Exhibit 4.11
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REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
Dated as of September 24, 1997
between
CELLNET DATA SYSTEMS, INC.
and
XXXXXX XXXXXXX & CO. INCORPORATED
XXXXXXXXX, LUFKIN & XXXXXXXX SECURITIES CORPORATION
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REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
THIS REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this "Agreement") is made and
entered into as of September 24, 1997, among CELLNET DATA SYSTEMS, INC., a
Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and XXXXXX XXXXXXX & CO. INCORPORATED
AND XXXXXXXXX, LUFKIN & XXXXXXXX SECURITIES CORPORATION (collectively, the
"Placement Agents").
This Agreement is made pursuant to the Placement Agreement dated
September 24, 1997, among the Company and the Placement Agents (the
"Placement Agreement"), which provides for the sale by the Company to the
Placement Agents of 197,500 Units. Each Unit consists of (i) one 14% Senior
Discount Note due 2007 of the Company (each, a "Note") to be issued pursuant
to the Indenture (as hereinafter defined) and (ii) one warrant (each, a
"Warrant"), entitling the holder thereof to purchase 13.671 shares of common
stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company, at an exercise price of
$14.30 per share, subject to adjustment. In addition, the Company has agreed
to issue, concurrently with the Offering (as defined below), (i) pursuant to
a Consent Solicitation dated August 20, 1997, to certain holders of the
Company's Series B 13% Senior Discount Notes (the "1995 Notes"), 1,795
additional Units and (ii) pursuant to an Exchange Offer Memorandum dated
September 3, 1997, to the holders of the 1995 Notes 454,838 additional Units.
In order to induce the Placement Agents to enter into the Placement
Agreement, the Company has agreed to provide to the Placement Agents and
their direct and indirect transferees the registration rights with respect to
the Notes set forth in this Agreement. The execution of this Agreement is a
condition to the closing under the Placement Agreement.
In consideration of the foregoing, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
1. DEFINITIONS.
As used in this Agreement, the following capitalized defined terms
shall have the following meanings:
"1933 ACT" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from
time to time.
"1934 ACT" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended from time to time.
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"CLOSING DATE" shall mean the Closing Date as defined in the
Placement Agreement.
"COMPANY" shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble to this
Agreement and shall also include the Company's successors.
"EXCHANGE DATES" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2(a)(ii) hereof.
"EXCHANGE NOTES" shall mean securities issued by the Company under
the Indenture containing terms identical to the Notes (except that (i)
interest thereon shall accrue from the last date on which interest was
paid on the Notes, and (ii) the Exchange Notes will not contain terms
with respect to transfer restrictions and (iii) the Exchange Notes will
not contain terms providing for additional interest if the Company fails
to comply with its exchange obligations under this Agreement) and to be
offered to Holders of Notes in exchange for Notes pursuant to the
Exchange Offer.
"EXCHANGE OFFER" shall mean the exchange offer by the Company of
Exchange Notes for Registrable Notes pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof.
"EXCHANGE OFFER REGISTRATION" shall mean a registration under the
1933 Act effected pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof.
"EXCHANGE OFFER REGISTRATION STATEMENT" shall mean an exchange
offer registration statement on Form S-4 (or other appropriate form) and
all amendments and supplements to such registration statement, in each
case including the Prospectus contained therein, all exhibits thereto
and all material incorporated by reference therein.
"HOLDER" shall mean any Placement Agent, for so long as it owns any
Registrable Notes, any record holder of Notes and each of their
respective successors, assigns and direct and indirect transferees who
become registered owners of Registrable Notes under the Indenture;
PROVIDED that for purposes of Sections 4 and 5 of this Agreement, the
term "Holder" shall include Participating Broker-Dealers (as defined in
Section 4(a) hereof).
"INDENTURE" shall mean the Indenture relating to the Notes dated as
of June 15, 1995 (as supplemented from time to time), between the
Company and The Bank of New York, as trustee.
"MAJORITY HOLDERS" shall mean the Holders of a majority of the
aggregate principal amount of outstanding Registrable Notes; PROVIDED
that whenever the consent
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or approval of Holders of a specified percentage of Registrable Notes is
required hereunder, Registrable Notes held by the Company or any of its
affiliates (as such term is defined in Rule 405 under the 1933 Act),
other than the Placement Agents or subsequent holders of Registrable
Notes if such subsequent holders are deemed to be such affiliates solely
by reason of their holding of such Registrable Notes, shall not be
counted in determining whether such consent or approval was given by the
Holders of such required percentage or amount.
"NOTES" shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble to this
Agreement.
"1995 NOTES" shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble to
this Agreement.
"OFFERING" shall mean the sale of the Units by the Company to the
Placement Agents pursuant to the Placement Agreement and the resale of
such Units by the Placement Agents.
"PARTICIPATING BROKER-DEALER" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 4(a) hereof.
"PERSON" shall mean an individual, partnership, limited liability
company, limited liability partnership, corporation, trust or
unincorporated organization, or a government or agency or political
subdivision thereof.
"PLACEMENT AGENTS" shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble
to this Agreement.
