EXHIBIT 4.5
EXECUTION COPY
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REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
$250,000,000
8 7/8% Senior Notes due 2007
Dated as of October 30, 1997
by and among
INTERMEDIA COMMUNICATIONS INC.,
BEAR, XXXXXXX & CO. INC.
and
SALOMON BROTHERS INC
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This Registration Rights Agreement (this "Agreement") is made and
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entered into as of October 30, 1997 by and among Intermedia Communications Inc.,
a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and Bear, Xxxxxxx & Co. Inc. and Salomon
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Brothers Inc (each an "Initial Purchaser" and together, the "Initial
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Purchasers"), each of whom have agreed to purchase the Company's 8/7//8% Senior
Notes due 2007 (the "Senior Notes") pursuant to the Purchase Agreement (as
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defined below).
This Agreement is made pursuant to the Purchase Agreement in respect
to the Senior Notes, dated October 24, 1997 (the "Purchase Agreement"), by and
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among the Company and the Initial Purchasers. In order to induce the Initial
Purchasers to purchase the Senior Notes, the Company has agreed to provide the
registration rights set forth in this Agreement. The execution and delivery of
this Agreement is a condition to the obligations of the Initial Purchasers set
forth in Section 8 of the Purchase Agreement.
The parties hereby agree as follows:
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS
As used in this Agreement, the following capitalized terms
shall have the following meanings:
Act: The Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
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Business Day: Any day except a Saturday, Sunday or other
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day in the City of New York, or in the city of the corporate trust office of the
Trustee, on which banks are authorized to close.
Broker-Dealer: Any broker or dealer registered under the
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Exchange Act.
Broker-Dealer Transfer Restricted Securities: New Senior Notes that
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are acquired by a Broker-Dealer in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Senior
Notes that such Broker-Dealer acquired for its own account as a result of market
making activities or other trading activities (other than Senior Notes acquired
directly from the Company or any of its affiliates).
Certificated Securities: As defined in the Indenture.
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Closing Date: The date hereof.
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Commission: The Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Consummate: An Exchange Offer shall be deemed "Consummated" for
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purposes of this Agreement upon the occurrence of (a) the filing and
effectiveness under the Act of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement
relating to the New Senior Notes to be issued in the Exchange Offer, (b) the
maintenance of such Registration Statement continuously effective and the
keeping of the Exchange Offer open for a period not less than the minimum period
required pursuant to Section 3(b) hereof and (c) the delivery by the Company to
the Registrar under the Indenture of New Senior Notes in the same aggregate
principal amount as the aggregate principal amount of Senior Notes tendered by
Holders thereof pursuant to the Exchange Offer.
Effectiveness Target Date: As defined in Section 5.
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Exchange Act: The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
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amended.
Exchange Offer: The registration by the Company under the Act of
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the New Senior Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement
pursuant to which the Company shall offer the Holders of all outstanding
Transfer Restricted Securities the opportunity to exchange all such outstanding
Transfer Restricted Securities for New Senior Notes in an aggregate principal
amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Transfer Restricted
Securities tendered in such exchange offer by such Holders.
Exchange Offer Registration Statement: The Registration Statement
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relating to the Exchange Offer, including the related Prospectus.
Holders: As defined in Section 2 hereof.
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Indenture: The Indenture, dated the Closing Date, between the
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Company and SunTrust Bank, Central Florida, National Association, as trustee
(the "Trustee"), pursuant to which the Senior Notes are to be issued, as such
Indenture is amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the
terms thereof.
Interest Payment Date: As defined in the Indenture and
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the Senior Notes.
NASD: National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
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New Senior Notes: The Company's 8 7/8% New Senior Notes due 2007
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to be issued pursuant to the Indenture (i) in the Exchange Offer or (ii) upon
the request of any Holder of Senior Notes covered by a Shelf Registration
Statement, in exchange for such Senior Notes.
Person: An individual, partnership, corporation, trust,
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unincorporated organization, or a government or agency or political subdivision
thereof.
Prospectus: The prospectus included in a Registration Statement at
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the time such Registration Statement is declared effective, as amended or
supplemented by any prospectus supplement and by all other amendments thereto,
including post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated by reference
into such Prospectus.
Registration Default: As defined in Section 5 hereof.
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Registration Statement: Any registration statement of the Company
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relating to (a) an offering of New Senior Notes pursuant to an Exchange Offer or
(b) the registration for resale of Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to
the Shelf Registration Statement, in each case, (i) which is filed pursuant to
the provisions of this Agreement and (ii) including the Prospectus
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included therein, all amendments and supplements thereto (including post-
effective amendments) and all exhibits and material incorporated by reference
therein.
Restricted Broker-Dealer: Any Broker-Dealer which holds
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Broker-Dealer Transfer Restricted Securities.
Senior Notes: The Senior Notes and the New Senior Notes.
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Shelf Registration Statement: As defined in Section 4
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hereof.
TIA: The Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. Section
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77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the date of the Indenture.
Transfer Restricted Securities: Each Senior Note until the earliest
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to occur of (i) the date on which such Senior Note is exchanged by a person
other than a broker-dealer for a New Senior Note in the Exchange Offer, (ii)
following the exchange by a broker-dealer in the Exchange Offer of a Senior Note
for a New Senior Note, the date on which such New Senior Note is sold to a
purchaser who receives from such broker-dealer on or prior to the date of such
sale a copy of the prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement, (iii) the date on which such Senior Note is effectively registered
under the Securities Act and disposed of in accordance with the Shelf
Registration Statement or (iv) the date on which such Senior Note is distributed
to the public pursuant to Rule 144 under the Act.
Underwritten Registration or Underwritten Offering: A registration
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in which securities of the Company are sold to an underwriter for reoffering to
the public.
SECTION 2. HOLDERS
A Person is deemed to be a holder of Transfer Restricted Securities
(each, a "Holder") whenever such Transfer Restricted Securities are registered
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in such Person's name.
