent any such statement or
omission. The amount paid or payable by an Indemnified Party as
a result of any Losses shall be deemed to include any legal or
other fees or expenses incurred by such party in connection with
any proceeding, to the extent such party would have been
indemnified for such fees or expenses if the indemnification
provided for in Section 7(a) or 7(b) was
available to such party.
The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable
if contribution pursuant to this Section 7(d) were
determined by pro rata allocation or by another method of
allocation that does not take account of the equitable
considerations referred to in the immediately preceding
paragraph. Notwithstanding the provisions of this
Section 7(d), a selling Holder shall not be required
to contribute, in the aggregate, any amount in excess of such
Holder’s Maximum Contribution Amount. A selling
Holder’s “Maximum Contribution Amount”
shall equal the excess of (i) the aggregate proceeds
received by such Holder pursuant to the sale of such Registrable
Notes or Exchange Notes over (ii) the aggregate amount of
damages that such Holder has otherwise been required to pay by
reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or
alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent
misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of
the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any
Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
The Holders’ obligations to contribute pursuant to this
Section 7(d) are several in proportion to the
respective principal amount of the Registrable Notes held by
each Holder hereunder and not joint. The Company’s and
Guarantors’ obligations to contribute pursuant to this
Section 7(d) are joint and several.
The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this
Section 7 are in addition to any liability that the
Indemnifying Parties may have to the Indemnified Parties.
8. | Rules 144 and 144A |
The Company covenants that, for so long as the Registrable Notes
remain outstanding, that it shall (a) file the reports
required to be filed by it (if so required) under the Securities
Act and the Exchange Act in a timely manner in order to permit
resales of Registrable Notes pursuant to Rule 144 under the
Securities Act and, if at any time the
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Company is not required to file such reports, it will, upon the
written request of any Holder of Registrable Notes, make
publicly available other information necessary to permit sales
pursuant to Rule 144 and 144A and (b) take such
further action as any Holder may reasonably request in writing,
all to the extent required from time to time to enable such
Holder to sell Registrable Notes without registration under the
Securities Act pursuant to the exemptions provided by
Rule 144 and Rule 144A.
9. | Underwritten Registrations of Registrable Notes |
If any of the Registrable Notes covered by any Shelf
Registration Statement are to be sold in an Underwritten
Offering, the investment banker or investment bankers and
manager or managers that will manage the offering will be
selected by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal
amount of such Registrable Notes to be included in such
offering; provided, however, that such investment
banker or investment bankers and manager or managers must be
reasonably acceptable to the Company.
No Holder of Registrable Notes may participate in any
Underwritten Registration hereunder unless such Xxxxxx
(a) agrees to sell such Xxxxxx’s Registrable Notes on
the basis provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by
the Persons entitled hereunder to approve such arrangements and
(b) completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of
attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements and other
documents required under the terms of such underwriting
arrangements.
10. | Miscellaneous |
(a) Remedies. In the event of a
breach by either the Company or any of the Guarantors of any of
their respective obligations under this Agreement, each Holder,
in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights provided
herein, in the Indenture or, in the case of the Initial
Purchasers, in the Purchase Agreement, or granted by law,
including recovery of damages, will be entitled to specific
performance of its rights under this Agreement. The Company and
the Guarantors agree that monetary damages would not be adequate
compensation for any loss incurred by reason of a breach by
either the Company or any of the Guarantors of any of the
provisions of this Agreement and hereby further agree that, in
the event of any action for specific performance in respect of
such breach, the Company shall (and shall cause each Guarantor
to) waive the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.
(b) No Inconsistent
Agreements. The Company and each of the
Guarantors have not entered, as of the date hereof, and the
Company and each of the Guarantors shall not enter, after the
date of this Agreement, into any agreement with respect to any
of its securities that is inconsistent with the rights granted
to the Holders in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the
provisions hereof. The Company and each of the Guarantors have
not entered and will not enter into any agreement with respect
to any of its securities that will grant to any Person
piggy-back rights with respect to a Registration Statement.
(c) Adjustments Affecting Registrable
Notes. The Company shall not, directly or
indirectly, take any action with respect to the Registrable
Notes as a class that would adversely affect the ability of the
Holders to include such Registrable Notes in a registration
undertaken pursuant to this Agreement.