"PLACEMENT AGREEMENT" shall have the meaning set forth in the
preamble to this Agreement.
"PROSPECTUS" shall mean the prospectus included in a Registration
Statement, including any preliminary prospectus, and any such prospectus
as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, including a
prospectus supplement with respect to the terms of the offering of any
portion of the Registrable Notes covered by a Shelf Registration
Statement, and by all other amendments and supplements to such
prospectus, and in each case including all material incorporated by
reference therein.
"REGISTRABLE NOTES" shall mean the Notes; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that
the Notes shall cease to be Registrable Notes (i) when a Registration
Statement with respect to such Notes shall have been declared effective
under the 1933 Act and such Notes shall have been disposed of pursuant
to such Registration Statement, (ii) when such Notes
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have been sold to the public pursuant to Rule 144(k) (or any similar
provision then in force, but not Rule 144A) under the 1933 Act, (iii)
when such Notes shall have ceased to be outstanding or (iv) when the
Exchange Offer is consummated (except in the case of Notes purchased
from the Company that continue to be held by a Placement Agent).
"REGISTRATION EXPENSES" shall mean any and all expenses incident to
performance of or compliance by the Company with this Agreement,
including without limitation: (i) all SEC, stock exchange or National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. registration and filing fees,
(ii) all fees and expenses incurred in connection with compliance with
state securities or blue sky laws (including reasonable fees and
disbursements of counsel for any underwriters or Holders in connection
with blue sky qualification of any of the Exchange Notes or Registrable
Notes), (iii) all expenses of any Persons in preparing or assisting in
preparing, word processing, printing and distributing any Registration
Statement, any Prospectus, any amendments or supplements thereto, any
underwriting agreements, securities sales agreements and other documents
relating to the performance of and compliance with this Agreement, (iv)
all rating agency fees, (v) all fees and disbursements relating to the
qualification of the Indenture under applicable securities laws, (vi)
the fees and disbursements of the Trustee and its counsel, (vii) the
fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company and, in the case of a
Shelf Registration Statement, the fees and disbursements of one counsel
for the Holders (which counsel shall be selected by the Majority Holders
and which counsel may also be counsel for the Placement Agents) and
(viii) the fees and disbursements of the independent public accountants
of the Company, including the expenses of any special audits or "cold
comfort" letters required by or incident to such performance and
compliance, but excluding fees and expenses of counsel to the
underwriters (other than reasonable fees and expenses set forth in
clause (ii) above) or the Holders and underwriting discounts and
commissions and transfer taxes, if any, relating to the sale or
disposition of Registrable Notes by a Holder.
"REGISTRATION STATEMENT" shall mean any registration statement of
the Company that covers any of the Exchange Notes or Registrable Notes
pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement and all amendments and
supplements to any such Registration Statement, including post-effective
amendments, in each case including the Prospectus contained therein, all
exhibits thereto and all material incorporated by reference therein.
"SEC" shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"SHELF REGISTRATION" shall mean a registration effected pursuant to
Section 2(b) hereof.
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"SHELF REGISTRATION STATEMENT" shall mean a "shelf" registration
statement of the Company pursuant to the provisions of Section 2(b) of
this Agreement which covers all of the Registrable Notes (but no other
securities unless approved by the Holders whose Registrable Notes are
covered by such Shelf Registration Statement) on an appropriate form
under Rule 415 under the 1933 Act, or any similar rule that may be
adopted by the SEC, and all amendments and supplements to such
registration statement, including post-effective amendments, in each
case including the Prospectus contained therein, all exhibits thereto
and all material incorporated by reference therein.
"TRUSTEE" shall mean the trustee with respect to the Notes under
the Indenture.
"UNDERWRITTEN REGISTRATION" or "UNDERWRITTEN OFFERING" shall mean a
registration in which Registrable Notes are sold to an underwriter for
reoffering to the public.
"WARRANTS" shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble to this
Agreement.
2. REGISTRATION UNDER THE 1933 ACT.
(a) To the extent not prohibited by any applicable law or
applicable interpretation of the Staff of the SEC, the Company shall use its
best efforts to file and cause to become effective an Exchange Offer
Registration Statement covering the offer by the Company to the Holders to
exchange all of the Registrable Notes for Exchange Notes, to have such
Registration Statement remain effective until the closing of the Exchange
Offer and to consummate the Exchange Offer on or prior to March 29, 1998.