SECTION 3. REGISTERED EXCHANGE OFFER
a. Unless the Exchange Offer shall not be permitted by applicable
federal law (after the procedures set forth in Section 6(a)(i) below have been
complied with), the Company shall (i) cause to be filed with the Commission as
soon as practicable after the Closing Date, but in no event later than 60 days
after the Closing Date, the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, (ii) use its
best efforts to cause such Exchange Offer Registration Statement to become
effective at the earliest possible time, but in no event later than 120 days
after the Closing Date, (iii) in connection with the foregoing, (A) file all
pre-effective amendments to such Exchange Offer Registration Statement as may be
necessary in order to cause such Exchange Offer Registration Statement to become
effective, (B) file, if applicable, a post-effective amendment to such Exchange
Offer Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430A under the Act and (C) cause
all necessary filings, if any, in connection with the registration and
qualification of the New Senior Notes to be made under the Blue Sky laws of such
jurisdictions as are necessary to permit Consummation of the Exchange Offer and
(iv) upon the effectiveness of such Exchange Offer
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Registration Statement, commence and Consummate the Exchange Offer. The Exchange
Offer shall be on the appropriate form permitting registration of the New Senior
Notes to be offered in exchange for the Senior Notes that are Transfer
Restricted Securities and to permit sales of Broker-Dealer Transfer-Restricted
Securities by Restricted Broker-Dealers as contemplated by Section 3(c) below.
b. The Company shall cause the Exchange Offer Registration Statement to be
effective continuously, and shall keep the Exchange Offer open, for a period of
not less than the minimum period required under applicable federal and state
securities laws to Consummate the Exchange Offer; provided, however, that in no
event shall such period be less than 20 Business Days. The Company shall cause
the Exchange Offer to comply with all applicable federal and state securities
laws. No securities other than the Senior Notes shall be included in the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement. The Company shall use its best efforts
to cause the Exchange Offer to be Consummated on the earliest practicable date
after the Exchange Offer Registration Statement has become effective, but in no
event later than 30 Business Days thereafter.
c. The Company shall include a "Plan of Distribution" section in the
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Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and indicate
therein that any Restricted Broker-Dealer who holds Senior Notes that are
Transfer Restricted Securities and that were acquired for the account of such
Broker-Dealer as a result of market-making activities or other trading
activities, may exchange such Senior Notes (other than Transfer Restricted
Securities acquired directly from the Company) pursuant to the Exchange Offer;
however, such Broker-Dealer may be deemed to be an "underwriter" within the
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meaning of the Act and must, therefore, deliver a prospectus meeting the
requirements of the Act in connection with its initial sale of each New Senior
Note received by such Broker-Dealer in the Exchange Offer, which prospectus
delivery requirement may be satisfied by the delivery by such Broker-Dealer of
the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement. Such
"Plan of Distribution" section shall also contain all other information with
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respect to such sales of Broker-Dealer Transfer Restricted Securities by
Restricted Broker-Dealers that the Commission may require in order to permit
such sales pursuant thereto, but such "Plan of Distribution" shall not name any
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such Broker-Dealer or disclose the amount of Senior Notes held by any such
Broker-Dealer except to the extent required by the Commission as a result of a
change in policy after the date of this Agreement.
The Company shall use its best efforts to keep the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement continuously effective, supplemented and amended as
required by the provisions of Section 6(c) below to the extent necessary to
ensure that it is available for sales of Broker-Dealer Transfer Restricted
Securities by Restricted Broker-Dealers, and to ensure that such Registration
Statement conforms with the requirements of this Agreement, the Act and the
policies, rules and regulations of the Commission as announced from time to
time, for a period expiring on the earlier of (i) the date that all Holders of
Transfer Restricted Securities have exchanged such
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securities pursuant to the Exchange Offer and (ii) 365 days from the date on
which the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is declared effective.
The Company shall promptly provide sufficient copies of the latest
version of such Prospectus to such Restricted Broker-Dealers upon request at any
time during such 365-day period in order to facilitate such sales.
SECTION 4. SHELF REGISTRATION
d. Shelf Registration. If (i) the Company is not required to file the
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Exchange Offer Registration Statement with respect to the Senior Notes or not
permitted to consummate the Exchange Offer because the Exchange Offer is not
permitted by applicable law or Commission policy (after the procedures set forth
in Section 6(a)(i) below have been complied with) or (ii) any Holder of Transfer
Restricted Securities notifies the Company within 20 Business Days following the
Consummation of the Exchange Offer that (A) such Holder is prohibited by law or
Commission policy from participating in the Exchange Offer or (B) such Holder
may not resell the New Senior 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 by such Holder or (C) such Holder is a Broker-Dealer and holds Senior
Notes acquired directly from the Company or an affiliate of the Company, then
the Company shall
(x) cause to be filed on or prior to (1) in the case of a Registration
Statement filed pursuant to clause (i) above, 60 days after the date on
which the Company determines that it is not required to file the Exchange
Offer Registration Statement and in any event, within 150 days after the
Closing Date and (2) in the case of a Registration Statement filed pursuant
to clause (ii) above, 60 days after the date on which the Company receives
the notice specified in clause (ii) above, a shelf registration statement
pursuant to Rule 415 under the Act, (which may be an amendment to the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement (in either event, the "Shelf
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Registration Statement")), relating to all Transfer Restricted Securities
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the Holders of which shall have provided the information required pursuant
to Section 4(b) hereof, and
(y) use its best efforts to cause such Shelf Registration Statement to
become effective on or prior to (1) in the case of a Registration Statement
filed pursuant to clause (i) above, 90 days after the date on which the
Company becomes obligated to file such Shelf Registration Statement (and in
any event, within 240 days after the Closing Date), and (2) in the case of
a Registration Statement filed pursuant to clause (ii) above, 90 days after
the date on which the Company receives the notice specified in clause (ii)
above. If, after the Company has filed an Exchange Offer Registration
Statement which satisfies the requirements of Section 3(a) above, the
Company is required to file and make effective a Shelf Registration
Statement solely because the Exchange Offer is not permitted under
applicable federal law, then the filing of the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements of clause (x) above.
Such an event shall have no effect on the requirements of this clause (y),
or on the Effectiveness Target Date as defined in Section 5 below.
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The Company shall use its best efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement
discussed in this Section 4(a) continuously effective, supplemented and amended
as required by the provisions of Sections 6(b) and (c) hereof to the extent
necessary to ensure that it is available for sales of Transfer Restricted
Securities by the Holders thereof entitled to the benefit of this Section 4(a),
and to ensure that it conforms with the requirements of this Agreement, the Act
and the policies, rules and regulations of the Commission as announced from time
to time, for a period expiring on the earlier of (i) the date that all Holders
of Transfer Restricted Securities have registered such securities pursuant to
the Exchange Offer and (ii) 365 days from the date on which the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement is declared effective provided, that the Company will
have the option of suspending the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration
Statement for periods of up to an aggregate of 60 days in any calendar year if
the Board of Directors of the Company determines that compliance with the
disclosure obligations necessary to maintain the effectiveness of the Shelf
Registration Statement at such time could reasonably be expected to have a
material adverse effect on the Company or a pending corporate transaction of the
Company (a "Permitted Suspension").