(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, other than with the prior
written consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Registrable
Notes in circumstances that would adversely affect any Holders
of Registrable Notes; provided, however, that any
amendment or supplement to or modification of
Section 7 or this Section 10(d) may not
be amended, modified or supplemented without the prior written
consent of each Holder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a waiver
or consent to depart from the provisions hereof with respect to
a matter that relates exclusively to the rights of Holders of
Registrable Notes whose securities are being tendered pursuant
to the Exchange Offer or sold pursuant to a Registration
Statement and that does not directly or indirectly affect,
impair, limit or compromise the rights of other Holders of
Registrable Notes may be given by Holders of at least a majority
in aggregate principal amount of the Registrable Notes being
tendered or being sold by such Holders pursuant to such
Registration Statement.
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(e) Notices. All notices and other
communications provided for or permitted hereunder shall be made
in writing by hand delivery, registered first-class mail,
next-day air
courier or telecopier:
(i) if to a Holder of Securities or to any Participating
Broker-Dealer, at the most current address of such Holder or
Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, set forth on
the records of the registrar of the Notes, with a copy in like
manner to the Initial Purchasers as follows:
Xxxxxxxxx & Company, Inc.
as representative of the
Initial Purchasers
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Facsimile No.:
(000) 000-0000
Attention: General Counsel
with a copy to:
Proskauer Rose LLP
0000 Xxxxxxxx
Facsimile No.:
(000) 000-0000
Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxxx, Esq.
(ii) if to the Initial Purchasers, at the address specified
in Section 10(e)(i);
(iii) if to the Company or any Guarantor, as follows:
Altra Holdings, Inc.
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Braintree, Massachusetts 02184
Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Esq.
with a copy to:
Holland & Knight LLP
000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Miami, FL 33131
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxx, Esq.
All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been
duly given: when delivered by hand, if personally delivered;
five Business Days after being deposited in the United States
mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; one Business Day after being
timely delivered to a
next-day air
courier guaranteeing overnight delivery; and when receipt is
acknowledged by the addressee, if telecopied.
Copies of all such notices, demands or other communications
shall be concurrently delivered by the Person giving the same to
the Trustee under the Indenture at the address specified in such
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 hereto, including,
without limitation and without the need for an express
assignment, subsequent Holders of 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
Registrable Notes 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; Interpretation. The
headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only
and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof. When
reference is made in this Agreement to a Section or clause, such
reference shall mean a Section or clause of this Agreement
unless otherwise indicated. The words
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“include,” “includes,” and
“including” when used in this Agreement shall be
deemed in each case to be followed by the words “without
limitation.” The words “hereof,”
“herein,” “herewith,” “hereby” and
“hereunder” and words of similar import shall, unless
otherwise stated, be construed to refer to this Agreement as a
whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement. The
definitions contained in this Agreement are applicable to the
singular as well as the plural forms of such terms and to the
masculine as well as to the feminine and neuter genders of such
term. The language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be
the language chosen by the parties to express their mutual
intent, and no rules of strict construction will be applied
against any party. Any contract, statute or rule defined or
referred to herein means such contract, statute or rule as from
time to time amended, modified or supplemented, including (in
the case of contracts) by waiver or consent and (in the case of
statutes or rules) by succession of comparable successor
statutes or rules and references to all attachments thereto and
instruments incorporated therein.
