A/B EXCHANGE
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
BY AND AMONG
HORIZON PCS, INC.
HORIZON PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
BRIGHT PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES, LLC
AND
XXXXXXXXX, XXXXXX & XXXXXXXX
SECURITIES CORPORATION
AND
FIRST UNION SECURITIES, INC.
DATED AS OF SEPTEMBER 26, 2000
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
This Registration Rights Agreement (this "AGREEMENT") is made and
entered into as of September 26, 2000, by and among Horizon PCS, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the "COMPANY"), Horizon Personal Communications, Inc., an
Ohio corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company ("PERCOM"), Bright
Personal Communications Services, LLC, an Ohio limited liability company and
wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company ("BRIGHT" and, together with PerCom, the
"GUARANTORS"), and Xxxxxxxxx, Lufkin & Xxxxxxxx Securities Corporation ("DLJ")
and First Union Securities, Inc. (collectively, the "INITIAL PURCHASERS"), who
have agreed to purchase the Company's Units (the "UNITS") which consist of the
Company's 14% Senior Discount Notes due 2010 (the "INITIAL NOTES") and warrants
(the "WARRANTS") to purchase Class A common stock, $0.0001 par value per share,
of the Company pursuant to the Purchase Agreement (as defined below).
This Agreement is made pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, dated
September 19, 2000 (the "PURCHASE AGREEMENT"), by and among the Company, the
Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers. In order to induce the Initial Purchasers
to purchase the Units, the Company and the Guarantors have agreed to provide the
registration rights set forth in this Agreement. The execution and delivery of
this Agreement is a condition to the obligations of the Initial Purchasers set
forth in Section 9 of the Purchase Agreement. Capitalized terms used herein and
not otherwise defined shall have the meaning assigned to them in the Indenture,
dated September 26, 2000, between the Company, the Guarantors and Xxxxx Fargo
Bank Minnesota, National Association, as Trustee, relating to the Initial Notes
and the Exchange Notes (the "INDENTURE").
The parties hereby agree as follows:
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS
As used in this Agreement, the following capitalized terms shall have
the following meanings:
ACT: The Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
AFFILIATE: As defined in Rule 144 promulgated under the Act.
BROKER-DEALER: Any broker or dealer registered under the Exchange Act.
CERTIFICATED SECURITIES: Definitive Notes, as defined in the
Indenture.
CLOSING DATE: The date hereof.
COMMISSION: The Securities and Exchange Commission.
CONSUMMATE: An Exchange Offer shall be deemed "Consummated" for
purposes of this Agreement upon the occurrence of (a) the filing and
effectiveness under the Act of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement
relating to the Exchange Notes to be issued in the Exchange Offer, (b) the
maintenance of such Exchange Offer Registration Statement as continuously
effective and the keeping of the Exchange Offer open for a period not less than
the period required pursuant to Section 3(b) hereof and (c) the delivery by the
Company to the Registrar under the Indenture of Exchange Notes in the same
aggregate principal amount at maturity as the aggregate principal amount at
maturity of Initial Notes tendered by Holders thereof pursuant to the Exchange
Offer.
CONSUMMATION DEADLINE: As defined in Section 3(b) hereof.
EFFECTIVENESS DEADLINE: As defined in Sections 3(a) and 4(a) hereof.
EXCHANGE ACT: The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
EXCHANGE NOTES: The Company's 14% Senior Discount Notes due 2010 to be
issued pursuant to the Indenture: (i) in the Exchange Offer or (ii) as
contemplated by Section 4 hereof.
EXCHANGE OFFER: The exchange and issuance by the Company of a
principal amount at maturity of Exchange Notes (which shall be registered
pursuant to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement) equal to the outstanding
principal amount at maturity of Initial Notes that are tendered by such Holders
in connection with such exchange and issuance.
EXCHANGE OFFER REGISTRATION STATEMENT: The Registration Statement
relating to the Exchange Offer, including the related Prospectus.
EXEMPT RESALES: The transactions in which the Initial Purchasers
propose to sell the Initial Notes to certain "qualified institutional buyers,"
as such term is defined in Rule 144A under the Act and pursuant to Regulation S
under the Act.
FILING DEADLINE: As defined in Sections 3(a) and 4(a) hereof.
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HOLDERS: As defined in Section 2 hereof.
PROSPECTUS: The prospectus included in a Registration Statement at the
time such Registration Statement is declared effective, as amended or
supplemented by any prospectus supplement and by all other amendments thereto,
including post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated by reference
into such Prospectus.
PERSON means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political
subdivision thereof.
RECOMMENCEMENT DATE: As defined in Section 6(d) hereof.
REGISTRATION DEFAULT: As defined in Section 5 hereof.
REGISTRATION STATEMENT: Any registration statement of the Company and
the Guarantors relating to (a) an offering of Exchange Notes pursuant to an
Exchange Offer or (b) the registration for resale of Transfer Restricted
Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement, in each case, (i) that
is filed pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement and (ii) including the
Prospectus included therein, all amendments and supplements thereto (including
post-effective amendments) and all exhibits and material incorporated by
reference therein.
REGULATION S: Regulation S promulgated under the Act.
RULE 144: Rule 144 promulgated under the Act.
SHELF REGISTRATION STATEMENT: The Registration Statement relating to
the Shelf Registration set forth in Section 4 of this Agreement, including the
related Prospectus.
SUSPENSION NOTICE: As defined in Section 6(d) hereof.
TIA: The Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. Section 77aaa-77bbbb)
as in effect on the date of the Indenture.
TRANSFER RESTRICTED SECURITIES: Each Initial Note, until the earliest
to occur of (a) the date on which such Initial Note is exchanged in the Exchange
Offer for an Exchange Note which is entitled to be resold to the public by the
Holder thereof without complying with the prospectus delivery requirements of
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the Act, (b) the date on which such Initial Note has been disposed of in
accordance with a Shelf Registration Statement (and the purchasers thereof have
been issued Exchange Notes), or (c) the date on which such Initial Note is
distributed to the public pursuant to Rule 144 under the Act (and purchasers
thereof have been issued Exchange Notes) and each Exchange Note until the date
on which such Exchange Note is disposed of by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to the
"Plan of Distribution" contemplated by the Exchange Offer Registration Statement
(including the delivery of the Prospectus contained therein).