(b) Provision by Holders of Certain Information in Connection with the Shelf
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Registration Statement. No Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities may include
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any of its Transfer Restricted Securities in any Shelf Registration Statement
pursuant to this Agreement unless and until such Holder furnishes to the Company
in writing, within 20 Business Days after receipt of a request therefor, such
information specified in item 507 of Regulation S-K under the Act for use in
connection with any Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus or preliminary
Prospectus included therein. No Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities shall
be entitled to Liquidated Damages pursuant to Section 5 hereof unless and until
such Holder shall have provided all such information required to be provided by
such Holder for inclusion therein. Each Holder as to which any Shelf
Registration Statement is being effected agrees to furnish promptly to the
Company, for so long as the Registration Statement is effective, all information
required to be disclosed in order to make the information previously furnished
to the Company by such Holder not materially misleading.
SECTION 5. LIQUIDATED DAMAGES
If (i) the Company fails to file any of the Registration Statements required
by this Agreement on or before the date specified for such filing in this
Agreement, (ii) any of such Registration Statements is not declared effective by
the Commission on or prior to the date specified for such effectiveness (the
"Effectiveness Target Date"), (iii) the Company fails to Consummate the Exchange
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Offer within 30 business days of the Effectiveness Target Date with respect to
the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or (iv) the Shelf Registration
Statement or the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is declared effective but
thereafter ceases to be effective or usable in connection with resales of
Transfer Restricted Securities during the periods specified in this Agreement
without being succeeded immediately by a post effective amendment to such
Registration Statement that cures such failure and that is itself declared
effective within such five Business Day period, provided that such effectiveness
was not suspended in connection
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with a Permitted Suspension (each such event referred to in clauses (i) through
(iv) above, a "Registration Default"), then commencing on the day following the
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date on which such Registration Default occurs, the Company agrees to pay to
each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities, for the first 90-day period
immediately following the occurrence of such Registration Default, liquidated
damages in an amount equal to $.05 per week per $1,000 principal amount of
Senior Notes constituting Transfer Restricted Securities held by such Holder for
each week or pro rata for a portion of each week thereof that the Registration
Default continues. The amount of liquidated damages payable to each Holder shall
increase by an additional $.05 per week per $1,000 principal amount of Senior
Notes constituting Transfer Restricted Securities held by such Holder for each
subsequent 90-day period until all Registration Defaults have been cured, up to
a maximum of $.50 per week per $1,000 principal amount of Senior Notes
constituting Transfer Restricted Securities held by such Holder.
All accrued liquidated damages shall be paid to Cede & Co., as nominee of the
Depository Trust Company (the "Global Security Holder") by wire transfer of
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immediately available funds or by federal funds check and to Holders of
Certificated Securities by mailing checks to their registered addresses by the
Company on each Interest Payment Date. All obligations of the Company set forth
in the preceding paragraph that are outstanding with respect to any Transfer
Restricted Security at the time such security ceases to be a Transfer Restricted
Security shall survive until such time as all such obligations with respect to
such security shall have been satisfied in full.
SECTION 6. REGISTRATION PROCEDURES
e. Exchange Offer Registration Statement. In connection with the Exchange
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Offer, the Company shall comply with all applicable provisions of Section 6(c)
below, shall use its best efforts to effect such exchange and to permit the sale
of Broker-Dealer Transfer Restricted Securities being sold in accordance with
the intended method or methods of distribution thereof, and shall comply with
all of the following provisions:
(i) If, following the date hereof there has been published a change
in Commission policy with respect to exchange offers such as the Exchange
Offer, such that in the reasonable opinion of counsel to the Company there
is a substantial question as to whether the Exchange Offer is permitted by
applicable federal law, the Company hereby agrees to seek a no-action
letter or other favorable decision from the Commission allowing the Company
to Consummate an Exchange Offer for such Senior Notes. The Company hereby
agrees to pursue the issuance of such a decision to the Commission staff
level. In connection with the foregoing, the Company hereby agrees to take
such other actions as are requested by the Commission or otherwise required
in connection with the issuance of such decision, including without
limitation (A) participating in telephonic conferences with the Commission,
(B) delivering to the Commission staff an analysis prepared by counsel to
the Company setting forth the legal bases, if any, upon which such counsel
has concluded that such an Exchange Offer should be permitted and (C)
diligently pursuing a resolution by the Commission staff of such
submission.
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(ii) As a condition to its participation in the Exchange Offer
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, each Holder of Transfer Restricted
Securities shall furnish, upon the request of the Company, prior to the
Consummation of the Exchange Offer, a written representation to the Company
(which may be contained in the letter of transmittal contemplated by the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement) to the effect that (A) it is not an
affiliate of the Company, (B) it is not engaged in, and does not intend to
engage in, and has no arrangement or understanding with any person to
participate in, a distribution of the New Senior Notes to be issued in the
Exchange Offer and (C) it is acquiring the New Senior Notes in its ordinary
course of business. Each Holder hereby acknowledges and agrees that any
Broker-Dealer and any such Holder using the Exchange Offer to participate
in a distribution of the securities to be acquired in the Exchange Offer
(1) could not under Commission policy as in effect on the date of this
Agreement rely on the position of the Commission enunciated in Xxxxxx
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Xxxxxxx and Co., Inc. (available June 5, 1991) and Exxon Capital Holdings
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Corporation (available May 13, 1988), as interpreted in the Commission's
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letter to Shearman & Sterling dated July 2, 1993, and similar no-action
letters (including, if applicable, any no-action letter obtained pursuant
to clause (1) above), and (2) must comply with the registration and
prospectus delivery requirements of the Act in connection with a secondary
resale transaction and that such a secondary resale transaction must be
covered by an effective registration statement containing the selling
security holder information required by Item 507 or 508, as applicable, of
Regulation S-K if the resales are of New Senior Notes obtained by such
Holder in exchange for Senior Notes acquired by such Holder directly from
the Company.
(iii) Prior to effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement, the Company shall provide a supplemental letter to the
Commission (A) stating that the Company is registering the Exchange Offer
in reliance on the position of the Commission enunciated in Exxon Capital
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Holdings Corporation (available May 13, 1988), Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx and Co., Inc.