The Company shall commence the Exchange Offer promptly after the Exchange
Offer Registration Statement has been declared effective by the SEC. The
Company shall commence the Exchange Offer by mailing the related exchange
offer Prospectus and accompanying documents to each Holder stating, in
addition to such other disclosures as are required by applicable law:
(i) that the Exchange Offer is being made pursuant to this
Agreement and that all Registrable Notes validly tendered, in accordance
with the terms and subject to the conditions, of the Exchange Offer,
will be accepted for exchange;
(ii) the dates of acceptance for exchange (which shall be a period
of at least 30 business days from the date such notice is mailed) (the
"Exchange Dates");
(iii) that any Registrable Note not validly tendered will remain
outstanding and continue to accrete in value until October 1, 2002 and
thereafter will accrue interest in accordance with the terms of the
Notes, but will not retain any rights under this Agreement;
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(iv) that each Holder electing to have a Registrable Note
exchanged pursuant to the Exchange Offer will be required to surrender
such Registrable Note, together with the letter of transmittal delivered
in the Exchange Offer, to the institution and at the address (located in
the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York) specified in the notice
prior to the close of business on the last Exchange Date; and
(v) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election,
not later than the close of business on the last Exchange Date, by
sending to the institution and at the address (located in the Borough of
Manhattan, The City of New York) specified in the notice a telegram,
telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of such
Holder, the principal amount of Registrable Notes delivered for exchange
and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing its election to have
such Notes exchanged.
As soon as practicable after the last Exchange Date, the Company
shall:
(i) accept for exchange Registrable Notes or portions thereof duly
tendered and not validly withdrawn pursuant to the Exchange Offer; and
(ii) deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Trustee for
cancellation all Registrable Notes or portions thereof so accepted for
exchange by the Company and issue, and cause the Trustee to promptly
authenticate and mail to each Holder, an Exchange Note equal in accreted
value and face amount, respectively, to the accreted value and face
amount, respectively, of the Registrable Note surrendered by such Holder.
The Company shall use its best efforts to complete the Exchange Offer as
provided above and shall comply with the applicable requirements of the 1933
Act, the 1934 Act and other applicable laws and regulations in connection
with the Exchange Offer. The Exchange Offer shall not be subject to any
condition other than that the Exchange Offer not violate applicable law or
any applicable interpretation of the Staff of the SEC. The Company shall
inform the Placement Agents of the names and addresses of the Holders to whom
the Exchange Offer is made.
(b) In the event that (i) the Company determines that the Exchange
Offer Registration provided for in Section 2(a) above is not available or may
not be consummated as soon as practicable after the last Exchange Date
because it would violate applicable law or the applicable interpretations of
the Staff of the SEC, (ii) the Exchange Offer is not for any other reason
consummated by Xxxxx 00, 0000, (xxx) the Exchange Offer has been completed
and, in the opinion of counsel for the Placement Agents, a Registration
Statement must be filed and a Prospectus must be delivered by a Placement
Agent in connection with any offering or sale by such Placement Agent of
Registrable Notes that were a part of such Placement Agent's
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original unsold allotment or (iv) in the case of any Holder that participates
in the Exchange Offer, such Holder does not receive Exchange Notes on the
date of the exchange that may be sold without restriction under state and
federal securities laws, then in the case of each of the clauses (i) through
(iv), the Company shall use its best efforts to cause to be filed as soon as
practicable after such determination, date or notice of such opinion of
counsel is given to the Company, as the case may be, a Shelf Registration
Statement providing for the sale by the Holders of all of the Registrable
Notes and to have such Shelf Registration Statement declared effective by the
SEC within six months of the Closing Date. In the event the Company is
required to file a Shelf Registration Statement solely as a result of the
matters referred to in clause (iii) of the preceding sentence, in addition to
its obligations under the foregoing Section 2(a), the Company shall use its
best effort to file as soon as practicable after delivery of such opinion of
counsel and use its best efforts to have declared effective by the SEC,
within six months of the Closing Date, a Shelf Registration Statement (which
may be a combined Registration Statement with the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement) with respect to offers and sales of Registrable Notes held by such
Placement Agent as part of its original unsold allotment after completion of
the Exchange Offer. The Company agrees to use its best efforts to keep the
Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective until the expiration of
the time period referred to in Rule 144(k) under the 1933 Act with respect to
all Registrable Notes covered by the Shelf Registration Statement or such
shorter period that will terminate when all of the Registrable Notes covered
by the Shelf Registration Statement have been sold pursuant to the Shelf
Registration Statement. The Company further agrees to supplement or amend
the Shelf Registration Statement if required by the rules, regulations or
instructions applicable to the registration form used by the Company for such
Shelf Registration Statement or by the 1933 Act or by any other rules and
regulations thereunder for shelf registration or if reasonably requested by a
Holder with respect to information relating to such Holder, and to use its
best efforts to cause any such amendment to become effective and such Shelf
Registration Statement to become usable as soon as thereafter practicable.
The Company agrees to furnish to the Holders of Registrable Notes copies of
any such supplement or amendment promptly after its being used or filed with
the SEC.
(c) The Company shall pay all Registration Expenses in connection
with the registration pursuant to Section 2(a) or Section 2(b). Each Holder
shall pay all underwriting discounts and commissions and transfer taxes, if
any, relating to the sale or disposition of such Holder's Registrable Notes
pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement.
