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REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT, dated as of September __, 1998
(this "Registration Rights Agreement"), by and between INAMED CORPORATION, a
Florida corporation (the "Company"), and the parties listed on Exhibit A hereto
(each such party, a "Holder" and collectively, the "Holders").
1. BACKGROUND. The Indenture dated as of ___________, 1998 (the
"Subordinated Indenture") between the Company and the Trustee provides, subject
to its terms and conditions, for the issuance by the Company of its 11% Senior
Subordinated Secured Notes due March 31, 1999, or at the option of the Company
as provided therein, September 1, 2000 (the "Exchange Notes") as well as certain
warrants to purchase the Company's common stock, $.01 per share, (the
"Warrants") to be issued in exchange for the Company's 11% Secured Convertible
Notes due 1999 (the "Old Notes") to the holders thereof pursuant to the
Securities Exchange Agreement dated as of ______________, 1998 (the "Exchange
Agreement"). It is a condition to the exchange of the Old Notes for the Exchange
Notes and Warrants by the Purchasers that the Company shall have executed and
delivered this Agreement.
To induce the Trustee to enter into the Subordinated
Indenture, and to induce the Purchasers to exchange the Old Notes, and for other
good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the Company has agreed to grant the registration rights provided
for hereunder. Accordingly, the Company agrees with the Trustee as follows:
2. DEFINITIONS. Unless otherwise defined, all capitalized terms used in
this Agreement that are defined in the Subordinated Indenture or in the Exchange
Agreement (including those terms incorporated therein by reference) shall have
the respective meanings assigned to them in the Subordinated Indenture or the
Exchange Agreement, as applicable. In addition, the following terms shall have
the following meanings under this Agreement:
"EXCHANGE NOTES" means the Company's 11.00% Senior
Subordinated Secured Notes due March 31, 1999 or at the option of the Company
exercised as provided therein, September 1, 2000 (the "Exchange Notes") issued
pursuant to the Subordinated Indenture dated as of _______, 1998 between the
Company and Santa Xxxxxxx Bank & Trust, as trustee.
"NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT" shall mean the agreement dated as of
September 30, 1998 between the Company, the parties listed on Exhibit A thereto
and Appaloosa Management, L.P., as Collateral Agent.
"INCIDENTAL REGISTRATION" is defined in Section 3.2.
"PARTICIPATING HOLDERS" means the holders of Registrable
Securities participating in the particular registration.
"REGISTRATION EXPENSES" means all expenses incident to the
Company's performance of or compliance with Section 3, including, without
limitation, all registration, filing and applicable fees of the Commission,
stock exchange or NASD registration and filing fees and all listing fees and
fees with respect to the inclusion of securities in NASDAQ (as defined in
Section 3.3(j)), all fees and expenses of complying with state securities or
blue sky laws (including fees and disbursements of counsel to the underwriters
or the Participating Holders in connection with "blue sky" qualification of the
Registrable Securities and determination of their eligibility for investment
under the laws of the various jurisdictions), all word processing, duplicating
and printing expenses, all messenger and delivery expenses, the fees and
disbursements of counsel for the Company and of its independent public
accountants including the expenses of "cold comfort" letters required by or
incident to such registration, all fees and disbursements of underwriters
customarily paid by issuers or sellers of securities, all transfer taxes, and
the fees and expenses of one counsel to the Participating Holders (selected by
the Requisite Percentage of Participating Holders); provided, however, that
Registration Expenses shall exclude and the Participating Holders shall pay
underwriters' fees and underwriting discounts and commissions in respect of the
Registrable Securities being registered.
"REGISTRABLE SECURITIES" means the Exchange Notes. As to any
particular Registrable Securities, such securities shall cease to be Registrable
Securities (a) when a registration statement with respect to the sale of such
securities shall have become effective under the Securities Act and such
securities shall have been disposed of in accordance with such registration
statement, (b) when such securities shall have been otherwise transferred, new
certificates for them not bearing a legend restricting further transfer under
the Securities Act shall have been delivered by the Company and subsequent
public distribution of them shall not require registration of them under the
Securities Act, (c) when such securities are sold pursuant to Rule 144 (or
similar rule adopted by the Commission) under the Securities Act, or (d) when
such securities cease to be outstanding.
"REQUESTED REGISTRATION" is defined in Section 3.1(a).
"REQUISITE PERCENTAGE OF OUTSTANDING HOLDERS" means the
holders of Registrable Securities who hold 25% or more of the aggregate
principal amount of the Exchange Notes that are then outstanding.
"REQUISITE PERCENTAGE OF PARTICIPATING HOLDERS" means
Participating Holders of Registrable Securities who hold a majority of the
Exchange Notes that are then being held by all Participating Holders.
3. REGISTRATION UNDER SECURITIES ACT, ETC.
3.1 REQUESTED REGISTRATIONS.
(a) REQUEST FOR REGISTRATION. Subject to the
limitations imposed by Sections 3.1(c), at any time and from time to time, one
or more holders of Registrable Securities
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representing the Requisite Percentage of Outstanding Holders shall have the
right to require the Company to file a registration statement under the
Securities Act covering all or any part of their respective Registrable
Securities, by delivering a written request therefor to the Company specifying
the number and amount of Registrable Securities and the intended method of
distribution thereof. Any such request pursuant to this Section 3.1(a) is
referred to herein as a "Requested Registration." The Company shall give prompt
written notice of each Requested Registration to all other holders of record of
Registrable Securities, and thereupon the Company shall use its best efforts to
effect the registration under the Securities Act so as to permit promptly the
sale, in accordance with the intended method of distribution, of the Registrable
Securities which the Company has been so requested to register in the Requested
Registration and all other Registrable Securities which the Company has been
requested to register by the holders thereof by written request given to the
Company within 30 days after the giving of such written notice by the Company.