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(available June 5, 1991) and, if applicable, any no-action letter obtained
pursuant to clause (i) above, (B) including a representation that the
Company has not entered into any arrangement or understanding with any
Person to distribute the New Senior Notes to be received in the Exchange
Offer and that, to the best of the Company's information and belief, each
Holder participating in the Exchange Offer is acquiring the New Senior
Notes in its ordinary course of business and has no arrangement or
understanding with any Person to participate in the distribution of the New
Senior Notes received in the Exchange Offer and (C) any other undertaking
or representation required by the Commission as set forth in any no-action
letter obtained pursuant to clause (i) above.
(b) Shelf Registration Statement. In connection with the Shelf Registration
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Statement the Company shall comply with all the provisions of Section 6(c) below
and shall use its best efforts to effect such registration to permit the sale of
the Transfer Restricted Securities
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being sold in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution
thereof (as indicated in the information furnished to the Company pursuant to
Section 4(b) hereof), and pursuant thereto the Company will prepare and file
with the Commission a Registration Statement relating to the registration on any
appropriate form under the Act, which form shall be available for the sale of
the Transfer Restricted Securities in accordance with the intended method or
methods of distribution thereof within the time periods and otherwise in
accordance with the provisions hereof.
(c) General Provisions. In connection with any Registration Statement and any
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related Prospectus required by this Agreement to permit the sale or resale of
Transfer Restricted Securities (including, without limitation, any Exchange
Offer Registration Statement and the related Prospectus, to the extent that the
same are required to be available to permit sales of Broker-Dealer Transfer
Restricted Securities by Restricted Broker-Dealers), the Company shall:
(i) use its best efforts to keep such Registration Statement
continuously effective, subject to a Permitted Suspension, and provide all
requisite financial statements for the period specified in Section 3 or 4
of this Agreement, as applicable. Upon the occurrence of any event that
would cause any such Registration Statement or the Prospectus contained
therein (A) to contain a material misstatement or omission or (B) not to be
effective and usable for resale of Transfer Restricted Securities during
the period required by this Agreement, the Company shall file promptly an
appropriate amendment to such Registration Statement, (1) in the case of
clause (A), correcting any such misstatement or omission, and (2) in the
case of either clause (A) or (B), use its best efforts to cause such
amendment to be declared effective and such Registration Statement and the
related Prospectus to become usable for their intended purpose(s) as soon
as practicable thereafter;
(ii) except in the event of a Permitted Suspension prepare and file
with the Commission such amendments and post-effective amendments to the
Registration Statement as may be necessary to keep the Registration
Statement effective for the applicable period set forth in Section 3 or 4
hereof, or such shorter period as will terminate when all Transfer
Restricted Securities covered by such Registration Statement have been
sold; cause the Prospectus to be supplemented by any required Prospectus
supplement, and as so supplemented to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 under
the Act, and to comply fully with Rules 424 and 430A, as applicable, under
the Act in a timely manner; and comply with the provisions of the Act with
respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such Registration
Statement during the applicable period in accordance with the intended
method or methods of distribution by the sellers thereof set forth in such
Registration Statement or supplement to the Prospectus;
(iii) advise the underwriters, if any, and selling Holders
promptly and, if requested by such Persons, confirm such advice in writing,
(A) when the Prospectus or any Prospectus supplement or post-effective
amendment has been filed, and, with respect to any Registration Statement
or any post-effective amendment thereto, when the same has become
effective, (B) of any request by the Commission for amendments to the
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Registration Statement or amendments or supplements to the Prospectus or
for additional information relating thereto, (C) of the issuance by the
Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement under the Act or of the suspension by any state
securities commission of the qualification of the Transfer Restricted
Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation of
any proceeding for any of the preceding purposes, (D) of the existence of
any fact or the happening of any event that makes any statement of a
material fact made in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any
amendment or supplement thereto or any document incorporated by reference
therein untrue, or that requires the making of any additions to or changes
in the Registration Statement in order to make the statements therein not
misleading, or that requires the making of any additions to or changes in
the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. If at any time
the Commission shall issue any stop order suspending the effectiveness of
the Registration Statement, or any state securities commission or other
regulatory authority shall issue an order suspending the qualification or
exemption from qualification of the Transfer Restricted Securities under
state securities or Blue Sky laws, the Company shall use its best efforts
to obtain the withdrawal or lifting of such order at the earliest possible
time;
(iv) make available, if requested, to each selling Holder named in
any Registration Statement or Prospectus and each of the underwriters in
connection with such sale, if any, before filing with the Commission,
copies of any Registration Statement or any Prospectus included therein or
any amendments or supplements to any such Registration Statement or
Prospectus (including all documents incorporated by reference after the
initial filing of such Registration Statement), substantially in the form
to be filed, which documents will be subject to the review and comment of
such Holders and underwriters, in connection with such sale, if any, for a
period of at least five Business Days, and the Company will not file any
such Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to
any such Registration Statement or Prospectus (including all such documents
incorporated by reference) to which the selling Holders of the Transfer
Restricted Securities covered by such Registration Statement or the
underwriters, in connection with such sale, if any, shall reasonably object
within five Business Days after the receipt thereof. A selling Holder or
underwriter, if any, shall be deemed to have reasonably objected to such
filing if such Registration Statement, amendment, Prospectus or supplement,
as applicable, as proposed to be filed, contains a material misstatement or
omission or falls to comply with the applicable requirements of the Act;
(v) promptly upon the filing of any document that is to be
incorporated by reference into a Registration Statement or Prospectus, make
available copies of such document to the selling Holders and to the
underwriter(s) in connection with such sale, if any, make the Company's
representatives available for discussion of
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such document and other customary due diligence matters, and include such
information in such document prior to the filing thereof as such selling
Holders or underwriter(s), if any, reasonably may request;
(vi) make available at reasonable times for inspection by the