(d) An Exchange Offer Registration Statement pursuant to Section
2(a) hereof or a Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2(b) hereof
will not be deemed to have become effective unless it has been declared
effective by the SEC; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, if, after it has been declared
effective, any stop order, injunction or other order or requirement of the
SEC or any other governmental agency or court interferes with the offering of
Registered Notes pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement, such
Registration Statement
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will be deemed not to have become effective during the period of such
interference until the offering of Registrable Notes pursuant to such
Registration Statement may legally resume. As provided for in the Indenture,
in the event that the Exchange Offer is not consummated and, if a Shelf
Registration Statement is required hereby, the Shelf Registration Statement
is not declared effective on or prior to March 29, 1998, the interest rate
(in addition to the accrual of original issue discount during the period
ended October 1, 2002) on the Notes (and the Exchange Notes) will increase by
0.5% per annum until the Exchange Offer is consummated or a Shelf
Registration Statement is declared effective.
(e) Without limiting the remedies available to the Placement
Agents and the Holders, the Company acknowledges that any failure by the
Company to comply with its obligations under Section 2(a) and Section 2(b)
hereof may result in material irreparable injury to the Placement Agents or
the Holders for which there is no adequate remedy at law, that it will not be
possible to measure damages for such injuries precisely and that, in the
event of any such failure, the Placement Agents or any Holder may obtain such
relief as may be required to specifically enforce the Company's obligations
under Section 2(a) and Section 2(b) hereof.
3. REGISTRATION PROCEDURES.
In connection with the obligations of the Company with respect to
the Registration Statements pursuant to Section 2(a) and Section 2(b) hereof,
the Company shall as expeditiously as possible:
(a) prepare and file with the SEC a Registration Statement on the
appropriate form under the 1933 Act, which form (x) shall be selected by
the Company and (y) shall, in the case of a Shelf Registration, be
available for the sale of the Registrable Notes by the selling Holders
thereof and (z) shall comply as to form in all material respects with
the requirements of the applicable form and include all financial
statements required by the SEC to be filed therewith, and use its best
efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective and
remain effective in accordance with Section 2 hereof;
(b) prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and
post-effective amendments to each Registration Statement as may be
necessary to keep such Registration Statement effective for the
applicable period and cause each Prospectus to be supplemented by any
required prospectus supplement and, as so supplemented, to be filed
pursuant to Rule 424 under the 1933 Act; to keep each Prospectus current
during the period described under Section 4(3) and Rule 174 under the
1933 Act that is applicable to transactions by brokers or dealers with
respect to the Registrable Notes or Exchange Notes;
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(c) in the case of a Shelf Registration, furnish to each Holder of
Registrable Notes, to counsel for the Placement Agents, to counsel for
the Holders and to each underwriter of an Underwritten Offering of
Registrable Notes, if any, without charge, as many copies of each
Prospectus, including each preliminary Prospectus, and any amendment or
supplement thereto and such other documents as such Holder, counsel or
underwriter may reasonably request, in order to facilitate the public
sale or other disposition of the Registrable Notes; and the Company
consents to the use of such Prospectus and any amendment or supplement
thereto in accordance with applicable law by each of the selling Holders
of Registrable Notes and any such underwriters in connection with the
offering and sale of the Registrable Notes covered by and in the manner
described in such Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto in
accordance with applicable law;
(d) use its reasonable efforts to register or qualify the Exchange
and Registrable Notes under all applicable state securities or "blue
sky" laws of such jurisdictions as any Holder of Registrable Notes
covered by a Registration Statement shall reasonably request in writing
by the time the applicable Registration Statement is declared effective
by the SEC, to cooperate with such Holders in connection with any
filings required to be made with the National Association of Securities
Dealers, Inc. and to do any and all other acts and things which may be
reasonably necessary or advisable to enable such Holder to consummate
the disposition in each such jurisdiction of such Exchange and
Registrable Notes owned by such Holder; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the
Company shall not be required to (i) qualify as a foreign corporation or
as a dealer in securities in any jurisdiction where it would not
otherwise be required to qualify but for this Section 3(d), (ii) file
any general consent to service of process or (iii) subject itself to
taxation in any such jurisdiction if it is not so subject;
(e) in the case of a Shelf Registration, notify each Holder of
Registrable Notes, counsel for the Holders and counsel for the Placement
Agents promptly and, if requested by any such Holder or counsel, confirm
such advice in writing (i) when the Shelf Registration Statement has
become effective and when any post-effective amendment thereto has been
filed and becomes effective, (ii) of any request by the SEC or any state
securities authority for amendments and supplements to such Registration
Statement and Prospectus or for additional information after such
Registration Statement has become effective, (iii) of the issuance by
the SEC or any state securities authority of any stop order suspending
the effectiveness of such Registration Statement or the initiation of
any proceedings for that purpose, (iv) if, between the effective date of
such Registration Statement and the closing of any sale of Registrable
Notes covered thereby, the representations and warranties of the Company
contained in any underwriting agreement, securities sales agreement or
other similar agreement, if any, relating to the offering cease to be
true and correct in all material respects or if the
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Company receives any notification with respect to the suspension of the
qualification of the Registrable Notes for sale in any jurisdiction or
the initiation of any proceeding for such purpose, (v) of the happening
of any event during the period a Shelf Registration Statement is
effective such that such Registration Statement or the related
Prospectus contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to
state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the statements therein not misleading and (vi) of any determination by
the Company that a post-effective amendment to such Registration
Statement would be appropriate;
(f) make every reasonable effort to obtain the withdrawal of any
order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement at the
earliest practicable moment after notice of such order and provide
immediate notice to each Holder of the withdrawal of any such order;
(g) in the case of a Shelf Registration, furnish to each Holder of
Registrable Notes, without charge, at least one conformed copy of the
Shelf Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto
(without documents incorporated therein by reference or exhibits
thereto, unless requested);