(b) REGISTRATION OF OTHER SECURITIES. Whenever the
Company shall effect a registration pursuant to this Section 3.1 in connection
with an underwritten offering by one or more Participating Holders of
Registrable Securities, securities other than Registrable Securities shall not
be included among the securities covered by such registration to the extent that
the managing underwriter of such underwritten offering shall inform the Company
by letter of its belief that the inclusion of such other securities would
materially adversely affect such offering (including, without limitation, on the
pricing of the offering).
(c) LIMITATIONS ON REQUESTED REGISTRATIONS; EXPENSES.
The rights of holders of Registrable Securities to request Requested
Registrations pursuant to Section 3.1(a) are subject to the following
limitations: (i) the Company shall not be obligated to effect a Requested
Registration having an aggregate anticipated offering price of less than U.S.
$1,000,000 unless such offering shall cover all remaining Registrable
Securities; (ii) the Company shall not be obligated to effect a Requested
Registration within six months after the effective date of any other
registration of securities (other than pursuant to a registration on Form S-8 or
any successor or similar form which is then in effect); and (iii) the Company
will pay all Registration Expenses only in connection with the first three
Requested Registrations of Registrable Securities pursuant to this Section 3.1
that have become effective under the Securities Act.
(d) REGISTRATION STATEMENT FORM. Registrations under
this Section 3.1 shall be on Form S-1, Form S-3 or any successor forms, if
permitted, or such appropriate registration form of the Commission as shall be
selected by the Company and as shall be reasonably acceptable to the Requisite
Percentage of Participating Holders. The Company agrees to include in any such
registration statement all information which, in the opinion of counsel to the
Participating Holders and counsel to the Company, is required to be included.
(e) EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT. A registration
requested pursuant to this Section 3.1 shall not be deemed to have been effected
(including for purposes of paragraph (c) of this Section 3.1) (i) unless a
registration statement with respect thereto has become effective and has been
kept continuously effective for a period of at least 90 days (or such shorter
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period which shall terminate when all the Registrable Securities covered by such
registration statement have been sold pursuant thereto), (ii) if, after it has
become effective, such registration is interfered with by any stop order,
injunction or other order or requirement of the Commission or other Governmental
Authority or court for any reason not attributable to the Participating Holders
and has not thereafter become effective, or (iii) if the conditions to closing
specified in the underwriting agreement, if any, entered into in connection with
such registration are not satisfied or waived, other than by reason of a failure
on the part of the Participating Holders.
(f) SELECTION OF UNDERWRITERS. The managing
underwriter or underwriters of each underwritten offering of the Registrable
Securities registered under this Section 3.1 shall be selected by the Requisite
Percentage of Participating Holders (and shall be reasonably acceptable to the
Company).
(g) CUTBACKS IN REQUESTED REGISTRATION. If the
managing underwriter of any underwritten offering shall advise the Company in
writing (with a copy to each Participating Holder) that, in its opinion, the
number of securities requested to be included in such registration exceeds the
number which can be sold in such offering within a price range acceptable to the
Requisite Percentage of Participating Holders, the Company will include in such
registration, to the extent of the number which the Company is so advised can be
sold in such offering, Registrable Securities requested to be included in such
registration, pro rata among the Participating Holders requesting such
registration in accordance with the principal amount of Exchange Notes held by
each such Participating Holder so requested to be registered, and any securities
of the Company included in such registration pursuant to Section 3.1(b) shall be
reduced proportionately.
(h) POSTPONEMENT. The Company shall be entitled once
in any six- month period to postpone for a reasonable period of time (but not
exceeding 90 days) the filing of any registration statement required to be
prepared and filed by it pursuant to this Section 3.1 if the Company determines,
in its reasonable judgment, that such registration and offering would interfere
with any financing, corporate reorganization or other material transaction or
development involving the Company or any subsidiary or would require premature
disclosure thereof, and promptly gives the holders of Registrable Securities
requesting registration thereof pursuant to this Section 3.1 written notice of
such determination, containing a statement of the reasons for such postponement
and an approximation of the anticipated delay. If the Company shall so postpone
the filing of a registration statement, the Participating Holders representing
the Requisite Percentage of Participating Holders shall have the right to
withdraw the request for registration by giving written notice to the Company
within 20 days after receipt of the notice of postponement and, in the event of
such withdrawal, such request shall not be counted toward the number of
Requested Registrations (including for purposes of paragraph (c) of this Section
3.1).
(i) HOLDER'S RIGHT TO WITHDRAW. The Requisite
Percentage of Participating Holders shall have the right to withdraw the request
of the Requisite Percentage of Outstanding Holders for registration pursuant to
Section 3.1 at any time by giving written notice to the Company of its request
to withdraw and such request (if made before the filing of the
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registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission) shall not be
counted toward the number of Requested Registrations (including for purposes of
paragraph (c) of this Section 3.1).