UNDERWRITTEN REGISTRATION: A registration in which the Transfer
Restricted Securities are sold to an underwriter for offering and sale to the
public.
SECTION 2. HOLDERS
A Person is deemed to be a holder of Transfer Restricted Securities
(each, a "HOLDER") whenever such Person owns Transfer Restricted Securities.
SECTION 3. REGISTERED EXCHANGE OFFER
(a) Unless the Exchange Offer shall not be permitted by applicable
federal law (after the procedures set forth in Section 6(a)(i) below have been
complied with), the Company and the Guarantors shall (i) cause the Exchange
Offer Registration Statement to be filed with the Commission as soon as
practicable after the Closing Date, but in no event later than 90 days after the
Closing Date (such day being the "FILING DEADLINE"), (ii) use their reasonable
best efforts to cause such Exchange Offer Registration Statement to become
effective at the earliest possible time, but in no event later than180 days
after the Closing Date (such 180th day being the "EFFECTIVENESS DEADLINE"),
(iii) in connection with the foregoing, (A) file all pre-effective amendments to
such Exchange Offer Registration Statement as may be necessary in order to cause
it to become effective, (B) file, if applicable, a prospectus supplement to such
Exchange Offer Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430A under the Act and
(C) cause all necessary filings, if any, in connection with the registration and
qualification of the Exchange Notes to be made under the Blue Sky laws of such
jurisdictions as are necessary to permit Consummation of the Exchange Offer, and
(iv) upon the effective ness of such Exchange Offer Registration Statement,
commence and Consummate the Exchange Offer. The Exchange Offer shall be on the
appropriate form permitting (i) registration of the Exchange Notes to be offered
in exchange for the Initial Notes that are Transfer Restricted Securities and
(ii) resales of Exchange Notes by Broker-Dealers that tendered into the Exchange
Offer Initial Notes that any Broker-Dealer acquired for its own account as a
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result of market making activities or other trading activities (other than
Initial Notes acquired directly from the Company or any of its Affiliates) as
contemplated by Section 3(c) below.
(b) The Company and the Guarantors shall use their respective best
efforts to cause the Exchange Offer Registration Statement to be effective
continuously, and shall keep the Exchange Offer open for a period of not less
than the minimum period required under applicable federal and state securities
laws to Consummate the Exchange Offer; provided, however, that in no event shall
such period be less than 20 Business Days. The Company and the Guarantors shall
cause the Exchange Offer to comply with all applicable federal and state
securities laws. No securities other than the Exchange Notes shall be included
in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement. The Company and the Guarantors
shall use their respective best efforts to cause the Exchange Offer to be
Consummated on the earliest practicable date after the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement has become effective, but in no event later than the 30th
Business Day thereafter (such 30th day being the "CONSUMMATION DEADLINE").
(c) The Company shall include a "Plan of Distribution" section in the
Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and indicate
therein that any Broker-Dealer who holds Transfer Restricted Securities that
were acquired for the account of such Broker-Dealer as a result of market-making
activities or other trading activities (other than Initial Notes acquired
directly from the Company or any Affiliate of the Company), may exchange such
Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to the Exchange Offer. Such "Plan of
Distribution" section shall also contain all other information with respect to
such sales by such Broker-Dealers that the Commission may require in order to
permit such sales pursuant thereto, but such "Plan of Distribution" shall not
name any such Broker-Dealer or disclose the amount of Transfer Restricted
Securities held by any such Broker-Dealer, except to the extent required by the
Commission as a result of a change in policy, rules or regulations after the
date of this Agreement. See the Shearman & Sterling no-action letter (available
July 2, 1993).
Because such Broker-Dealer may be deemed to be an "underwriter" within
the meaning of the Act and must, therefore, deliver a prospectus meeting the
requirements of the Act in connection with its initial sale of any Exchange
Notes received by such Broker-Dealer in the Exchange Offer, the Company and the
Guarantors shall permit the use of the Prospectus contained in the Exchange
Offer Registration Statement by such Broker-Dealer to satisfy such prospectus
delivery requirement. To the extent necessary to ensure that the prospectus
contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is available for sales of
Exchange Notes by Broker-Dealers, the Company and the Guarantors agree to use
their respective best efforts to keep the Exchange Offer Registration Statement
continuously effective, supplemented, amended and current as required by and
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subject to the provisions of Sections 6(a) and (c) hereof and in conformity with
the requirements of this Agreement, the Act and the policies, rules and
regulations of the Commission as announced from time to time, for a period of
one year from the Consummation Deadline or such shorter period as will terminate
when all Transfer Restricted Securities covered by such Registration Statement
have been sold pursuant thereto. The Company and the Guarantors shall provide
sufficient copies of the latest version of such Prospectus to such
Broker-Dealers, promptly upon request, and in no event later than one day after
such request, at any time during such period.
SECTION 4. SHELF REGISTRATION
(a) Shelf Registration. If (i) the Exchange Offer is not permitted by
applicable law (after the Company and the Guarantors have complied with the
procedures set forth in Section 6(a)(i) below) or (ii) if any Holder of Transfer
Restricted Securities shall notify the Company within 20 Business Days following
the Consumma tion Deadline that (A) such Holder was prohibited by law or
Commission policy from participating in the Exchange Offer or (B) such Holder
may not resell the Exchange Notes acquired by it in the Exchange Offer to the
public without delivering a prospectus and the Prospectus contained in the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement is not appropriate or available for such
resales by such Holder or (C) such Holder is a Broker-Dealer and holds Initial
Notes acquired directly from the Company or any of its Affiliates, then the
Company and the Guarantors shall:
(x) cause to be filed, on or prior to 30 days after
the earlier of (i) the date on which the Company determines
that the Exchange Offer Registration Statement cannot be filed
as a result of clause (a)(i) above and (ii) the date on which
the Company receives the notice specified in clause (a)(ii)
above (such earlier date, the "FILING DEADLINE"), a shelf
registration statement pursuant to Rule 415 under the Act
(which may be an amendment to the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement (the "SHELF REGISTRATION STATEMENT")), relating to
all Transfer Restricted Securities, and
(y) shall use their respective best efforts to cause
such Shelf Registration Statement to become effective on or
prior to 60 days after the Filing Deadline for the Shelf
Registration Statement (such 60th day the "EFFECTIVENESS
DEADLINE").