selling Holders, any underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant
to such Registration Statement and any attorney or accountant retained by
such selling Holders or any of such underwriters), all financial and other
records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company and
cause the Company's officers, directors and employees to supply all
information reasonably requested by any such Holder, underwriter, attorney
or accountant in connection with such Registration Statement or any post-
effective amendment thereto subsequent to the filing thereof and prior to
its effectiveness; provided that any person to whom information is provided
under this clause (vi) agrees in writing to maintain the confidentiality of
such information to the extent such information is not in the public
domain;
(vii) if requested by any selling Holders or the underwriters
in connection with such sale, if any, promptly include in any Registration
Statement or Prospectus, pursuant to a supplement or post-effective
amendment if necessary, such information as such selling Holders and
underwriter(s), if any, may reasonably request to have included therein,
including, without limitation, information relating to the "Plan of
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Distribution" of the Transfer Restricted Securities, information with
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respect to the principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities being
sold to such underwriters, the purchase price being paid therefor and any
other terms of the offering of the Transfer Restricted Securities to be
sold in such offering; and make all required filings of such Prospectus
supplement or post-effective amendment as soon as practicable after the
Company is notified of the matters to be included in such Prospectus
supplement or post-effective amendment;
(viii) cause the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the
Registration Statement to be rated with the appropriate rating agencies, if
so requested by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of
Senior Notes covered thereby or the underwriters, if any;
(ix) furnish to each selling Holder and each of the underwriters in
connection with such sale, if any, without charge, at least one copy of the
Registration Statement, as first filed with the Commission, and of each
amendment thereto, and make available all documents incorporated by
reference therein and all exhibits (including exhibits incorporated therein
by reference);
(x) deliver to each selling Holder and each of the underwriters, if
any, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus (including each
preliminary prospectus) and any amendment or supplement thereto as such
Persons reasonably may request; the Company hereby consents to the use of
the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto by each of the
selling Holders and each of the underwriters, if any,
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in connection with the offering and the sale of the Transfer Restricted
Securities covered by the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement
thereto;
(xi) enter into such agreements (including, unless not required
pursuant to Section 10 hereof, an underwriting agreement) and make such
representations and warranties and take all such other actions in
connection therewith in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of
the Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to any Registration Statement
contemplated by this Agreement as may be reasonably requested by any Holder
of Transfer Restricted Securities or underwriter in connection with any
sale or resale pursuant to any Registration Statement contemplated by this
Agreement, and in such connection, whether or not an underwriting agreement
is entered into and whether or not the registration is an Underwritten
Registration, the Company shall:
(A) furnish to each selling Holder and each underwriter, if any,
upon the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement and to each
Restricted Broker-Dealer upon consummation of the Exchange Offer:
(1) a certificate, dated the date of effectiveness of the Shelf
Registration Statement or the date of Consummation of the
Exchange Offer, as the case may be, signed by (x) the President
or any Vice President and (y) a principal financial or accounting
officer of the Company, confirming with respect to the Prospectus
or any purchase or underwriting agreement and the Transfer
Restricted Securities, as of the date thereof, the matters set
forth in paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (d) of Section 8 of the
Purchase Agreement and such other matters as the Holders and/or
underwriter(s) may reasonably request;
(2) an opinion, dated the date of effectiveness of the Shelf
Registration Statement or the date of Consummation of the
Exchange Offer, as the case may be, of counsel for the Company,
covering (i) due authorization and enforceability of the Senior
Notes and the New Senior Notes, (ii) a statement to the effect
that such counsel has participated in conferences with officers
and other representatives of the Company and representatives of
the independent public accountants for the Company and have
considered the matters required to be stated therein and the
statements contained therein, although such counsel has not
independently verified the accuracy, completeness or fairness of
such statements; and that such counsel advises that, on the basis
of the foregoing (relying as to materiality to a large extent
upon facts provided to such counsel by officers and other
representatives of the Company and without independent check or
verification), no facts came to such counsel's attention that
caused such counsel to believe that the applicable
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Registration Statement, at the time such Registration Statement
or any post-effective amendment thereto became effective, and, in
the case of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as of the
date of Consummation, contained an untrue statement of a material
fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading, or that the Prospectus contained in such Registration
Statement as of its date and, in the case of the opinion dated
the date of Consummation of the Exchange Offer, as of the date of
Consummation, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or
omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading and (iii) such other matters of
the type customarily covered in opinions of counsel for an issuer
in connection with similar securities offerings, as may
reasonably be requested by such parties. Without limiting the
foregoing, such counsel may state further that such counsel
assumes no responsibility for, and has not independently
verified, the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the financial
statements, notes and schedules and other financial, statistical
and accounting data included in any Registration Statement
contemplated by this Agreement or the related Prospectus; and
(3) if the registration is a registration in which securities of
the Company are sold to an underwriter for reoffering to the
public, obtain a customary comfort letter, dated as of the date
of effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement, addressed
to the Board of Directors of the Company or any underwriter from
the Company's independent accountants, in the customary form and
covering matters of the type customarily covered in comfort
letters to boards of directors in underwritten offerings;
(B) set forth in full or incorporate by reference in the
underwriting agreement, if any, in connection with any sale or resale
pursuant to any Shelf Registration Statement the indemnification
provisions and procedures of Section 8 hereof with respect to all
parties to be indemnified pursuant to said Section; and
(C) deliver such other documents and certificates as may be
reasonably requested by such parties to evidence compliance with
clause (A) above and with any customary conditions contained in the
underwriting agreement or other agreement entered into by the Company
pursuant to this clause (xi), if any.