3.2 INCIDENTAL REGISTRATION.
(a) INCIDENTAL REGISTRATION. If, at any time, the
Company proposes or is required to register any of its securities under the
Securities Act (other than pursuant to registrations on such form or similar
form(s) solely for registration of securities in connection with an employee
benefit plan or dividend reinvestment plan) (an "Incidental Registration"), the
Company will give prompt written notice to all holders of record of Registrable
Securities of its intention to so register its securities and of such holders'
rights under this Section 3.2. Upon the written request of any holder of
Registrable Securities made within 20 days following the receipt of any such
written notice (which request shall specify the maximum number of Registrable
Securities intended to be disposed of by such holder and the intended method of
distribution thereof), the Company will use its best efforts to effect the
registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities which the
Company has been so requested to register by the holders thereof together with
any other securities the Company is obligated to register pursuant to incidental
registration rights of other security holders of the Company. No registration
effected under this Section 3.2 shall relieve the Company of its obligation to
effect any Requested Registration under Section 3.1.
(b) ABANDONMENT OR DELAY. If, at any time after the
Company has giving written notice of its intention to register any securities
and prior to the effective date of the registration statement filed in
connection with such registration, the Company shall determine not to register
or to delay registration of such securities, the Company may, at its election,
give written notice of such determination and its reasons therefor to all
holders of record of Registrable Securities and (i) in the case of a
determination not to register, shall be relieved of its obligation to register
any Registrable Securities in connection with such registration (but not from
any obligation of the Company to pay the Registration Expenses in connection
therewith), without prejudice, however, to the rights of any holder or holders
of Registrable Securities entitled to do so to request that such registration be
effected as a registration under Section 3.1, and (ii) in the case of a
determination to delay registering, shall be permitted to delay registering any
Registrable Securities for the same period as the delay in registering such
other securities.
(c) HOLDER'S RIGHT TO WITHDRAW. Each holder of
Registrable Securities shall have the right to withdraw its request for
inclusion of its Registrable Securities in any registration statement pursuant
to this Section 3.2 at any time by giving written notice to the Company of its
request to withdraw.
(d) UNLIMITED NUMBER OF REGISTRATIONS; EXPENSES.
There is no limitation on the number of Incidental Registrations which the
Company is obligated to effect pursuant to this Section 3.2. The Company will
pay all Registration Expenses in connection with any registration of Registrable
Securities requested pursuant to this Section 3.2.
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(e) UNDERWRITERS' CUTBACK IN INCIDENTAL
REGISTRATIONS. If the managing underwriter of any underwritten offering shall
inform the Company by letter of its belief that the number of Registrable
Securities requested to be included in such registration would materially
adversely affect such offering, then the Company will include in such
registration, FIRST, the securities proposed by the Company to be sold for its
own account, SECOND, if applicable, the securities proposed by the Company to be
sold for the account of a holder of securities who has made a demand for
registration pursuant to a section of a registration rights agreement between
such holder and the Company analogous to Section 3.1 hereof, and THIRD, the
Registrable Securities and all other securities of the Company to be included in
such registration to the extent of the number and type which the Company is so
advised can be sold in (or during the time of) such offering, pro rata among the
Participating Holders and such other holders requesting such registration in
accordance with the principal amount of Exchange Notes held by each
Participating Holder and each such other holder so requested to be registered.
3.3 REGISTRATION PROCEDURES. If and whenever the Company is
required to use its best efforts to effect the registration of any Registrable
Securities under the Securities Act as provided in Sections 3.1 or 3.2 hereof,
the Company will as expeditiously as possible:
(a) prepare and file with the Commission as soon as
practicable the requisite registration statement to effect
such registration (and shall include all financial statements
required by the Commission to be filed therewith) and
thereafter use its best efforts to cause such registration
statement to become effective; provided, however, that before
filing such registration statement (including all exhibits) or
any amendment or supplement thereto or comparable statements
under securities or blue sky laws of any jurisdiction, the
Company shall furnish such documents to the Participating
Holders, their counsel, and each underwriter, if any,
participating in the offering of the Registrable Securities
and its counsel; and provided, further, however, that the
Company may discontinue any registration of its securities
which are not Registrable Securities at any time prior to the
effective date of the registration statement relating thereto;
(b) notify each Participating Holder of the
Commission's requests for amending or supplementing the
registration statement and the prospectus, and prepare and
file with the Commission such amendments and supplements to
such registration statement and the prospectus used in
connection therewith as may be necessary to keep such
registration statement effective and to comply with the
provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the
disposition of all Registrable Securities covered by such
registration statement for such period as shall be required
for the disposition of all of such Registrable Securities,
provided, that such period need not exceed 90 days;
(c) furnish, without charge, to each Participating
Holder such number of conformed copies of such registration
statement and of each such amendment and supplement thereto
(in each case including all exhibits), such number of copies
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of the prospectus contained in such registration statement
(including each preliminary prospectus and any summary
prospectus) and any other prospectus filed under Rule 424
under the Securities Act, in conformity with the requirements
of the Securities Act, and such other documents, as such
Participating Holder may reasonably request;
(d) use its best efforts (i) to register or qualify
all Registrable Securities and other securities covered by
such registration statement under such securities or blue sky
laws of such States of the United States of America where an