If, after the Company has filed an Exchange Offer Registration
Statement that satisfies the requirements of Section 3(a) above, the Company is
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required to file and make effective a Shelf Registration Statement solely
because the Exchange Offer is not permitted under applicable federal law (i.e.,
clause (a)(i) above), then the filing of the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements of clause (x) above;
provided that, in such event, the Company shall remain obligated to meet the
Effectiveness Deadline set forth in clause (y).
To the extent necessary to ensure that the Shelf Registration
Statement is available for sales of Transfer Restricted Securities by the
Holders thereof entitled to the benefit of this Section 4(a) and the other
securities required to be registered therein pursuant to Section 6(b)(ii)
hereof, the Company and the Guarantors shall use their respective best efforts
to keep any Shelf Registration Statement required by this Section 4(a)
continuously effective, supplemented, amended and current as required by and
subject to the provisions of Sections 6(b) and (c) hereof and in conformity with
the requirements of this Agreement, the Act and the policies, rules and
regulations of the Commission as announced from time to time, for a period of at
least two years (as extended pursuant to Section 6(d)) following the Closing or
such shorter period as will terminate when all Transfer Restricted Securities
covered by such Shelf Registration Statement have been sold pursuant thereto.
(b) Provision by Holders of Certain Information in Connection with the
Shelf Registration Statement. No Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities may
include any of its Transfer Restricted Securities in any Shelf Registration
Statement pursuant to this Agreement unless and until such Holder furnishes to
the Company in writing, within 20 days after receipt of a request therefor, the
information specified in Item 507 or 508 of Regulation S-K, as applicable, of
the Act for use in connection with any Shelf Registration Statement or
Prospectus or preliminary Prospectus included therein. No Holder of Transfer
Restricted Securities shall be entitled to liquidated damages pursuant to
Section 5 hereof unless such Holder shall have provided all such information
within the time frame required above. Each selling Holder agrees to promptly
furnish additional information required to be disclosed in order to make the
information previously furnished to the Company by such Holder not materially
misleading.
SECTION 5. LIQUIDATED DAMAGES
If (i) any Registration Statement required by this Agreement is not
filed with the Commission on or prior to the applicable Filing Deadline, (ii)
any such Registration Statement has not been declared effective by the
Commission on or prior to the applicable Effectiveness Deadline, (iii) the
Exchange Offer has not been Consummated on or prior to the Consummation Deadline
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or (iv) any Registration Statement required by this Agreement is filed and
declared effective but shall thereafter cease to be effective or fail to be
usable for its intended purpose during the required time period without being
succeeded within two Business Days by a post-effective amendment to such
Registration Statement that cures such failure and that is itself declared
effective within seven Business Days of filing such post-effective amendment to
such Registration Statement (each such event referred to in clauses (i) through
(iv), a "REGISTRATION DEFAULT"), then the Company and the Guarantors hereby
jointly and severally agree to pay to each Holder of Transfer Restricted
Securities affected thereby liquidated damages in an amount equal to $0.05 per
week per $1,000 in principal amount at maturity of Transfer Restricted
Securities held by such Holder for each week or portion thereof that the
Registration Default continues for the first 90-day period immediately following
the occurrence of such Registration Default. The amount of the liquidated
damages shall increase by an additional $0.05 per week per $1,000 in principal
amount at maturity of Transfer Restricted Securities with respect to each
subsequent 90-day period until all Registration Defaults have been cured, up to
a maximum amount of liquidated damages of $0.50 per week per $1,000 in principal
amount at maturity of Transfer Restricted Securities; provided that the Company
and the Guarantors shall in no event be required to pay liquidated damages for
more than one Registration Default at any given time. Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary set forth herein, (1) upon filing of the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement (and/or, if applicable, the Shelf Registration
Statement), in the case of (i) above, (2) upon the effectiveness of the Exchange
Offer Registration Statement (and/or, if applicable, the Shelf Registration
Statement), in the case of (ii) above, (3) upon Consummation of the Exchange
Offer, in the case of (iii) above, or (4) upon the filing of a post-effective
amendment to the Registration Statement or an additional Registration Statement
that causes the Exchange Offer Registration Statement (and/or, if applicable,
the Shelf Registration Statement) to again be declared effective or made usable
in the case of (iv) above, the liquidated damages payable with respect to the
Transfer Restricted Securities as a result of such clause (i), (ii), (iii) or
(iv), as applicable, shall cease.
All accrued liquidated damages shall be paid to the Holders entitled
thereto, in the manner provided for the payment of interest in the Indenture, on
each Interest Payment Date, as more fully set forth in the Indenture and the
Notes. Notwithstanding the fact that any securities for which liquidated damages
are due cease to be Transfer Restricted Securities, all obligations of the
Company and the Guarantors to pay liquidated damages with respect to securities
shall survive until such time as such obligations with respect to such
securities shall have been satisfied in full.
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SECTION 6. REGISTRATION PROCEDURES
(a) Exchange Offer Registration Statement. In connection with the
Exchange Offer, the Company and the Guarantors shall (x) comply with all
applicable provisions of Section 6(c) below, (y) use their respective best
efforts to effect such exchange and to permit the resale of Exchange Notes by
Broker-Dealers that tendered in the Exchange Offer Initial Notes that such
Broker-Dealer acquired for its own account as a result of its market making
activities or other trading activities (other than Initial Notes acquired
directly from the Company or any of its Affiliates) being sold in accordance
with the intended method or methods of distribution thereof, and (z) comply with
all of the following provisions:
(i) If, following the date hereof there has been announced a
change in Commission policy with respect to exchange offers such as
the Exchange Offer, that in the reasonable opinion of counsel to the
Company raises a substantial question as to whether the Exchange Offer
is permitted by applicable law, the Company and the Guarantors hereby
agree to seek a no-action letter or other favorable decision from the
Commission allowing the Company and the Guarantors to Consummate an
Exchange Offer for such Transfer Restricted Securities. The Com pany
and the Guarantors hereby agree to pursue the issuance of such a
decision to the Commission staff level. In connection with the forego
ing, the Company and the Guarantors hereby agree to take all such
other actions as may be reasonably requested by the Commission or
otherwise required in connection with the issuance of such decision,
including without limitation (A) participating in telephonic
conferences with the Commission, (B) delivering to the Commission
staff an analysis prepared by counsel to the Company setting forth the
legal bases, if any, upon which such counsel has concluded that such
an Exchange Offer should be permitted and (C) diligently pursuing a
resolution (which need not be favorable) by the Commission staff.