(i) Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver
of Jury Trial. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE
GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE
STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICT OF
LAW. EACH OF THE COMPANY AND THE GUARANTORS HEREBY IRREVOCABLY
SUBMITS TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY NEW YORK STATE COURT SITTING
IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK OR ANY
FEDERAL COURT SITTING IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN IN THE CITY OF
NEW YORK IN RESPECT OF ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING
OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, AND IRREVOCABLY ACCEPTS
FOR ITS AND IN RESPECT OF ITS PROPERTY, GENERALLY AND
UNCONDITIONALLY, JURISDICTION OF THE AFORESAID COURTS. EACH OF
THE COMPANY AND THE GUARANTORS IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE
FULLEST EXTENT IT MAY EFFECTIVELY DO SO UNDER APPLICABLE LAW,
TRIAL BY JURY AND ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER
HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR
PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN ANY SUCH COURT AND ANY CLAIM THAT ANY SUCH
SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN ANY SUCH COURT HAS BEEN
BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM. EACH OF THE COMPANY AND THE
GUARANTORS IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT IT MAY
EFFECTIVELY DO SO UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, TO THE SERVICE OF
PROCESS OF ANY OF THE AFOREMENTIONED COURTS IN ANY SUCH ACTION
OR PROCEEDING BY THE MAILING OF COPIES THEREOF BY REGISTERED OR
CERTIFIED MAIL, POSTAGE PREPAID, TO THE COMPANY AND THE
GUARANTORS AT THEIR SAID ADDRESS, SUCH SERVICE TO BECOME
EFFECTIVE 30 DAYS AFTER SUCH MAILING. NOTHING HEREIN SHALL
AFFECT THE RIGHT OF ANY HOLDER TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER
MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW OR TO COMMENCE LEGAL PROCEEDINGS OR
OTHERWISE PROCEED AGAINST THE COMPANY OR THE GUARANTORS IN ANY
OTHER JURISDICTION.
(j) Severability. If any term,
provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by
a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, void
or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions,
covenants and restrictions set forth herein shall remain in full
force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or
invalidated, and the parties hereto shall use their best efforts
to find and employ an alternative means to achieve the same or
substantially the same result as that contemplated by such term,
provision, covenant or restriction. It is hereby stipulated and
declared to be the intention of the parties that they would have
executed the remaining terms, provisions, covenants and
restrictions without including any of such that may be hereafter
declared invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable.
(k) Securities Held by the Company or Its
Affiliates. Whenever the consent or approval
of Holders of a specified percentage of Securities is required
hereunder, Securities held by the Company or its affiliates (as
such term is defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act)
shall not be counted in determining whether such consent or
approval was given by the Holders of such required percentage.
(l) Third Party
Beneficiaries. Holders and Participating
Broker-Dealers are intended third party beneficiaries of this
Agreement and this Agreement may be enforced by such Persons. No
other Person is intended to be, or shall be construed as, a
third party beneficiary of this Agreement.
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(m) Entire Agreement. This
Agreement, together with the Purchase Agreement, the Indenture
and any Collateral Documents, is intended by the parties as a
final and exclusive statement of the agreement and understanding
of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter contained
herein and therein and any and all prior oral or written
agreements, representations, or warranties, contracts,
understanding, correspondence, conversations and memoranda
between the Initial Purchasers on the one hand and the Company
and the Guarantors on the other, or between or among any agents,
representatives, parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, predecessors
in interest or successors in interest with respect to the
subject matter hereof and thereof are merged herein and replaced
hereby.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our
agreement, please sign and return to the Company a counterpart
hereof, whereupon this instrument, along with all counterparts,
will become a binding agreement among the Initial Purchasers,
the Guarantors and the Company in accordance with its terms.
THE COMPANY
ALTRA HOLDINGS, INC.
ALTRA INDUSTRIAL MOTION, INC.
ALTRA INDUSTRIAL MOTION, INC.
By: |
/s/ Xxxxx
X. Xxxxxx
|
Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: | Vice President, Legal and Human |
Resources, General Counsel and Secretary
GUARANTORS
AMERICAN ENTERPRISES MPT CORP.
AMERICAN ENTERPRISES MPT HOLDINGS, LLC
AMERIDRIVES INTERNATIONAL, LLC
BOSTON GEAR LLC
FORMSPRAG LLC
INERTIA DYNAMICS LLC
XXXXXX MANUFACTURING CORPORATION
XXXXXXX GEAR LLC
WARNER ELECTRIC INTERNATIONAL HOLDING, INC.
WARNER ELECTRIC LLC
WARNER ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY LLC
XX XXXX’X CORPORATION
XX XXXX’X INCORPORATED
XX XXXX’X ENTERPRISES, INC.
By |
/s/ Xxxxx
X. Xxxxxx
|
Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: | Secretary |
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Accepted and Agreed to:
XXXXXXXXX & COMPANY, INC.
For itself and on behalf of the several
Initial Purchasers listed on Schedule I to the Purchase
Agreement
By: |
/s/ Xxxxx
Xxxx
|
Name: Xxxxx Xxxx
Title: | Managing Director |
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