The above shall be done at each closing under such underwriting or similar
agreement, as and to the extent required thereunder, and if at any time the
representations and warranties of the Company contemplated in (A)(1) above cease
to be true and correct, the Company shall so advise the underwriters), if any,
and selling Holders promptly and if requested by such Persons, shall confirm
such advice in writing;
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(xii) prior to any public offering of Transfer Restricted
Securities, cooperate with the selling Holders, the underwriters, if any,
and their respective counsel in connection with the registration and
qualification of the Transfer Restricted Securities under the securities or
Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the selling Holders or underwriters,
if any, may request and do any and all other acts or things necessary or
advisable to enable the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Transfer
Restricted Securities covered by the applicable Registration Statement;
provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to register or
qualify as a foreign corporation where it is not now so qualified or to
take any action that would subject it to the service of process in suits or
to taxation, other than as to matters and transactions relating to the
Registration Statement, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject;
(xiii) issue, upon the request of any Holder of Senior Notes
covered by any Shelf Registration Statement contemplated by this Agreement,
New Senior Notes having an aggregate principal amount equal to the
aggregate principal amount of Senior Notes surrendered to the Company by
such Holder in exchange therefor or being sold by such Holder; such New
Senior Notes to be registered in the name of such Holder or in the name of
the purchasers of such New Senior Notes; in return, the Senior Notes held
by such Holder shall be surrendered to the Company for cancellation;
(xiv) in connection with any sale of Transfer Restricted
Securities that will result in such securities no longer being Transfer
Restricted Securities, cooperate with the selling Holders and the
underwriters, if any, to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of
certificates representing Transfer Restricted Securities to be sold and not
bearing any restrictive legends; and to register such Transfer Restricted
Securities in such denominations and such names as the Holders or the
underwriters, if any, may request at least two Business Days prior to such
sale of Transfer Restricted Securities;
(xv) use its best efforts to cause the Transfer Restricted
Securities covered by the Registration Statement to be registered with or
approved by such other governmental agencies or authorities as may be
necessary to enable the seller or sellers thereof or the underwriters, if
any, to consummate the disposition of such Transfer Restricted Securities,
subject to the proviso contained in clause (xii) above,
(xvi) if any fact or event contemplated by Section 6(c)(iii)(D)
above shall exist or have occurred, except in the event of a Permitted
Suspension, prepare a supplement or post-effective amendment to the
Registration Statement or related Prospectus or any document incorporated
therein by reference or file any other required document so that, as
thereafter delivered to the purchasers of Transfer Restricted Securities,
the Prospectus will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein,
in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading;
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(xvii) provide a CUSIP number for all Transfer Restricted
Securities not later than the effective date of a Registration Statement
covering such Transfer Restricted Securities and provide the Trustee under
the Indenture with printed certificates for the Transfer Restricted
Securities which are in a form eligible for deposit with the Depository
Trust Company;
(xviii) cooperate and assist in any filings required to be made
with the NASD and in the performance of any due diligence investigation by
any underwriter (including any "qualified independent underwriter") that is
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required to be retained in accordance with the rules and regulations of the
NASD, and use its best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to
become effective and approved by such governmental agencies or authorities
as may be necessary to enable the Holders selling Transfer Restricted
Securities to consummate the disposition of such Transfer Restricted
Securities;
(xix) otherwise use its best efforts to comply with all applicable
rules and regulations of the Commission, and make generally available to
its security holders with regard to any applicable Registration Statement,
as soon as practicable, a consolidated earnings statement meeting the
requirements of Rule 158 (which need not be audited) covering a twelve-
month period beginning after the effective date of the Registration
Statement (as such term is defined in paragraph (c) of Rule 158 under the
Act);
(xx) cause the Indenture to be qualified under the TIA not later
than the effective date of the first Registration Statement required by
this Agreement, and, in connection therewith cooperate with the Trustee and
the Holders of Senior Notes to effect such changes to the Indenture as may
be required for such Indenture to be so qualified in accordance with the
terms of the TIA; and execute and use its best efforts to cause the Trustee
to execute, all documents that may be required to effect such changes and
all other forms and documents required to be filed with the Commission to
enable such Indenture to be so qualified in a timely manner;
(xxi) cause all Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the
Registration Statement to be listed on each securities exchange on which
similar securities issued by the Company are then listed if requested by
the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of Senior Notes or
the managing underwriters, if any;
(xxii) provide promptly to each Holder upon written request each
document filed with the Commission pursuant to the requirements of Section
13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act, and
(d) Restrictions on Holders. Each Holder agrees by acquisition of a Transfer
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Restricted Security that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the
existence of any fact of the kind described in Section 6(c)(iii)(D) hereof, such
Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of Transfer Restricted Securities
pursuant to the applicable Registration Statement until such Holder's receipt of
the copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section
6(c)(xvi) hereof, or until it is advised in writing (the "Advice") by the
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Company that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed, and has received copies
of any additional or supplemental
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filings that are incorporated by reference in the Prospectus. If so directed by
the Company, each Holder will deliver to the Company (at the Company's expense)
all copies, other than permanent file copies then in such Holder's possession,
of the Prospectus covering such Transfer Restricted Securities that was current
at the time of receipt of such notice. In the event the Company shall give any
such notice, the time period regarding the effectiveness of such Registration
Statement set forth in Section 3 or 4 hereof, as applicable, shall be extended
by the number of days during the period from and including the date of the
giving of such notice pursuant to Section 6(c)(iii)(D) hereof to and including
the date when each selling Holder covered by such Registration Statement shall
have received the copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated
by Section 6(c)(xvi) hereof or shall have received the Advice.
SECTION 7. REGISTRATION EXPENSES
(a) All expenses incident to the Company's performance of or compliance with
this Agreement will be borne by the Company, regardless of whether a
Registration Statement becomes effective, including without limitation: (i) all
registration and filing fees and expenses (including filings made with the NASD
(including, if applicable, the fees and expenses of any "qualified independent
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underwriter" and its counsel, as may be required by the rules and regulations of
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the NASD)); (ii) all fees and expenses of compliance with federal securities and
state Blue Sky or securities laws; (iii) all expenses of printing (including
printing certificates for the Senior Notes and printing of Prospectuses),
messenger and delivery services and telephone; (iv) all fees and disbursements
of counsel for the Company and, in accordance with Section 7(b) below, the
Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities; (v) all application and filing fees
in connection with listing the Senior Notes on a national exchange or automated
quotation system if required hereunder; and (vi) all fees and disbursements of
independent certified public accountants of the Company (including the expenses
of any special audit and comfort letters required by or incident to such
performance).
The Company will, in any event, bear its internal expenses (including, without
limitation, all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees performing
legal or accounting duties), the expenses of any annual audit and the fees and
expenses of any Person, including special experts, retained by the Company.
(b) In connection with any Registration Statement required by this Agreement,
the Company will reimburse the Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities being
tendered in the Exchange Offer and/or resold pursuant to the "Plan of
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Distribution" contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or
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registered pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement, as applicable, for the
reasonable fees and disbursements of not more than one counsel chosen by the
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Transfer Restricted Securities
for whose benefit such Registration Statement is being prepared.