exemption is not available and as the Participating Holders
shall reasonably request, (ii) to keep such registration or
qualification in effect for so long as such registration
statement remains in effect, and (iii) to take any other
action which may be reasonably necessary or advisable to
enable such Participating Holders to consummate the
disposition in such jurisdictions of the securities to be sold
by such Participating Holders, except that the Company shall
not for any such purpose be required to qualify generally to
do business as a foreign corporation in any jurisdiction
wherein it would not but for the requirements of this
subsection (d) be obligated to be so qualified or to consent
to general service of process in any such jurisdiction;
(e) use its best efforts to cause all Registrable
Securities covered by such registration statement to be
registered with or approved by such other federal or state or
foreign governmental agencies or authorities as may be
necessary in the opinion of counsel to the Company and counsel
to the Participating Holders to consummate the disposition of
such Registrable Securities;
(f) furnish to each Participating Holder and each
underwriter, if any, participating in the offering of the
securities covered by such registration statement, a signed
counterpart of
(i) an opinion of outside counsel (or inside
counsel if satisfactory to each underwriter) for the
Company, and
(ii) a "comfort" letter signed by the
independent public accountants who have certified the
Company's financial statements included or
incorporated by reference in such registration
statement, covering substantially the same matters
with respect to such registration statement (and the
prospectus included therein) and, in the case of the
accountants' comfort letter, with respect to events
subsequent to the date of such financial statements,
as are customarily covered in opinions of issuer's
counsel and in accountants' comfort letters delivered
to the underwriters in underwritten public offerings
of securities (and dated the dates such opinions and
comfort letters are customarily dated) and, in the
case of the legal opinion, such other legal matters,
and, in the case of the
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accountants' comfort letter, such other financial
matters, as the Requisite Percentage of Participating
Holders, or the underwriters, may reasonably request;
(g) promptly notify each Participating Holder and
each managing underwriter, if any, participating in the
offering of the securities covered by such registration
statement (i) when such registration statement, any
pre-effective amendment, the prospectus or any prospectus
supplement related thereto or post-effective amendment to such
registration statement has been filed, and, with respect to
such registration statement or any post-effective amendment,
when the same has become effective; (ii) of any request by the
Commission for amendments or supplements to such registration
statement or the prospectus related thereto or for additional
information; (iii) of the issuance by the Commission of any
stop order suspending the effectiveness of such registration
statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that
purpose; (iv) of the receipt by the Company of any
notification with respect to the suspension of the
qualification of any of the Registrable Securities for sale
under the securities or blue sky laws of any jurisdiction or
the initiation of any proceeding for such purpose; (v) at any
time when a prospectus relating thereto is required to be
delivered under the Securities Act, upon discovery that, or
upon the happening of any event as a result of which, the
prospectus included in such registration statement, as then in
effect, includes an untrue statement of a material fact or
omits to state any material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in
the light of the circumstances under which they were made, and
in the case of this clause (v), at the request of any
Participating Holder, promptly prepare and furnish to it and
each managing underwriter, if any, participating in the
offering of the Registrable Securities a reasonable number of
copies of a supplement to or an amendment of such prospectus
as may be necessary so that, as thereafter delivered to the
purchasers of such securities, such prospectus shall not
include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in the
light of the circumstances under which they were made; and
(vi) at any time when the representations and warranties of
the Company contemplated by Section 3.4(a) hereof cease to be
true and correct;
(h) otherwise comply with all applicable rules and
regulations of the Commission, and make available to its
security holders, as soon as reasonably practicable, an
earnings statement covering the period of at least twelve
months beginning with the first full calendar month after the
effective date of such registration statement, which earnings
statement shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the
Securities Act and Rule 158 promulgated thereunder, and
promptly furnish to each such Participating Holder a copy of
any amendment or supplement to such registration statement or
prospectus;
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(i) provide and cause to be maintained a transfer
agent and registrar (which, in each case, may be the Company)
for all Registrable Securities covered by such registration
statement from and after a date not later than the effective
date of such registration;
(j) use its best efforts to cause all Registrable
Securities covered by such registration statement to be listed
on a national securities exchange or to secure designation of
all such Registrable Securities as a National Association of
Securities Dealers, Inc. Automated Quotation System ("NASDAQ")
"national market system security" within the meaning of Rule
11Aa2-1 of the Commission;
(k) deliver promptly to counsel to the Participating
Holders and each underwriter, if any, participating in the
offering of the Registrable Securities, copies of all
correspondence between the Commission and the Company, its
counsel or auditors and all memoranda relating to discussions
with the Commission or its staff with respect to such
registration statement;
(l) make every reasonable effort to obtain the
withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of the
registration statement;
(m) provide a CUSIP number for all Registrable
Securities, no later than the effective date of the
registration statement; and
(n) make available its employees and personnel and
otherwise provide reasonable assistance to the underwriters
(taking into account the needs of the Company's businesses) in
their marketing of Registrable Securities.
The Company may require each Participating Holder as to the Registrable
Securities of whom any registration is being effected to furnish the Company
such information regarding such holder and the distribution of such securities
as the Company may from time to time reasonably request in writing.