(ii) As a condition to its participation in the Exchange
Offer, each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities (including,
without limitation, any Holder who is a Broker Dealer) shall furnish,
upon the request of the Company, prior to the Consummation of the
Exchange Offer, a written representation to the Company and the
Guarantors (which may be contained in the letter of transmittal
contemplated by the Exchange Offer Registration Statement) to the
effect that (A) it is not an Affiliate of the Company, (B) it is not
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engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, and has no arrangement
or understanding with any person to participate in, a distribution of
the Exchange Notes to be issued in the Exchange Offer and (C) it is
acquiring the Exchange Notes in its ordinary course of business. As a
condition to its participation in the Exchange Offer each Holder using
the Exchange Offer to participate in a distribution of the Exchange
Notes shall acknowledge and agree that, if the resales are of Exchange
Notes obtained by such Holder in exchange for Initial Notes acquired
directly from the Company or an Affiliate thereof, it (1) could not,
under Commission policy as in effect on the date of this Agreement,
rely on the position of the Commission enunciated in Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
and Co., Inc. (available June 5, 1991) and Exxon Capital Holdings
Corporation (available May 13, 1988), as interpreted in the
Commission's letter to Shearman & Sterling dated July 2, 1993, and
similar no-action letters (including, if applicable, any no-action
letter obtained pursuant to clause (i) above), and (2) must comply
with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Act
in connection with a secondary resale transaction and that such a
secondary resale transaction must be covered by an effective
registration statement containing the selling security holder
information required by Item 507 or 508, as applicable, of Regulation
S-K.
(iii) Prior to effectiveness of the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement, the Company and the Guarantors shall provide a
supplemental letter to the Commission (A) stating that the Company and
the Guarantors are registering the Exchange Offer in reliance on the
position of the Commission enunciated in Exxon Capital Holdings
Corporation (available May 13, 1988), Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx and Co., Inc.
(available June 5, 1991) as interpreted in the Commission's letter to
Shearman & Sterling dated July 2, 1993, and, if applicable, any
no-action letter obtained pursuant to clause (i) above, (B) including
a representation that neither the Company nor any of the Guarantors
has entered into any arrangement or understanding with any Person to
distribute the Exchange Notes to be received in the Exchange Offer and
that, to the best of the Company's and each Guarantor's information
and belief, each Holder participating in the Exchange Offer is
acquiring the Exchange Notes in its ordinary course of business and
has no arrange ment or understanding with any Person to participate in
the distribution of the Exchange Notes received in the Exchange Offer
and (C) any other undertaking or representation required by the
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Commission as set forth in any no-action letter obtained pursuant to
clause (i) above, if applica ble.
(b) Shelf Registration Statement. In connection with the Shelf
Registration Statement, the Company and the Guarantors shall:
(i) comply with all the provisions of Section 6(c) below and
use their respective best efforts to effect such registration to
permit the sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities being sold in
accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution thereof
(as indicated in the information furnished to the Company pursuant to
Section 4(b) hereof), and pursuant thereto the Company and the
Guarantors will prepare and file with the Commission a Registration
Statement relating to the registration on any appropriate form under
the Act, which form shall be available for the sale of the Transfer
Restricted Securities in accordance with the intended method or
methods of distribution thereof within the time periods and otherwise
in accordance with the provisions hereof.
(ii) issue, upon the request of any Holder or purchaser(s)
of Initial Notes covered by any Shelf Registration Statement contem
plated by this Agreement, Exchange Notes having an aggregate principal
amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of Initial Notes sold
pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement and surrendered to the
Company for cancellation; the Company shall register Exchange Notes on
the Shelf Registration Statement for this purpose and issue the
Exchange Notes to the purchaser(s) of securities subject to the Shelf
Registration Statement in the names as such purchaser(s) shall
designate.
(c) General Provisions. In connection with any Registration Statement
and any related Prospectus required by this Agreement, the Company and the
Guarantors shall:
(i) use their respective best efforts to keep such Registra
tion Statement continuously effective and provide all requisite
financial statements for the period specified in Section 3 or 4 of
this Agreement, as applicable. Upon the occurrence of any event that
would cause any such Registration Statement or the Prospectus
contained therein (A) to contain an untrue statement of material fact
or omit
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to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein
not misleading or (B) not to be effective and usable for resale of
Transfer Restricted Securities during the period required by this
Agreement, the Company and the Guarantors shall file promptly, subject
to Section 6(c)(5), an appropriate amendment to such Registration
Statement curing such defect, and, if Commission review is required,
use their respective best efforts to cause such amendment to be
declared effective as soon as practicable.
(ii) prepare and file with the Commission such amend ments
and post-effective amendments to the applicable Registration Statement
as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement effective for
the applicable period set forth in Section 3 or 4 hereof, as the case
may be; cause the Prospectus to be supplemented by any required
Prospectus supplement, and as so supplemented to be filed pursuant to
Rule 424 under the Act, and to comply fully with Rules 424, 430A and
462, as applicable, under the Act in a timely manner; and comply with
the provisions of the Act with respect to the disposition of all
securities covered by such Registration Statement during the
applicable period in accordance with the intended method or methods of
distribution by the sellers thereof set forth in such Registration
Statement or supplement to the Prospectus;
(iii) advise each Holder and the Initial Purchasers promptly
and, if requested by such Persons, confirm such advice in writing, (A)
when the Prospectus or any Prospectus supplement or post-effective
amendment has been filed, and, with respect to any applicable
Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto, when
the same has become effective, (B) of any request by the Commission
for amendments to the Registration Statement or amend ments or
supplements to the Prospectus or for additional information relating
thereto, (C) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement under the
Act or of the suspension by any state securities commission of the
qualifica tion of the Transfer Restricted Securities for offering or
sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation of any proceeding for any
of the preceding purposes, and (D) of the existence of any fact or the
happening of any event that makes any statement of a material fact
made in the Registra tion Statement, the Prospectus, any amendment or
supplement thereto or any document incorporated by reference therein
untrue, or that requires the making of any additions to or changes in
the Registration Statement in order to make the statements therein, in
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading,
or that requires the making of any additions to or changes in the
Prospectus in
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order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. If at any
time the Commission shall issue any stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration State ment, or any state securities
commission or other regulatory authority shall issue an order
suspending the qualification or exemption from qualification of the
Transfer Restricted Securities under state securities or Blue Sky
laws, the Company and the Guarantors shall use their respective best
efforts to obtain the withdrawal or lifting of such order at the
earliest possible time;
(iv) subject to Section 6(c)(i), if any fact or event
contemplated by Section 6(c)(iii)(D) above shall exist or have
occurred, prepare a supplement or post-effective amendment to the
Registration Statement or related Prospectus or any document
incorporated therein by reference or file any other required document
so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of Transfer
Restricted Securities, the Prospectus will not contain an untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact
necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
(v) furnish to each Holder and the Initial Purchasers in
connection with such exchange or sale, if any, before filing with the
Commission, copies of any Registration Statement or any Prospectus
included therein or any amendments or supplements to any such
Registration Statement or Prospectus (including all documents incorpo
rated by reference after the initial filing of such Registration
Statement), which documents will be subject to the review and comment
of such Persons in connection with such sale, if any, for a period of
at least five Business Days, and the Company will not file any such
Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to
any such Registration Statement or Prospectus (including all such
documents incorporated by reference) to which such Persons shall
reasonably object within five Business Days after the receipt thereof.