(h) in the case of a Shelf Registration, cooperate with the
selling Holders of Registrable Notes to facilitate the timely
preparation and delivery of certificates representing Registrable Notes
to be sold and not bearing any restrictive legends and enable such
Registrable Notes to be in such denominations (consistent with the
provisions of the Indenture) and registered in such names as the selling
Holders may reasonably request at least two business days prior to the
closing of any sale of Registrable Notes;
(i) in the case of a Shelf Registration, upon the occurrence of
any event contemplated by Section 3(e)(v) or (vi) hereof, use its best
efforts to prepare and file with the SEC a supplement or post-effective
amendment to a Registration Statement or the related Prospectus or any
document incorporated therein by reference or file any other required
document so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of the
Registrable Notes, such Prospectus will not contain any untrue statement
of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make
the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading. The Company agrees to notify the Holders to
suspend use of the Prospectus as promptly as practicable after the
occurrence of such an event, and the Holders hereby agree to suspend use
of the Prospectus upon receipt of such notice until the Company has
amended or supplemented the Prospectus to correct such misstatement or
omission;
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(j) a reasonable time prior to the filing of any Registration
Statement, any Prospectus, any amendment to a Registration Statement or
amendment or supplement to a Prospectus or any document which is to be
incorporated by reference into a Registration Statement or a Prospectus
after initial filing of a Registration Statement, provide copies of such
document to the Placement Agents and their counsel (and, in the case of
a Shelf Registration Statement, the Holders and their counsel) and make
such of the representatives of the Company as shall be reasonably
requested by the Placement Agents or their counsel (and, in the case of
a Shelf Registration Statement, the Holders or their counsel) available
for discussion of such document, and shall not at any time file or make
any amendment to the Registration Statement, any Prospectus or any
amendment of or supplement to a Registration Statement or a Prospectus
or any document which is to be incorporated by reference into a
Registration Statement or a Prospectus, of which the Placement Agents
and their counsel (and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement,
the Holders and their counsel) shall not have previously been advised
and furnished a copy or to which the Placement Agents or their counsel
(and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Holders or
their counsel) shall object;
(k) obtain a CUSIP number and, if applicable, a CINS number, for
all Exchange Notes or Registrable Notes, as the case may be, not later
than the effective date of a Registration Statement;
(l) cause the Indenture to be qualified under the Trust Indenture
Act of 1939, as amended (the "TIA"), in connection with the registration
of the Exchange Notes or Registrable Notes, as the case may be,
cooperate with the Trustee and the Holders to effect such changes to the
Indenture as may be required for the 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 as may be
required to effect such changes and all other forms and documents
required to be filed with the SEC to enable the Indenture to be so
qualified in a timely manner;
(m) in the case of a Shelf Registration, make available for
inspection by a representative of the Holders of the Registrable Notes,
any underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to such Shelf
Registration Statement, and attorneys and accountants designated by the
Holders, at reasonable times and in a reasonable manner, all financial
and other records, pertinent documents and properties of the Company,
and cause the respective officers, directors and employees of the
Company to supply all information reasonably requested by any such
representative, underwriter, attorney or accountant in connection with a
Shelf Registration Statement; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such Persons shall
first agree in writing with the Company that any information that is
reasonably and in good faith designated by the Company in writing as
confidential at
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the time of delivery of such information shall be kept confidential by
such Persons, unless and to the extent that disclosure of such
information is required by law or such information becomes generally
available to the public other than as a result of a disclosure or
failure to safeguard such information by such Person;
(n) use its best efforts to cause the Exchange Notes or
Registrable Notes, as the case may be, to be rated by two nationally
recognized statistical rating organizations (as such term is defined in
Rule 436(g)(2) under the 0000 Xxx);
(o) if requested by any Holder of Registrable Notes covered by a
Registration Statement, (i) promptly incorporate in a Prospectus
supplement or post-effective amendment such information with respect to
such Holder as such Holder reasonably requests to be included therein
and (ii) make all required filings of such Prospectus supplement or such
post-effective amendment as soon as the Company has received
notification of the matters to be incorporated in such filing; and
(p) in the case of a Shelf Registration, enter into such customary
agreements and take all such other actions in connection therewith
(including those requested by the Holders of a majority of the
Registrable Notes being sold) in order to expedite or facilitate the
disposition of such Registrable Notes including, but not limited to, an
Underwritten Offering, and in such connection, (i) to the extent
possible, make such representations and warranties to the Holders and
any underwriters of such Registrable Notes with respect to the business
of the Company and its Subsidiaries, the Registration Statement,
Prospectus and documents incorporated by reference or deemed
incorporated by reference, if any, in each case, in form, substance and
scope as are customarily made by issuers to underwriters in underwritten
offerings (but in no event more onerous to the Company than those
contained in the Placement Agreement), and confirm the same if and when
requested, (ii) obtain opinions of counsel to the Company (which counsel
and opinions, in form, scope and substance, shall be reasonably
satisfactory to the Holders and such underwriters and their respective
counsel) addressed to each selling Holder and underwriter of Registrable
Notes, covering the matters customarily covered in opinions requested in
underwritten offerings (but in no event more onerous to the Company than
those opinions required in the Placement Agreement), (iii) obtain "cold
comfort" letters from the independent certified public accountants of
the Company (and, if necessary, any other certified public accountant 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
selling Holder and underwriter of Registrable Notes, such letters to be
in customary form and covering matters of the type customarily covered
in "cold comfort" letters in connection with underwritten offerings, and
(iv) deliver such documents and certificates as may be reasonably
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requested by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of
the Registrable Notes being sold or the underwriters, and which are
customarily delivered in underwritten offerings, to evidence the
continued validity of the representations and warranties of the Company
made pursuant to clause (i) above and to evidence compliance with any
customary conditions contained in an underwriting agreement.