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SECTION 8. INDEMNIFICATION
(a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless (i) each Holder, (ii)
each person, if any, who controls a Holder within the meaning of Section 15 of
the Act or Section 20(a) of the Exchange Act and (iii) the respective officers,
directors, partners, employees, representatives and agents of any Holder or any
controlling person to the fullest extent lawful, from and against any and all
losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses whatsoever (including but not
limited to attorneys' fees and any and all expenses whatsoever incurred in
investigating, preparing or defending against any investigation or litigation,
commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever, and any and all amounts paid
in settlement of any claim or litigation), joint or several, to which they or
any of them may become subject under the Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise,
insofar as such losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses (or actions in
respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement or
the Prospectus, or in any supplement thereto or amendment thereof, or arise out
of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading; provided, however, that the Company will not be liable in any such
case to the extent, but only to the extent, that (i) any such loss, liability,
claim, damage or expense arises out of or is based upon any such untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made
therein in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to
the Company by or on behalf of such Holder expressly for use therein and (ii)
the foregoing indemnity with respect to any untrue statement contained in or
omitted from a Registration Statement or the Prospectus shall not inure to the
benefit of any Holder (or any person controlling such Holder), from whom the
person asserting any such loss, liability, claim, damage or expense purchased
any of the Senior Notes which are the subject thereof if it is finally
judicially determined that such loss, liability, claim, damage or expense
resulted solely from the fact that the Holder sold Senior Notes to a person to
whom there was not sent or given, at or prior to the written confirmation of
such sale, a copy of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, as amended
or supplemented, and (x) the Company shall have previously and timely furnished
sufficient copies of the Registration Statement or Prospectus, as so amended or
supplemented, to such Holder in accordance with this Agreement and (y) the
Registration Statement or Prospectus, as so amended or supplemented, would have
corrected such untrue statement or omission of a material fact. This indemnity
agreement will be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise
have, including, under this Agreement.
(b) Each Holder, severally and not jointly, agrees to indemnify and hold
harmless the Company and each person, if any, who controls the Company within
the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20(a) of the Exchange Act,
against any losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses whatsoever
(including but not limited to attorneys' fees and any and all expenses
whatsoever incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any
investigation or litigation, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever
and any and all amounts paid in settlement of any claim or litigation), joint or
several, to which they or any of them may become subject under the Act, the
Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, liabilities, claims, damages
or expenses (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus, or in any amendment thereof or
supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged
omission to state therein a material fact
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required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in
the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in
each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that any such loss, liability,
claim, damage or expense arises out of or is based upon any untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made therein in
reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the
Company by or on behalf of such Holder expressly for use therein. This indemnity
will be in addition to any liability which a Holder may otherwise have,
including under this Agreement. In no event, however, shall the liability of any
selling Holder hereunder be greater in amount than the dollar amount of the
proceeds received by such Holder upon its sale of the Senior Notes giving rise
to such indemnification obligation.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b)
above of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party shall,
if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under
such subsection, notify each party against whom indemnification is to be sought
in writing of the commencement thereof (but the failure so to notify an
indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have
under this Section 8 except to the extent that it has been prejudiced in any
material respect by such failure or from any liability which it may otherwise
have). In case any such action is brought against any indemnified party, and it
notifies an indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying
party will be entitled to participate therein, and to the extent it may elect by
written notice delivered to the indemnified party promptly after receiving the
aforesaid notice from such indemnified party, to assume the defense thereof with
counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the indemnified party or parties shall have the right to employ its
or their own counsel in any such case, but the fees and expenses of such counsel
shall be at the expense of such indemnified party or parties unless (i) the
employment of such counsel shall have been authorized in writing by the
indemnifying parties in connection with the defense of such action, (ii) the
indemnifying parties shall not have employed counsel to take charge of the
defense of such action within a reasonable time after notice of commencement of
the action, or (iii) such indemnified party or parties shall have reasonably
concluded that there may be defenses available to it or them which are different
from or additional to those available to one or all of the indemnifying parties
(in which case the indemnifying party or parties shall not have the right to
direct the defense of such action on behalf of the indemnified party or
parties), in any of which events such fees and expenses of counsel shall be
borne by the indemnifying parties; provided, however, that the indemnifying
party under subsection (a) or (b) above, shall only be liable for the legal
expenses of one counsel (in addition to any local counsel) for all indemnified
parties in each jurisdiction in which any claim or action is brought. Anything
in this subsection to the contrary notwithstanding, an indemnifying party shall
not be liable for any settlement of any claim or action effected without its
prior written consent, provided, however, that such consent was not unreasonably
withheld.
(d) In order to provide for contribution in circumstances in which the
indemnification provided for in this Section 8 is for any reason held to be
unavailable from the
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Company or is insufficient to hold harmless a party indemnified thereunder, the
Company and each Holder shall contribute to the aggregate losses, claims,
damages, liabilities and expenses of the nature contemplated by such
indemnification provision (including any investigation, legal and other expenses
incurred in connection with, and any amount paid in settlement of, any action,
suit or proceeding or any claims asserted, but after deducting in the case of
losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses suffered by the Company, any
contribution received by the Company from persons, other than the Holders, who
may also be liable for contribution, including persons who control the Company
within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20(a) of the Exchange
Act) to which the Company and any Holder may be subject, in such proportion as
is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company from the
offering of Senior Notes and any such Holder from its sale of Senior Notes or,
if such allocation is not permitted by applicable law or indemnification is not
available as a result of the indemnifying party not having received notice as
provided in this Section 8, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not
only the relative benefits referred to above but also the relative fault of the
Company and the Holders in connection with the statements or omissions which
resulted in such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses, as well as
any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by
the Company and any Holder shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as (x)
the total proceeds from the offering of the Senior Notes (net of discounts but
before deducting expenses) received by the Company and (y) the total proceeds
received by such Holder upon its sale of Senior Notes which would otherwise give
rise to the indemnification obligation, respectively. The relative fault of the
Company and of the Holders shall be determined by reference to, among other
things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the
omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information
supplied by the Company or the Holders and the parties' relative intent,
knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such
statement or omission. The Company and each Holder agree that it would not be
just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 8 were determined by
pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation which does not take
into account the equitable considerations referred to above. Notwithstanding the
provisions of this Section 8, (i) no Holder shall be required to contribute, in
the aggregate, any amount in excess of the amount by which the total received by
such Holder with respect to the sale of its Senior Notes exceeds the sum of (A)
the paid by such Holder for such Senior Notes plus (B) the amount of any damages
which such Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or
alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission and (ii) no person
guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of
the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of
such fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes of this Section 8, (A) each
person, if any, who controls a Holder within the meaning of Section 15 of the
Act or Section 20(a) of the Exchange Act and (B) the respective officers,
directors, partners, employees, representatives and agents of a Holder or any
controlling person shall have the same rights to contribution as such Holder,
and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section
15 of the Act or Section 20(a) of the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to
contribution as the Company, subject in each case to clauses (i) and (ii) of
this Section 8(d). Any party entitled to contribution will, promptly after
receipt of notice of commencement of any action, suit or proceeding against such
party in respect of which a claim for contribution may be made against another
party or parties under this Section 8, notify such party or parties from whom
contribution may be sought, but the failure to so notify such party or
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parties shall not relieve the party or parties from whom contribution may be
sought from any obligation it or they may have under this Section 8 or
otherwise. No party shall be liable for contribution with respect to any action
or claim settled without its prior written consent; provided, however, that such
written consent was not unreasonably withheld.