Any of such Persons shall be deemed to have reasonably objected to
such filing if such Registration Statement, amendment, Prospectus or
supplement,
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as applicable, as proposed to be filed, contains an untrue statement
of a material fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to
make the statements therein not misleading or fails to comply with the
applicable requirements of the Act;
(vi) promptly prior to the filing of any document that is to
be incorporated by reference into a Registration Statement or
Prospectus, provide copies of such document to each Holder and the
Initial Purchasers in connection with such exchange or sale, if any,
make the Company's and the Guarantors' representatives available for
discussion of such document and other customary due diligence matters,
and include such information in such document prior to the filing
thereof as such Persons may reasonably request;
(vii) make available, at reasonable times, for inspection by
each Holder and the Initial Purchasers and any attorney or accountant
retained by such Persons, all financial and other records, pertinent
corporate documents of the Company and the Guarantors and cause the
Company's and the Guarantors' officers, directors and employees to
supply all information reasonably requested by any such Holder,
attorney or accountant in connection with such Registration Statement
or any post-effective amendment thereto subsequent to the filing
thereof and prior to its effectiveness;
(viii) if requested by any Holder or the Initial Purchasers
in connection with such exchange or sale, promptly include in any
Registration Statement or Prospectus, pursuant to a supplement or
post-effective amendment if necessary, such information as such
Persons may reasonably request to have included therein, including,
without limitation, information relating to the "Plan of Distribution"
of the Transfer Restricted Securities; and make all required filings
of such Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment as soon as
practicable, subject to Section 6(c)(5), after the Company is notified
of the matters to be included in such Prospectus supplement or
post-effective amendment;
(ix) furnish to each Holder and the Initial Purchasers in
connection with such exchange or sale, without charge, at least one
copy of the Registration Statement, as first filed with the
Commission, and of each amendment
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thereto, including all documents incorporated by reference therein and
all exhibits (including exhibits incorporated therein by reference);
(x) deliver to each Holder without charge, as many copies of
the Prospectus (including each preliminary prospectus) and any
amendment or supplement thereto as such Persons reasonably may
request; the Company and the Guarantors hereby consent to the use (in
accordance with law) of the Prospectus and any amendment or supple
ment thereto by each selling Holder in connection with the offering
and the sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the
Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto;
(xi) upon the request of any Holder, enter into such
agreements (including underwriting agreements) and make such
representations and warranties and take all such other actions in
connection therewith in order to expedite or facilitate the
disposition of the Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to any
applicable Registration Statement contemplated by this Agreement as
may be reasonably requested by such Person in connection with any sale
or resale pursuant to any applicable Registration Statement. In such
connection, the Company and the Guarantors shall:
(A) upon request of any Holder, furnish (or in the
case of paragraphs (2) and (3), use its best efforts to
cause to be furnished) to each Holder, upon Consummation of
the Exchange Offer or upon the effectiveness of the Shelf
Registration Statement, as the case may be:
(1) a certificate, dated such date,
signed on behalf of the Company and each of the
Guarantors by (x) the President or any Vice
President and (y) a principal financial or
accounting officer of the Company and such
Guarantor, confirming, as of the date thereof, the
matters set forth in Sections 6(a) and (b) (with
respect to the applicable registration statement
and prospectus), 9(a) and 9(b) of the Purchase
Agreement and such other similar matters as such
Holders may reasonably request;
(2) an opinion, dated the date of Consum
mation of the Exchange Offer or the date of
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effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement,
as the case may be, of counsel for the Company and
the Guarantors covering matters similar to those
set forth in paragraph (e) of Section 9 of the
Purchase Agreement and such other matter as such
Holder may reasonably request, and in any event
including a statement to the effect that such
counsel has participated in conferences with
officers and other representatives of the Company
and the Guarantor, representatives of the
independent public accountants for the Company and
the Guarantors and have considered the matters
required to be stated therein and the statements
contained therein, although such counsel has not
inde pendently verified the accuracy, completeness
or fairness of such statements; and that such
counsel advises that, on the basis of the
foregoing (relying as to materiality to the extent
such counsel deems appropriate upon the state
ments of officers and other representatives of the
Com pany and the Guarantors) and without
independent check or verification, no facts came
to such counsel's attention that caused such
counsel to believe that the applicable
Registration Statement, at the time such
Registration Statement or any post-effective
amendment thereto became effective and, in the
case of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement,
as of the date of Consummation of the Exchange
Offer, contained an untrue statement of a material
fact or omitted to state a material fact required
to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading, or that the
Prospectus contained in such Registration
Statement as of its date and, in the case of the
opinion dated the date of Consummation of the
Exchange Offer, as of the date of Consummation,
contained an untrue statement of a material fact
or omitted to state a material fact necessary in
order to make the statements therein, in the light
of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading. Without limiting the foregoing,
such counsel may state further that such counsel
assumes no responsibility for, and has not
independently verified, the accuracy, completeness
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or fairness of the financial statements, notes and
schedules and other financial data included in any
Registration Statement contemplated by this
Agreement or the related Prospectus; and
(3) a customary comfort letter, dated
the date of Consummation of the Exchange Offer, or
as of the date of effectiveness of the Shelf
Registration State ment, as the case may be, from
the Company's independ ent accountants, in the
customary form and covering matters of the type
customarily covered in comfort letters to
underwriters in connection with underwritten offer
ings, and affirming the matters set forth in the
comfort letters delivered pursuant to Section 9(g)
of the Purchase Agreement; and
(B) deliver such other documents and certificates
as may be reasonably requested by the selling Holders to
evidence compliance with the matters covered in clause (A)
above and with any customary conditions contained in any
agreement entered into by the Company and the Guarantors
pursuant to this clause (xi);