In the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Company may
require each Holder of Registrable Notes to furnish to the Company such
information regarding the Holder and the proposed distribution by such Holder
of such Registrable Notes as the Company may from time to time reasonably
request in writing.
In the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, each Holder agrees
that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the happening of any
event of the kind described in Section 3(e)(v) or (vi) hereof, such Holder
will forthwith discontinue disposition of Registrable Notes pursuant to a
Registration Statement until such Holder's receipt of the copies of the
supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 3(i) hereof, and,
if so directed by the Company, such Holder will deliver to the Company (at
its expense) all copies in its possession, other than permanent file copies
then in such Holder's possession, of the Prospectus covering such Registrable
Notes current at the time of receipt of such notice. The Company may suspend
the availability of any Shelf Registration Statement not more than two times
during any 365 day period and any such suspension may not exceed 30 days for
each suspension. If the Company shall give any such notice to suspend the
disposition of Registrable Notes pursuant to a Registration Statement, the
Company shall extend the period during which the Registration Statement shall
be maintained effective pursuant to this Agreement by the number of days
during the period from and including the date of the giving of such notice to
and including the date when the Holders shall have received copies of the
supplemented or amended Prospectus necessary to resume such dispositions.
The Holders of Registrable Notes covered by a Shelf Registration
Statement who desire to do so may sell such Registrable Notes in an
Underwritten Offering. In the case of any Underwritten Offering, the Company
shall (x) provide written notice to the Holders of all Registrable Securities
of such Underwritten Offering at least 30 days prior to the filing of a
prospectus for such Underwritten Offering, (y) specify a date, which shall be
no earlier than 10 days following the date of such notice, by which each such
Holder must inform the Company of its intent to participate in such
Underwritten Offering and (z) include reasonable procedures that are
customary to underwritten offerings of the type contemplated herein that such
Holder must follow in order to participate in such Underwritten Offering. In
any such Underwritten Offering, the investment banker or investment bankers
and manager or managers (the "underwriters") that will administer the
offering will be selected by the Majority Holders of the Registrable Notes
included in such offering.
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4. PARTICIPATION OF BROKER-DEALERS IN EXCHANGE OFFER.
(a) The Staff of the SEC has taken the position that any
broker-dealer that receives Exchange Notes for its own account in the
Exchange Offer in exchange for Notes that were acquired by such broker-dealer
as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a "Participating
Broker-Dealer"), may be deemed to be an "underwriter" within the meaning of
the 1933 Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the
1933 Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Notes.
The Company understands that it is the Staff's position that if the
Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a
plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means
by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Notes, without
naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange
Notes owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating
Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the 1933
Act in connection with resales of Exchange Notes (other than a resale of an
unsold allotment from the original sale of the Notes) for their own accounts,
so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the 1933 Act.
(b) In light of the above, notwithstanding the other provisions of
this Agreement, the Company agrees that the provisions of this Agreement as
they relate to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an Exchange Offer
Registration to the extent, and with such modifications thereto as may be
requested by the Placement Agents or by one or more Participating
Broker-Dealers, in each case as provided in clause (ii) below, in order to
expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Notes by Participating
Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section
4(a) above; PROVIDED that:
(i) the Company shall not be required to amend or supplement the
Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as
would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i), for a period exceeding
180 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended
pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement)
and Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Company
to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after such period in
connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; and
(ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set
forth in Section 3 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration,
to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff of the SEC or
the 1933 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in
conformity with the request to the Company by the Placement Agents or
with the request in writing to the Company by one or more broker-dealers
who certify to the Placement Agents and the Company in writing that they
anticipate
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that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and PROVIDED FURTHER
that, in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration
procedures set forth in Section 3 to an Exchange Offer Registration, the
Company shall be obligated (x) to deal only with one entity representing
the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co.