Each holder of Registrable Securities agrees that upon receipt
of any notice from the Company of the happening of any event of the kind
described in subsection (g) (iii) or (v) of this Section 3.3, the Participating
Holder will forthwith discontinue such holder's disposition of Registrable
Securities pursuant to the registration statement relating to such Registrable
Securities until, in the case of subsection (g)(iii) of this Section 3.3, such
stop order is removed or proceedings therefor terminated, and, in the case of
subsection (g)(v) of this Section 3.3, such holder's receipt of the copies of
the supplemented or amended prospectus contemplated by subsection (g)(v) of this
Section 3.3 and, if so directed by the Company, 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 relating to such Registrable
Securities current at the time of receipt of such notice.
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3.4 UNDERWRITTEN OFFERINGS.
(a) REQUESTED UNDERWRITTEN OFFERINGS. If requested by
the underwriters for any underwritten offering by Participating Holders pursuant
to a registration requested under Section 3.1, the Company will use its best
efforts to enter into an underwriting agreement with such underwriters for such
offering, such agreement to be reasonably satisfactory in substance and form to
the Company, each such holder and the underwriters and to contain such
representations and warranties by the Company and such other terms as are
generally prevailing in agreements of that type, including, without limitation,
indemnities to the effect and to the extent provided in Section 3.6 hereof. The
Participating Holders will cooperate with the Company in the negotiation of the
underwriting agreement and will give consideration to the reasonable suggestions
of the Company regarding the form thereof. The Participating Holders shall be
parties to such underwriting agreement and may, at their option, require that
any or all of the representations and warranties by, and the other agreements on
the part of, the Company to and for the benefit of such underwriters shall also
be made to and for the benefit of the Participating Holders and that any or all
of the conditions precedent to the obligations of such underwriters under such
underwriting agreement be conditions precedent to the obligations of the
Participating Holders. No Participating Holder shall be required to make any
representations or warranties to or agreements with the Company or the
underwriters other than representations, warranties or agreements regarding such
holder, such holder's ownership of and title to the Registrable Securities, such
holder's intended method of distribution and any other representations required
by law, and any liability of the Participating Holder to any underwriter or
other person under such underwriting agreement shall be limited to liability
arising from misstatements in or omissions from its representations and
warranties and shall be limited to an amount equal to the net proceeds that the
Participating Holder derives from such registration.
(b) INCIDENTAL UNDERWRITTEN OFFERINGS. If the Company
proposes to register any of its securities under the Securities Act as
contemplated by Section 3.2 hereof and such securities are to be distributed by
or through one or more underwriters, the Company will, if requested by any
Participating Holder, use its best efforts to arrange for such underwriters to
include all the Registrable Securities to be offered and sold by such
Participating Holder among the securities of the Company to be distributed by
such underwriters. The Participating Holders shall be parties to the
underwriting agreement between the Company and such underwriters and may, at
their option, require that any or all of the representations and warranties by,
and the other agreements on the part of, the Company to and for the benefit of
such underwriters shall also be made to and for the benefit of such
Participating Holders and that any or all of the conditions precedent to the
obligations of such underwriters under such underwriting agreement be conditions
precedent to the obligations of such Participating Holders. No Participating
Holder shall be required to make any representations or warranties to or
agreements with the Company or the underwriters other than representations,
warranties or agreements regarding such holder, such holder's ownership of and
title to the Registrable Securities, such holder's intended method of
distribution and any other representations required by law, and any liability of
the Participating Holder to any underwriter or other person under such
underwriting agreement shall be limited to liability arising from misstatements
in or omissions from its representations and warranties and
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shall be limited to an amount equal to the net proceeds that the Participating
Holder derives from such registration.
3.5 PREPARATION; REASONABLE INVESTIGATION. In connection with
the preparation and filing of each registration statement under the Securities
Act pursuant to this Agreement, the Company will give the Participating Holders,
their underwriters, if any, and their respective counsel and accountants the
opportunity to participate in the preparation of such registration statement,
each prospectus included therein or filed with the Commission, and, to the
extent practicable, each amendment thereof or supplement thereto, and give each
of them such access to its books and records and such opportunities to discuss
the business of the Company with its officers and employees and the independent
public accountants who have certified its financial statements as shall be
necessary, in the opinion of such holders' and such underwriters' respective
counsel, to conduct a reasonable investigation within the meaning of the
Securities Act.