(xii) prior to any public offering of Transfer Restricted
Securities, cooperate with the selling Holders and their counsel in
connection with the registration and qualification of the Transfer
Restricted Securities under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such
jurisdictions as the selling Holders may request and do any and all
other acts or things necessary or advisable to enable the disposition
in such jurisdictions of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by
the applicable Registration Statement; provided, however, that neither
the Company nor any Guarantor shall be required to register or qualify
as a foreign corporation where it is not now so qualified or to take
any action that would subject it to the service of process in suits or
to taxation, other than as to matters and transactions relating to the
Registration Statement, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so
subject;
(xiii) in connection with any sale of Transfer Restricted
Securities that will result in such securities no longer being
Transfer Restricted Securities, cooperate with the Holders to
facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates
representing Transfer Restricted Securities to be sold and not bearing
any restrictive legends; and to register such Transfer Restricted
Securities
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in such denominations and such names as the selling Holders may
request at least two Business Days prior to such sale of Transfer
Restricted Securities;
(xiv) use their respective best efforts to cause the
disposition of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the
Registra tion Statement to be registered with or approved by such
other govern mental agencies or authorities as may be necessary to
enable the seller or sellers thereof to consummate the disposition of
such Transfer Restricted Securities, subject to the proviso contained
in clause (xii) above;
(xv) provide a CUSIP number for all Transfer Restricted
Securities not later than the effective date of a Registration
Statement covering such Transfer Restricted Securities and provide the
Trustee under the Indenture with printed certificates for the Transfer
Restricted Securities which are in a form eligible for deposit with
the Depository Trust Company;
(xvi) otherwise use their respective best efforts to comply
with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission, and make
generally available to its security holders with regard to any
applicable Registration Statement, as soon as practicable, a
consolidated earnings statement meeting the requirements of Rule 158
(which need not be audited) covering a twelve-month period beginning
after the effective date of the Registration Statement (as such term
is defined in paragraph (c) of Rule 158 under the Act);
(xvii) cause the Indenture to be qualified under the TIA not
later than the effective date of the first Registration Statement
required by this Agreement and, in connection therewith, cooperate
with the Trustee and the Holders to effect such changes to the
Indenture as may be required for such Indenture to be so qualified in
accordance with the terms of the TIA; and execute and use its best
efforts to cause the Trustee to execute, all documents that may be
required to effect such changes and all other forms and documents
required to be filed with the Commission to enable such Indenture to
be so qualified in a timely manner; and
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(xviii) provide promptly to each Holder, upon request, each
document filed with the Commission pursuant to the requirements of
Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act.
(d) Restrictions on Holders. Each Holder agrees by acquisition of a
Transfer Restricted Security that, upon receipt of the notice referred to in
Section 6(c)(iii)(C) or any notice from the Company of the existence of any fact
of the kind described in Section 6(c)(iii)(D) hereof (in each case, a
"SUSPENSION NOTICE"), such Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of
Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to the applicable Registration Statement
until (i) such Holder has received copies of the supplemented or amended
Prospectus contemplated by Section 6(c)(iv) hereof as filed with the Commission,
or (ii) such Holder is advised in writing by the Company that the use of the
Prospectus may be resumed, and has received copies of any additional or
supplemental filings that are incorporated by reference in the Prospectus (in
each case, the "RECOMMENCEMENT DATE"). Each Holder receiving a Suspension Notice
hereby agrees that it will either (i) destroy any Prospectuses, other than
permanent file copies, then in such Holder's possession which have been replaced
by the Company with more recently dated Prospectuses or (ii) deliver to the
Company (at the Company's expense) all copies, other than permanent file copies,
then in such Holder's possession of the Prospectus covering such Transfer
Restricted Securities that was current at the time of receipt of the Suspension
Notice. The time period regarding the effectiveness of such Registration
Statement set forth in Section 3 or 4 hereof, as applicable, shall be extended
by a number of days equal to the number of days in the period from and including
the date of delivery of the Suspension Notice to the Recommencement Date.
SECTION 7. REGISTRATION EXPENSES
(a) All expenses incident to the Company's and the Guarantors'
performance of or compliance with this Agreement will be borne by the Company,
regardless of whether a Registration Statement becomes effective, including
without limitation: (i) all registration and filing fees and expenses; (ii) all
fees and expenses of compliance with federal securities and state Blue Sky or
securities laws; (iii) all expenses of printing (including printing certificates
for the Exchange Notes to be issued in the Exchange Offer and printing of
Prospectuses), messenger and delivery services and telephone; (iv) all fees and
disbursements of counsel for the Company and the Guarantors; (v) all application
and filing fees in connection with listing the Exchange Notes on a national
securities exchange or automated quotation system pursuant to the requirements
hereof; and (vi) all fees and disbursements of independent certified public
accountants of the Company and the Guarantors (including the expenses of any
special audit and comfort letters required by or incident to such performance).
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The Company will, in any event, bear its and the Guarantors' internal
expenses (including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of its
officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties), the expenses of
any annual audit and the fees and expenses of any Person, including special
experts, retained by the Company or the Guarantors.
(b) In connection with any Registration Statement required by this
Agreement (including, without limitation, the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement and the Shelf Registration Statement), the Company and the Guarantors
will reimburse the Initial Purchasers and the Holders of Transfer Restricted
Securities who are tendering Initial Notes in the Exchange Offer and/or selling
or reselling Initial Notes or Exchange Notes pursuant to the "Plan of
Distribution" contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or the
Shelf Registration Statement, as applicable, for the reasonable fees and
disbursements of not more than one counsel, who shall be Skadden, Arps, Slate,
Xxxxxxx & Xxxx (Illinois), unless another firm shall be chosen by the Holders of
a majority in principal amount of the Transfer Restricted Securities for whose
benefit such Registration Statement is being prepared.