Incorporated, unless it advises the Company in writing that it elects
not to act as such representative, (y) to pay the reasonable fees and
expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating
Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Placement Agents unless
such counsel elects not to so act and (z) to cause to be delivered only
one, if any, "cold comfort" letter with respect to the Prospectus in the
form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each
subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period
specified in clause (i) above.
(c) The Placement Agents shall have no liability to the Company
or any Holder with respect to any request that it may make pursuant to
Section 4(b) above.
5. INDEMNIFICATION AND CONTRIBUTION.
(a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each
Placement Agent, each Holder and each Person, if any, who controls any
Placement Agent or any Holder within the meaning of either Section 15 of the
1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act, or is under common control with, or
is controlled by, any Placement Agent or any Holder, from and against all
losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including, without limitation, any
legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by any Placement Agent, any
Holder or any such controlling or affiliated person in connection with
defending or investigating any such action or claim) caused by any untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any
Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto) pursuant to which Exchange
Notes or Registrable Notes were registered under the 1933 Act, including all
documents incorporated therein by reference, or caused by any omission or
alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or caused
by any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
contained in any Prospectus (as amended or supplemented, if the Company shall
have furnished any amendments or supplements thereto), or caused by any
omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary to
make the statements therein in light of the circumstances under which they
were made not misleading, except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities are caused by any such untrue statement or omission or alleged
untrue statement or omission based upon information relating to any Placement
Agent or any Holder furnished to the Company in writing by such Placement
Agent or any selling Holder expressly for use therein. In connection with
any Underwritten Offering permitted by Section 3 hereof, the Company will
also indemnify the underwriters, if any, selling brokers, dealers and similar
securities industry professionals participating in the distribution, their
officers and directors and each Person who controls such Persons (within the
meaning of the 1933 Act and
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the 0000 Xxx) to the same extent as provided above with respect to the
indemnification of the Holders, if requested in connection with any
Registration Statement.
(b) Each Holder agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify
and hold harmless the Company, each Placement Agent and the other selling
Holders, and each of their respective directors, officers who sign the
Registration Statement and each Person, if any, who controls the Company, any
Placement Agent and any other selling Holder within the meaning of either
Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act to the same extent
as the foregoing indemnity from the Company to each Placement Agent and the
Holders, but only with reference to information relating to such Holder
furnished to the Company in writing by such Holder expressly for use in any
Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto) or any Prospectus (or any
amendment or supplement thereto).
(c) In case any proceeding (including any governmental
investigation) shall be instituted involving any Person in respect of which
indemnity may be sought pursuant to either paragraph (a) or paragraph (b)
above, such Person (the "indemnified party") shall promptly notify the Person
against whom such indemnity may be sought (the "indemnifying party") in
writing and the indemnifying party, upon request of the indemnified party,
shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party to
represent the indemnified party and any others the indemnifying party may
designate in such proceeding and shall pay the reasonable fees and
disbursements of such counsel related to such proceeding. In any such
proceeding, any indemnified party shall have the right to retain its own
counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of
such indemnified party unless (i) the indemnifying party and the indemnified
party shall have mutually agreed to the retention of such counsel or (ii) the
named parties to any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties)
include both the indemnifying party and the indemnified party and
representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due
to actual or potential differing interests between them. It is understood
that the indemnifying party shall not, in connection with any proceeding or
related proceedings in the same jurisdiction, be liable for (a) the
reasonable fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to
any local counsel) for the Placement Agents and all Persons, if any, who
control any Placement Agent within the meaning of either Section 15 of the
1933 Act or Xxxxxxx 00 xx xxx 0000 Xxx, (x) the reasonable fees and expenses
of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for the
Company, its directors, its officers who sign the Registration Statement and
each Person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of either
such Section and (c) the reasonable fees and expenses of more than one
separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for all Holders and all
Persons, if any, who control any Holders within the meaning of either such
Section, and that all such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as they are
incurred. In such case involving any Placement Agent and Persons who control
such Placement Agent, such firm shall be designated in writing by Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated. In such case involving the Holders and such
Persons who control Holders, such firm shall be designated in
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writing by the Majority Holders. In all other cases, such firm shall be
designated by the Company. The indemnifying party shall not be liable for
any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent but, if
settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff,
the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify the indemnified party from and
against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment.
Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an indemnified party
shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party
for reasonable fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by the second and
third sentences of this paragraph, the indemnifying party agrees that it
shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its
written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 30 days
after receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request and (ii)
such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed the indemnified party for
such fees and expenses of counsel in accordance with such request prior to
the date of such settlement. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior
written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement of any
pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which such indemnified party
is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder
by such indemnified party, unless such settlement includes an unconditional
release of such indemnified party from all liability on claims that are the
subject matter of such proceeding.
(d) If the indemnification provided for in paragraph (a) or
paragraph (b) of this Section 5 is unavailable to an indemnified party or
insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, then
each indemnifying party under such paragraph, in lieu of indemnifying such
indemnified party thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable
by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative
fault of the indemnifying party or parties on the one hand and of the
indemnified party or parties on the other hand in connection with the
statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The
relative fault of the Company, the Holders and the Placement Agents 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, the
Holders or the Placement Agents and the parties' relative intent, knowledge,
access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or
omission. The Holders' respective obligations to contribute pursuant to this
Section 5(d) are several in proportion to the respective number of
Registrable Notes of such Holder that were registered pursuant to a
Registration Statement.