3.6 INDEMNIFICATION.
(a) INDEMNIFICATION BY THE COMPANY. In the event of
any registration of any securities of the Company under the Securities Act, the
Company will, and hereby does, indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest
extent permitting by law, each Participating Holder, its directors, officers,
partners, attorneys, agents and affiliates or general and limited partners (and
the directors, officers, employees, stockholders and affiliates thereof), and
each other Person who participates as an underwriter in the offering or sale of
such securities and each other Person, if any, who controls such Participating
Holder or any such underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act, against
any losses, claims, damages, or liabilities, joint or several (or actions or
proceedings, whether commenced or threatened) to which such Participating Holder
or any such director, officer, partner, agent or affiliate or underwriter or
controlling person may become subject under the Securities Act or otherwise,
insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several (or
actions or proceedings, whether commenced or threatened, in respect thereof)
arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement
of any material fact contained in any registration statement under which such
securities were registered under the Securities Act, any preliminary prospectus,
final prospectus or summary prospectus contained therein, or any amendment or
supplement thereto, together with the documents incorporated by reference
therein, or any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein in
light of the circumstances in which they were made not misleading, and the
Company will reimburse such Participating Holder and each such director,
officer, partner, agent or affiliate, or general or limited partner, underwriter
and controlling Person for any legal or any other expenses reasonably incurred
by them in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim,
liability, action or proceeding; provided, that the Company shall not be liable
in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage, liability (or
action or proceeding in respect thereof) or expense arises out of or is based
upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged
omission made in such registration statement, any such preliminary prospectus,
final prospectus, summary prospectus, amendment or supplement in reliance upon
and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company through an
instrument duly
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executed by or on behalf of such Participating Holder or underwriter, as the
case may be, specifically stating that it is for use in the preparation thereof;
and provided, further, that the Company shall not be liable to any Person who
participates as an underwriter in the offering or sale of Registrable Securities
or any other Person, if any, who controls such underwriter within the meaning of
the Securities Act, in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim,
damage, liability (or action or proceeding in respect thereof) or expense arises
out of such Person's failure to send or give a copy of the final prospectus, as
the same may be then supplemented or amended, to the Person asserting an untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission at or
prior to the written confirmation of the sale of Registrable Securities to such
Person if such statement or omission was corrected in such final prospectus.
Such indemnity shall remain in full force regardless of any investigation made
by or on behalf of such Participating Holder or any such director, officer,
partner, attorney, agent or affiliate or controlling Person and shall survive
the transfer of such securities by such Participating Holder.
(b) INDEMNIFICATION BY THE PARTICIPATING HOLDERS. As
a condition to including any Registrable Securities in any registration
statement, the Company shall have received an undertaking satisfactory to it
from the Participating Holders to indemnify and hold harmless (in the same
manner and to the same extent as set forth in subsection (a) of this Section
3.6) the Company, each director and officer of the Company, and each other
Person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities
Act, with respect to any statement or alleged statement in or omission or
alleged omission from such registration statement, any preliminary prospectus,
final prospectus or summary prospectus contained therein, or any amendment or
supplement thereto, but only if such statement or alleged statement or omission
or alleged omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written
information furnished to the Company through an instrument duly executed by such
Participating Holder specifically stating that it is for use in the preparation
of such registration statement, preliminary prospectus, final prospectus,
summary prospectus, amendment or supplement; provided, however, that the
liability of such indemnifying party under this Section 3.6(b) shall be limited
to the amount of net proceeds received by such indemnifying party in the
offering giving rise to such liability. Such indemnity shall remain in full
force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the
Company or any such director, officer or controlling person and shall survive
the transfer of such securities by the Participating Holder.
(c) NOTICES OF CLAIMS, ETC. Promptly after receipt by
an indemnified party of notice of the commencement of any action or proceeding
involving a claim referred to in the preceding subsections of this Section 3.6,
such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against
an indemnifying party, give written notice to the latter of the commencement of
such action or proceeding; provided, however, that the failure of any
indemnified party to give notice as provided herein shall not relieve the
indemnifying party of its obligations under the preceding subsections of this
Section 3.6, except to the extent that the indemnifying party is materially
prejudiced by such failure to give notice, and shall not relieve the
indemnifying party from any liability which it may have to the indemnified party
otherwise than under this Section 3.6. In case any such action or proceeding is
brought against an indemnified party, the indemnifying party shall be entitled
to participate therein and, unless in
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the opinion of outside counsel to the indemnified party a conflict of interest
between such indemnified and indemnifying parties may exist in respect of such
claim, to assume the defense thereof, jointly with any other indemnifying party
similarly notified to the extent that it may wish, with counsel reasonably
satisfactory to such indemnified party; provided, however, that if the
defendants in any such action or proceeding include both the indemnified party
and the indemnifying party and if in the opinion of outside counsel to the
indemnified party there may be legal defenses available to such indemnified
party and/or other indemnified parties which are different from or in addition
to those available to the indemnifying party, the indemnified party or parties
shall have the right to select separate counsel to defend such action or
proceeding on behalf of such indemnified party or parties, provided, further,
that the indemnifying party shall be obligated to pay for only one counsel for
all indemnified parties. After notice from the indemnifying party to such
indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof and approval
by the indemnified party of such counsel, the indemnifying party shall not be
liable to such indemnified party for any legal expenses subsequently incurred by
the latter in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of
investigation (unless the first proviso in the preceding sentence shall be
applicable). No indemnifying party shall be liable for any settlement of any
action or proceeding effected without its written consent. No indemnifying party
shall, without the consent of the indemnified party, consent to entry of any
judgment or enter into any settlement which does not include as an unconditional
term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such indemnified party
of a release from all liability in respect to such claim or litigation.