SECTION 8. INDEMNIFICATION
(a) The Company and the Guarantors agree, jointly and severally, to
indemnify and hold harmless each Holder, its directors, officers and each
Person, if any, who controls such Holder (within the meaning of Section 15 of
the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act), from and against any and all losses,
claims, damages, liabilities, judgments, (including without limitation, any
legal or other expenses incurred in connection with investigating or defending
any matter, including any action that could give rise to any such losses,
claims, damages, liabilities or judgments) caused by any untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration
Statement, preliminary prospectus or Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement
thereto) provided by the Company to any Holder or any prospective purchaser of
Exchange Notes or registered Initial Notes, 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, except insofar as such
losses, claims, damages, liabilities or judgments are caused by an untrue
statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission that is based upon
information relating to any of the Holders furnished in writing to the Company
by any of the Holders, provided further, that the Company and the Guarantors
shall not be liable to any Holder or any of such Holder's directors, officers
and Persons controlling such Holder with respect to any preliminary prospectus
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to the extent that any such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or judgments of
such Person results proximately and primarily from the fact that such Person
sold Transfer Restricted Securities to a second Person to whom there was not
sent or given, at or before the written confirmation of such sale, a copy of the
Prospectus (excluding documents incorporated by reference) if the Company has
previously furnished copies thereof to such first Person in compliance with this
Agreement and the losses, claims, damages, liabilities or judgments of such
first Person results proximately and primarily from an untrue statement or
omission of a material fact contained in such preliminary prospectus which was
corrected in the Prospectus (or the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented).
(b) Each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities agrees, severally
and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and the Guarantors,
and their respective directors and officers, and each person, if any, who
controls (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the
Exchange Act) the Company, or the Guarantors to the same extent as the foregoing
indemnity from the Company and the Guarantors set forth in Section 8(a) above,
but only with reference to information relating to such Holder furnished in
writing to the Company by such Holder expressly for use in any Registration
Statement. In no event shall any Holder, its directors, officers or any Person
who controls such Holder be liable or responsible for any amount in excess of
the amount by which the total amount received by such Holder with respect to its
sale of Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement
exceeds (i) the amount paid by such Holder for such Transfer Restricted
Securities and (ii) the amount of any damages that such Holder, its directors,
officers or any Person who controls such Holder has otherwise been required to
pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged
omission.
(c) In case any action shall be commenced involving any person in
respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to Section 8(a) or 8(b) (the
"INDEMNIFIED PARTY"), the indemnified party shall promptly notify the person
against whom such indemnity may be sought (the "INDEMNIFYING PARTY") in writing
and the indemnifying party shall assume the defense of such action, including
the employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party and
the payment of all fees and expenses of such counsel, as incurred (except that
in the case of any action in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant
to both Sections 8(a) and 8(b), a Holder shall not be required to assume the
defense of such action pursuant to this Section 8(c), but may employ separate
counsel and participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of one
such counsel, except as provided below, shall be at the expense of the Holder).
Any indemnified party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any
such action and participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of
such counsel shall be at the expense of the indemnified party unless (i) the
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employment of such counsel shall have been specifically authorized in writing by
the indemnifying party, (ii) the indemnifying party shall have failed to assume
the defense of such action or employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to the
indemnified party or (iii) the named parties to any such action (including any
impleaded parties) include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying
party, and the indemnified party shall have been advised by such counsel that
there may be one or more legal defenses available to it which are different from
or additional to those available to the indemnifying party (in which case the
indemnifying party shall not have the right to assume the defense of such action
on behalf of the indemnified party). In any such case, the indemnifying party
shall not, in connection with any one action or separate but substantially
similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same
general allegations or circumstances, be liable for the fees and expenses of
more than one separate firm of attorneys (in addition to any local counsel) for
all indemnified parties and all such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as
they are incurred. Such firm shall be designated in writing by the Holders of a
majority of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the applicable
Registration Statement, in the case of the parties indemnified pursuant to
Section 8(a), and by the Company and Guarantors, in the case of parties
indemnified pursuant to Section 8(b). The indemnifying party shall indemnify and
hold harmless the indemnified party from and against any and all losses, claims,
damages, liabilities and judgments by reason of any settlement of any action (i)
effected with its written consent or (ii) effected without its written consent
if the settlement is entered into more than twenty business days after the
indemnifying party shall have received a request from the indemnified party for
reimbursement for the fees and expenses of counsel (in any case where such fees
and expenses are at the expense of the indemnifying party) and, prior to the
date of such settlement, the indemnifying party shall have failed to comply with
such reimbursement request. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior
written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement or compromise
of, or consent to the entry of judgment with respect to, any pending or
threatened action in respect of which the indemnified party is or could have
been a party and indemnity or contribution may be or could have been sought
hereunder by the indemnified party, unless such settlement, compromise or
judgment (i) includes an unconditional release of the indemnified party from all
liability on claims that are or could have been the subject matter of such
action and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault,
culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of the indemnified party.
(d) To the extent that the indemnification provided for in this
Section 8 is unavailable to an indemnified party in respect of any losses,
claims, damages, liabilities or judgments referred to herein, then each
indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party, shall
contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result
of such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or judgments (i) in such proportion
as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and
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the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Holders, on the other hand, from their
sale of Transfer Restricted Securities or (ii) if the allocation provided by
clause 8(d)(i) is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause
8(d)(i) above but also the relative fault of the Company and the Guarantors, on
the one hand, and of the Holder, on the other hand, in connection with the
statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages,
liabilities or judgments, as well as any other relevant equitable
considerations. The relative fault of the Company and the Guarantors, on the one
hand, and of the Holder, on the other hand, shall be determined by reference to,
among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material
fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to
information supplied by the Company or such Guarantors, on the one hand, or by
the Holder, on the other hand, and the parties' relative intent, knowledge,
access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or
omission.