(e) The Company and each Holder agree that it would not be just or
equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 5 were determined by PRO
RATA allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take
account of the equitable considerations referred to in paragraph (d) above.
The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a
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result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred to in
paragraph (d) above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations
set forth above, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such
indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such
action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 5, no Holder
shall be required to indemnify or contribute any amount in excess of the
amount by which the total price at which Registrable Notes were sold by such
Holder exceeds the amount of any 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 0000 Xxx) shall
be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not guilty of such
fraudulent misrepresentation. The remedies provided for in this Section 5
are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies which may
otherwise be available to any indemnified party at law or in equity.
The indemnity and contribution provisions contained in this Section
5 shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i) any
termination of this Agreement, (ii) any investigation made by or on behalf of
any Placement Agent, any Holder or any Person controlling any Placement Agent
or any Holder, or by or on behalf of the Company, their officers or directors
or any Person controlling the Company or the Company, (iii) acceptance of any
of the Exchange Notes and (iv) any sale of Registrable Notes pursuant to a
Shelf Registration Statement.
6. MISCELLANEOUS.
(a) NO INCONSISTENT AGREEMENTS. The Company has not entered into,
and on or after the date of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement
which is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders of Registrable
Notes 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 other issued and outstanding securities under any such agreements.
(b) AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS. The provisions of this Agreement,
including the provisions of this sentence, may not be amended, modified or
supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions
hereof may not be given unless the Company has obtained the written consent
of Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
outstanding Registrable Notes affected by such amendment, modification,
supplement, waiver or consent; PROVIDED that the signatories hereto may make
any amendment hereto that does not, in the good faith opinion of the Board of
Directors of the Company (and evidenced by a resolution of such board)
materially adversely effect any Holder; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that,
notwithstanding the foregoing, no amendment, modification, supplement, waiver
or consent to any departure from the provisions of Section 5 hereof shall be
effective as against any Holder of Registrable Notes unless consented to in
writing by such Holder.
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(c) NOTICES. All notices and other communications provided for or
permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand-delivery, registered
first-class mail, telex, telecopier, or any courier guaranteeing overnight
delivery (i) if to a Holder, at the most current address given by such Holder
to the Company by means of a notice given in accordance with the provisions
of this Section 6(c), which address initially is, with respect to the
Placement Agents, the address set forth in the Placement Agreement; and (ii)
if to the Company, initially at the Company's address set forth in the
Placement Agreement and thereafter at such other address, notice of which is
given in accordance with the provisions of this Section 6(c).
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 is 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.
(d) SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. This Agreement shall inure to the
benefit of and be binding upon the successors, assigns and transferees of
each of the parties, including, without limitation and without the need for
an express assignment, subsequent Holders; PROVIDED that nothing herein shall
be deemed to permit any assignment, transfer or other disposition of
Registrable Notes in violation of the terms of the Placement Agreement. If
any transferee of any Holder shall acquire Registrable Notes, in any manner,
whether by operation of law or otherwise, such Registrable Notes shall be
held subject to all of the terms of this Agreement, and by taking and holding
such Registrable Notes such Person shall be conclusively deemed to have
agreed to be bound by and to perform all of the terms and provisions of this
Agreement and such Person shall be entitled to receive the benefits hereof.
The Placement Agents (in their capacity as Placement Agents) shall have no
liability or obligation to the Company with respect to any failure by a
Holder to comply with, or any breach by any Holder of, any of the obligations
of such Holder under this Agreement.
(e) PURCHASES AND SALES OF NOTES. The Company shall not, and
shall use its best efforts to cause its affiliates (as defined in Rule 405
under the 0000 Xxx) not to, purchase and then resell or otherwise transfer
any Notes.
(f) THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARY. The Holders shall be third party
beneficiaries to the agreements made hereunder between the Company, on the
one hand, and the Placement Agents, on the other hand, and each Holder shall
have the right to enforce such agreements
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directly to the extent it deems such enforcement necessary or advisable to
protect its rights or the rights of Holders hereunder.
(g) COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of
which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which
taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
(h) HEADINGS. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience
of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
(i) GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS
OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
(j) SEVERABILITY. In the event that any one or more of the
provisions contained herein, or the application thereof in any circumstance,
is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and
enforceability of any such provision in every other respect and of the
remaining provisions contained herein shall not be affected or impaired
thereby.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of
the date first written above.
CELLNET DATA SYSTEMS, INC.
By /s/ XXXX X. XXXXX
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Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF
FINANCIAL OFFICER
Confirmed and accepted on behalf
of the Placement Agents as of
the date first above written:
XXXXXX XXXXXXX & CO. INCORPORATED
By /s/ XXXX X. XXXXXXX
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Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: PRINCIPAL