SECTION 9. RULE 144A
The Company hereby agrees with each Holder, for so long as any Transfer
Restricted Securities remain outstanding, to make available, upon request of any
Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities, to any Holder or beneficial owner of
Transfer Restricted Securities in connection with any sale thereof and any
prospective purchaser of such Transfer Restricted Securities designated by such
Holder or beneficial owner, the information required by Rule 144A(d)(4) under
the Act in order to permit resales of such Transfer Restricted Securities
pursuant to Rule 144A.
SECTION 10. UNDERWRITTEN REGISTRATIONS
The Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities may elect to sell their Transfer
Restricted Securities pursuant to one or more Underwritten Registrations;
provided, however, that in no event shall any Holder commence any such
Underwritten Registration if a period of less than 180 days has elapsed since
the consummation of the most recent Underwritten Registration hereunder; and
provided further that in no event shall the Holders effect more than three such
Underwritten Registrations hereunder. No Holder may participate in any
Underwritten Registration hereunder unless such Holder (a) agrees to sell such
Holder's Transfer Restricted Securities on the basis provided in customary
underwriting arrangements entered into in connection therewith and (b) completes
and executes all reasonable questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities,
underwriting agreements, lock-up letters and other documents required under the
terms of such underwriting arrangements.
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SECTION 11. SELECTION OF UNDERWRITERS
In any Underwritten Offering, the investment banker or investment bankers and
manager or managers that will administer the offering will be selected by the
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Transfer Restricted
Securities included in such offering; provided, that such investment bankers and
managers must be reasonably satisfactory to the Company. Such investment
bankers and managers are referred to herein as the "underwriters."
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SECTION 12. MISCELLANEOUS
(a) Remedies. Each Holder, in addition to being entitled to exercise all
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rights provided herein, in the Indenture, the Purchase Agreement or granted by
law, including recovery of liquidated or other damages, will be entitled to
specific performance of its rights under this Agreement. The Company agrees
that monetary damages (including the liquidated damages contemplated hereby)
would not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of a breach
by it of the provisions of this Agreement and hereby agrees to waive the defense
in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate.
(b) No Inconsistent Agreements. The Company will not on or after the date of
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this Agreement enter into any agreement with respect to its securities that
conflicts with the rights granted to the Holders in this Agreement or otherwise
conflicts with the provisions hereof. The rights granted to the Holders
hereunder do not in any way conflict with and are not inconsistent with the
rights granted to the holders of the Company's securities under any agreement in
effect on the date hereof, except where a waiver with respect thereto has been
obtained prior to the date of effectiveness of any registration statement
required under this Agreement.
(c) Adjustments Affecting the Senior Notes. The Company will not take any
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action, or permit any change to occur, with respect to the Senior Notes that
would materially adversely affect the ability of the Holders to Consummate any
Exchange Offer.
(d) Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement may not be
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amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to or departures from
the provisions hereof may not be given unless the Company has obtained the
written consent of Holders of a majority of the outstanding principal amount of
Transfer Restricted Securities. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a waiver or
consent to departure from the provisions hereof that relates exclusively to the
rights of Holders whose securities are being tendered pursuant to the Exchange
Offer and that does not affect directly or indirectly the rights of other
Holders whose securities are not being tendered pursuant to such Exchange Offer
may be given by the Holders of a majority of the outstanding principal amount of
Transfer Restricted Securities that are subject to such Exchange Offer.
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(e) Notices. All notices and other communications provided for or permitted
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hereunder shall be made in writing by hand-delivery, first-class mail
(registered or certified, return receipt requested), telex, telecopier, or air
courier guaranteeing overnight delivery:
(i) if to a Holder, at the address set forth on the records of the
Registrar under the Indenture, with a copy to the Registrar under the
Indenture; and
(ii) if to the Company:
Intermedia Communications Inc.
0000 Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000
Telecopier No.: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
With a copy to:
Kronish, Lieb, Weiner & Xxxxxxx LLP
1114 Avenue of the Xxxxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Telecopier No.: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given:
at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five Business Days after
being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when answered back, if
telexed; when receipt acknowledged, if telecopied; and on the next business day,
if timely delivered to an air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery.
Copies of all such notices, demands or other communications shall be
concurrently delivered by the Person giving the same to the Trustee at the
address specified in the Indenture.
(f) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and
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be binding upon the successors and assigns of each of the parties, including
without limitation and without the need for an express assignment, subsequent
Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities; provided, however, that this
Agreement shall not inure to the benefit of or be binding upon a successor or
assign of a Holder unless and to the extent such successor or assign acquired
Transfer Restricted Securities directly from such Holder.
(g) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
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counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which
when so executed
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shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall
constitute one and the same agreement.
(h) Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference
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only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
(i) Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN
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ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE
CONFLICT OF LAW RULES THEREOF.
(j) Severability. In the event that any one or more of the provisions
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contained herein, or the application thereof in any circumstance, is held
invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of
any such provision in every other respect and of the remaining provisions
contained herein shall not be affected or impaired thereby.
(k) Entire Agreement. This Agreement together with the other Operative
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Documents (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) is intended by the parties as a
final expression of their agreement and intended to be a complete and exclusive
statement of the agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in respect of
the subject matter contained herein. There are no restrictions, promises,
warranties or undertakings, other than those set forth or referred to herein
with respect to the registration rights granted by the Company with respect to
the Transfer Restricted Securities. This Agreement supersedes all prior
agreements and understandings between the parties with respect to such subject
matter.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date
first written above.
INTERMEDIA COMMUNICATIONS INC.
By: ____________________________________
Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Chairman of the Board, President and
Chief Executive Officer
BEAR, XXXXXXX & CO. INC.
By: BEAR, XXXXXXX & CO. INC.
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Name:
Title:
SALOMON BROTHERS INC
By: SALOMON BROTHERS INC
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Name:
Title:
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