The Company, the Guarantors and each Holder agree that it would not be
just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 8(d) were determined
by pro rata allocation (even if the Holders were treated as one entity for such
purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the
equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph. The
amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses,
claims, damages, liabilities or judgments referred to in the immediately
preceding paragraph shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set
forth above, any legal or other expenses incurred by such indemnified party in
connection with investigating or defending any matter, including any action that
could have given rise to such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or judgments.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 8, no Holder, its directors, its
officers or any Person, if any, who controls such Holder shall be required to
contribute, in the aggregate, any amount in excess of the amount by which the
total received by such Holder with respect to the sale of Transfer Restricted
Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement exceeds (i) the amount paid by
such Holder for such Transfer Restricted Securities and (ii) the amount of any
damages which such Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such
untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person
guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of
the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of
such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Holders' obligations to contribute
pursuant to this Section 8(d) are several in proportion to the respective
principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities held by each Holder hereunder
and not joint.
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SECTION 9. UNDERWRITTEN REGISTRATIONS
(a) If any of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by a Shelf
Registration Statement are to be sold in an Underwritten Registration, the
managing underwriters shall be selected by the Holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount at maturity of the Transfer Restricted Securities to
be included in such offering; provided, that such managing underwriters must be
reasonably satisfactory to the Company.
(b) No Holder may participate in any Underwritten Registration, unless
such Holder: (i) agrees to sell its Transfer Restricted Securities on the basis
reasonably provided in any underwriting arrangements approved in accordance with
paragraph (a) above; and (ii) completes and executes all questionnaires, powers
of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements and other documents reasonably
required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements.
SECTION 10. MISCELLANEOUS
(a) Remedies. The Company and the Guarantors acknowledge and agree
that any failure by the Company and/or the Guarantors to comply with their
respective obligations under Sections 3 and 4 hereof may result in material
irreparable injury to the Initial Purchasers 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 Initial
Purchasers or any Holder may obtain such relief as may be required to
specifically enforce the Company's and the Guarantors' obligations under
Sections 3 and 4 hereof. The Company and the Guarantors further agree to waive
the defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be
adequate.
(b) No Inconsistent Agreements. Neither the Company nor any Guarantor
will, on or after the date of this Agreement, enter into any agreement with
respect to its securities that is inconsistent with the rights granted to the
Holders in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof.
Except as described in the Offering Memorandum, neither the Company nor any
Guarantor has previously entered into any agreement granting any registration
rights with respect to its securities to any Person. The rights granted to the
Holders hereunder do not in any way conflict with and are not inconsistent with
the rights granted to the holders of the Company's and the Guarantors'
securities under any agreement in effect on the date hereof.
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(c) Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement may not
be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to or departures
from the provisions hereof may not be given unless (i) in the case of Section 5
hereof and this Section 10(c)(i), the Company has obtained the written consent
of Holders of all outstanding Transfer Restricted Securities and (ii) in the
case of all other provisions hereof, the Company has obtained the written
consent of Holders of a majority of the outstanding principal amount of Transfer
Restricted Securities (excluding Transfer Restricted Securities held by the
Company or its Affiliates). Notwithstanding the foregoing, a waiver or consent
to departure from the provisions hereof that relates exclusively to the rights
of Holders whose Transfer Restricted Securities are being tendered pursuant to
the Exchange Offer, and that does not affect directly or indirectly the rights
of other Holders whose Transfer Restricted Securities are not being tendered
pursuant to such Exchange Offer, may be given by the Holders of a majority of
the outstanding principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities subject to
such Exchange Offer.
(d) Third Party Beneficiary. The Holders shall be third party
beneficiaries to the agreements made hereunder between the Company and the
Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other hand, and
shall have the right to enforce such agreements directly to the extent they may
deem such enforcement necessary or advisable to protect its rights or the rights
of Holders and, if applicable, affiliated market makers hereunder.
(e) Notices. All notices and other communications provided for or
permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand-delivery, first-class mail
(registered or certified, return receipt requested), telex, telecopier, or air
courier guaranteeing overnight delivery:
(i) if to a Holder, at the address set forth on the records
of the Registrar under the Indenture, with a copy to the Registrar
under the Indenture; and
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(ii) if to the Company or the Guarantors:
Horizon PCS, Inc.
00 Xxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxx 00000
Telecopier No.: (000) 000-0000
Attention: President
With a copy to:
Arnall Golden & Xxxxxxx, LLP
2800 One Atlantic Center
0000 Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000
Telecopier No.: (000) 000-0000
Attention: T. Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx, III
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Xx.
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 receipt
acknowledged, if telecopied; and on the next business day, if timely delivered
to an air courier guarantee ing overnight delivery.
Copies of all such notices, demands or other communications shall be
concurrently delivered by the Person giving the same to the Trustee at the
address specified in the Indenture.
(f) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit
of and be binding upon the successors and assigns of each of the parties,
including without limitation and without the need for an express assignment,
subsequent Holders; provided, that nothing herein shall be deemed to permit any
assignment, transfer or other disposition of Transfer Restricted Securities in
violation of the terms hereof or of the Purchase Agreement or the Indenture. If
any transferee of any Holder shall acquire Transfer Restricted Securities in any
manner, whether by operation of law or otherwise, such Transfer Restricted
Securities shall be held subject to all of the terms of this Agreement, and by
taking and holding such Transfer Restricted Securities 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, including the restrictions on resale set
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forth in this Agreement and, if applicable, the Purchase Agreement or Indenture,
as the case may be, and such Person shall be entitled to receive the benefits
hereof.
(g) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which
when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken
together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
(h) Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of
reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
(i) Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE
CONFLICT OF LAW RULES THEREOF.
(j) Severability. In the event that any one or more of the provisions
contained herein, or the application thereof in any circumstance, is held
invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of
any such provision in every other respect and of the remaining provisions
contained herein shall not be affected or impaired thereby.
(k) Entire Agreement. This Agreement is intended by the parties as a
final expression of their agreement and intended to be a complete and exclusive
statement of the agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in respect of
the subject matter contained herein. There are no restrictions, promises,
warranties or undertakings, other than those set forth or referred to herein
with respect to the registration rights granted with respect to the Transfer
Restricted Securities. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and
understandings between the parties with respect to such subject matter.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the
date first written above.
Very truly yours,
HORIZON PCS, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. XxXxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. XxXxxx
Title: President
HORIZON PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. XxXxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. XxXxxx
Title: President
BRIGHT PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES, LLC
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. XxXxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. XxXxxx
Title: President
XXXXXXXXX, LUFKIN & XXXXXXXX
SECURITIES CORPORATION
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: Senior Vice President
FIRST UNION SECURITIES, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Managing Director