(d) CONTRIBUTION. If the indemnification provided for
in this Section 3.6 shall for any reason be held by a court to be unavailable to
an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b) hereof in respect of any loss,
claim, damage or liability, or any action in respect thereof, then, in lieu of
the amount paid or payable under subsection (a) or (b) hereof, the indemnified
party and the indemnifying party under subsection (a) or (b) hereof shall
contribute to the aggregate losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including
legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating the
same), (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of
the Company and the Participating Holders which resulted in such loss, claim,
damage or liability, or action in respect thereof, with respect to the
statements or omissions which resulted in such loss, claim, damage or liability,
or action in respect thereof, as well as any other relevant equitable
considerations or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not
permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as shall be appropriate to
reflect not only the relative fault but also the relative benefits received by
the Company and the Participating Holders from the offering of the securities
covered by such registration statement as well as any other relevant equitable
considerations. The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable
if contributions pursuant to this Section 3.6(d) were to be determined by pro
rata allocation or by any other method of allocation which does not take account
of the equitable considerations referred to above. No Person guilty of
fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the
Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not
guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Participating Holders'
obligations to contribute as provided in this subsection (d) are several and not
joint in proportion to the relative value of their respective Registrable
Securities covered by
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such registration statement. In addition, no Person shall be obligated to
contribute hereunder any amounts in payment for any settlement of any action or
claim effected without such Person's consent, which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld. Notwithstanding anything in this subsection (d) to the
contrary, no indemnifying party (other than the Company) shall be required to
contribute any amount in excess of the net proceeds received by such party from
the sale of the Registrable Securities in the offering to which the losses,
claims, damages or liabilities of the indemnified parties relate.
(e) OTHER INDEMNIFICATION. Indemnification and
contribution similar to that specified in the preceding subsections of this
Section 3.6 (with appropriate modifications) shall be given by the Company and
each Participating Holder with respect to any required registration or other
qualification of securities under any federal or state law or regulation of any
governmental authority other than the Securities Act. The indemnification
agreements contained in this Section 3.6 shall be in addition to any other
rights to indemnification or contribution which any indemnified party may have
pursuant to law or contract and shall remain operative and in full force and
effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any indemnified
party and shall survive the transfer of any of the Registrable Securities by any
of the Participating Holders.
(f) INDEMNIFICATION PAYMENTS. The indemnification and
contribution required by this Section 3.6 shall be made by periodic payments of
the amount thereof during the course of the investigation or defense, as and
when bills are received or expense, loss, damage or liability is incurred.
3.7 CERTAIN RIGHTS OF THE HOLDERS IF NAMED IN A REGISTRATION
STATEMENT. If any statement contained in a registration statement under the
Securities Act or in any filing under the state securities laws of any
jurisdiction refers to any Holder by name or otherwise as the holder of any
securities of the Company, then such Holder shall have the right to require (i)
the insertion therein of language, in form and substance satisfactory to such
Holder, to the effect that the holding by such Holder of such securities does
not necessarily make such Holder a "controlling person" of the Company within
the meaning of the Securities Act and is not to be construed as a recommendation
by such Holder of the investment quality of the Company's debt or equity
securities covered thereby and that such holding does not imply that such Holder
will assist in meeting any future financial requirements of the Company or (ii)
in the event that such reference to such Holder by name or otherwise is not, in
the reasonable judgment of such Holder as advised by its counsel, required by
the Securities Act or any of the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder,
or any state securities laws of any jurisdiction, the deletion of the reference
to such Holder.
3.8 UNLEGENDED EXCHANGE NOTES. In connection with the offering
of any Registrable Securities registered pursuant to this Article 3, the Company
shall (i) facilitate the timely preparation and delivery to Participating
Holders and the underwriters, if any, participating in such offering, of
unlegended Exchange Notes representing ownership of such Registrable Securities
being sold in such denominations and registered in such names as requested by
such
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Participating Holders or such underwriters and (ii) instruct any transfer agent
and registrar of such Registrable Securities to release any stop transfer orders
with respect to any such Registrable Securities.
3.9 LIMITATION ON SALE OR DISTRIBUTION OF OTHER SECURITIES.
The Company hereby agrees that, if it shall previously have received a request
for registration pursuant to Section 3.1 or 3.2 hereof, and if such previous
registration shall not have been withdrawn or abandoned, (i) the Company shall
not effect any public or private offer, sale or other distribution of its
securities or effect any registration of any of its equity securities under the
Securities Act (subject to the provisions of Section 3.2 hereof) (other than a
registration on Form S-8 or any successor or similar form which is then in
effect), whether or not for sale for its own account, until a period of 90 days
(or such shorter period as the Requisite Majority of Participating Holders shall
agree) shall have elapsed after the effective date of such previous registration
(and the Company shall so provide in any registration rights agreements
hereafter entered into with respect to any of its securities); and (ii) the
Company shall use its best efforts to cause each holder of its equity securities
purchased from the Company at any time after the date of this Agreement other
than in a public offering to agree not to effect any public sale or distribution
of any such securities during such period, including a sale pursuant to Rule 144
under the Securities Act.
3.10 NO REQUIRED SALE. Nothing in this Agreement shall be
deemed to create an independent obligation on the part of any Participating
Holder to sell any Registrable Securities pursuant to any effective registration
statement.
4. RULE 144. The Company shall take all actions reasonably necessary to
enable holders of Registrable Securities to sell such securities without
registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions
provided by (a) Rule 144, or (b) any similar rule or regulation hereafter
adopted by the Commission including, without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, filing on a timely basis all reports required to be filed by the
Exchange Act. Upon the request of any holder of Registrable Securities, the
Company will deliver to such holder a written statement as to whether it has
complied with such requirements.
5. AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS. This Agreement may be amended with the
consent of (i) the Company and (ii) the holders of at least 51% in aggregate
principal amount of the outstanding Exchange Notes. The Company may take any
action herein prohibited, or omit to perform any act herein required to be
performed by it, in each case only if the Company shall have obtained the
written consent to such action or omission to act, of holders of at least 51% in
aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Exchange Notes. Each holder of any
Registrable Securities at the time or thereafter outstanding shall be bound by
any consent authorized by this Section 5, whether or not such Registrable
Securities shall have been marked to indicate such consent.
6. NOMINEES FOR BENEFICIAL OWNERS. In the event that any Registrable
Securities are held by a nominee for the beneficial owner thereof, the
beneficial owner thereof may, at its
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election in writing delivered to the Company (accompanied by a written
acknowledgment of, and consent to, such election by such nominee), be treated as
the holder of such Registrable Securities for purposes of any request or other
action by any holder or holders of Registrable Securities pursuant to this
Agreement or any determination of any number or percentage of shares of
Registrable Securities held by any holder or holders of Registrable Securities
contemplated by this Agreement. If the beneficial owner of any Registrable
Securities so elects to be treated as the holder of such Registrable Securities,
the Company may require assurances reasonably satisfactory to it of such owner's
beneficial ownership of such Registrable Securities.
7. NOTICES. All communications provided for hereunder shall be
personally delivered or sent by telecopier (and confirmed by telephone) or by a
reputable overnight courier, and shall be addressed as follows:
(a) if to any Holder, addressed to it in the manner set forth
in the Exchange Agreement, or at such other address as it shall have furnished
to the Company in writing;
(b) if to any other holder of Registrable Securities, at the
address that such holder shall have furnished to the Company in writing, or,
until any such other holder so furnishes to the Company an address, then to and
at the address of the last holder of such Registrable Securities who has
furnished an address to the Company; or
(c) if to the Company, addressed to it in the manner set forth
in the Exchange Agreement, or at such other address as the Company shall have
furnished to each holder of Registrable Securities at the time outstanding.
8. ASSIGNMENT. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the
benefit of and be enforceable by the parties hereto and their respective
successors and permitted assigns. This Agreement may not be assigned by the
Company. This Agreement and/or the registration and other rights contained
herein (including these assignment rights) may be assigned by such Holder to any
one or more transferees or distributees of all or part of such Holder's
Registrable Securities. A holder of Registrable Securities shall be permitted,
in connection with a transfer or disposition of Registrable Securities, to
impose conditions or constraints on the ability of the transferee, as a holder
of Registrable Securities, to request a registration pursuant to Section 3.1 and
shall provide the Company with copies of such conditions or constraints and the
identity of such transferees.
9. REMEDIES. Each holder of Registrable Securities, in addition to
being entitled to exercise all rights provided herein or granted by law,
including recovery of damages, will be entitled to specific performance of its
rights under this Agreement. The Company agrees that monetary damages 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. In any
action or proceeding brought to enforce any provision of this Agreement
(including the indemnification
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provisions thereof), the successful party shall be entitled to recover
reasonable attorneys' fees in addition to its costs and expenses and any other
available remedy.
10. NO INCONSISTENT AGREEMENTS. The Company will not, on or after the
date of this Agreement, enter into any agreement with respect to its securities
which is inconsistent with the rights granted to the holders of Registrable
Securities in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof.
Except as set forth on Exhibit B hereto and except for the registration rights
granted in connection with the Note Purchase Agreement pursuant to the
Registration Rights Agreement dated as of _______________, 1998 by and between
the purchasers listed on Exhibit A thereto and the Company, the Company has not
previously entered into any agreement with respect to its securities granting
any registration rights to any Person other than the registration rights granted
pursuant to this Agreement. Except as set forth on Exhibit C hereto, the rights
granted to the holders of Registrable Securities hereunder do not in any way
conflict with and are not inconsistent with any other agreements to which the
Company is a party or by which it is bound. The Company further agrees that if
any other registration rights agreement entered into after the date of this
Agreement with respect to any of its securities contains terms which are more
favorable to, or less restrictive on, the other party thereto than the terms and
conditions contained in this Agreement are (insofar as they are applicable) to
the holders of the Exchange Notes, then the terms and conditions of this
Agreement shall immediately be deemed to have been amended without further
action by the Company or any of the holders of Registrable Securities so that
such holders shall be entitled to the benefit of any such more favorable or less
restrictive terms or conditions.
11. DESCRIPTIVE HEADINGS. The descriptive headings of the several
sections and paragraphs of this Agreement are inserted for reference only and
shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
12. GOVERNING LAW; SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.
This Agreement shall be construed and enforced in accordance with, and the
rights of the parties shall be governed by, the laws of the State of New York,
without regard to the conflicts of laws principles thereof. Each of the parties
hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally consents to submit to the
exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York and the United
States of America located in New York, New York for any action or proceeding
arising out of or relating to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated
hereby (and agrees not to commence any action or proceeding relating thereto
except in such courts). Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and
unconditionally waives any objection to the laying of venue of any action or
proceeding arising out of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby
in the courts of the State of New York or the United States of America located
in New York, New York, and hereby further irrevocably and unconditionally waives
and agrees not to plead or claim in any such court that any such action or
proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.
The Company hereby waives any right it may have to a trial by jury in respect of
any action, proceeding or litigation directly or indirectly arising out of,
under or in connection with, this Agreement.
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13. COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all such
counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be
executed and delivered by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as
of the date first above written.
INAMED CORPORATION
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