REGISTRATION RIGHTS AND SALE AGREEMENT between ADELPHIA COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION and TIME WARNER CABLE INC.
Exhibit 99.6
EXECUTION
COPY
between
ADELPHIA COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
and
TIME WARNER CABLE INC.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS | 2 | |||||||
1.1 | Certain Definitions | 2 | ||||||
1.2 | Capitalized Terms | 8 | ||||||
1.3 | Successor Laws, Rules, Regulations and Forms | 8 | ||||||
ARTICLE II SALE OF REGISTRABLE SECURITIES; TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS | 8 | |||||||
2.1 | Sale of Registrable Securities | 8 | ||||||
2.2 | Grant of Rights | 9 | ||||||
2.3 | Transfer Restrictions | 9 | ||||||
2.4 | Rule 144 Sales | 9 | ||||||
2.5 | Transfers to and from Escrow Agent | 9 | ||||||
2.6 | Transfer under Section 1145 Exemption | 9 | ||||||
2.7 | Transfer pursuant to SEC/DOJ Settlement | 10 | ||||||
ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES | 10 | |||||||
3.1 | Certain Acknowledgments of the Stockholder | 10 | ||||||
3.2 | Representations and Warranties of the Stockholder | 10 | ||||||
3.3 | Representations and Warranties of the Issuer | 12 | ||||||
ARTICLE IV INITIAL REGISTRATION AND SALE; DEMAND REGISTRATION; AND FINAL REGISTRATION | 13 | |||||||
4.1 | Initial Registration | 13 | ||||||
4.2 | Demand Registration | 14 | ||||||
4.3 | Final Registration | 15 | ||||||
4.4 | Underwriting | 18 | ||||||
4.5 | Termination Event | 18 | ||||||
ARTICLE V INCIDENTAL OR “PIGGY-BACK” REGISTRATION | 18 | |||||||
5.1 | Issuer Incidental Registration | 18 | ||||||
5.2 | Stockholder Incidental Registration | 18 | ||||||
ARTICLE VI REGISTRATION PROCEDURES | 19 | |||||||
6.1 | Obligations of the Issuer | 19 | ||||||
6.2 | Obligations of the Stockholder | 23 | ||||||
6.3 | Notice to Discontinue; Blackout Periods | 24 | ||||||
6.4 | Reports and Materials to be Filed under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act | 25 | ||||||
6.5 | Registration Expenses | 26 | ||||||
6.6 | Confidentiality | 27 | ||||||
6.7 | Lock-Up Agreements | 27 | ||||||
6.8 | Selection of Underwriters | 28 |
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6.9 | Priority | 29 | ||||||
6.10 | Pricing | 30 | ||||||
ARTICLE VII INDEMNIFICATION | 30 | |||||||
7.1 | Indemnification by the Issuer | 30 | ||||||
7.2 | Indemnification by the Stockholder | 30 | ||||||
7.3 | Conduct of Indemnification Proceedings | 31 | ||||||
7.4 | Contribution | 32 | ||||||
ARTICLE VIII MISCELLANEOUS | 32 | |||||||
8.1 | Recapitalizations, Exchanges, etc. | 32 | ||||||
8.2 | Notices | 33 | ||||||
8.3 | Entire Agreement; No Inconsistent Agreements | 34 | ||||||
8.4 | Further Assurances | 34 | ||||||
8.5 | Other Agreements | 34 | ||||||
8.6 | No Third-Party Beneficiaries | 34 | ||||||
8.7 | Assignment | 34 | ||||||
8.8 | Amendments and Waivers | 35 | ||||||
8.9 | Severability | 35 | ||||||
8.10 | Counterparts and Signature | 36 | ||||||
8.11 | Interpretation | 36 | ||||||
8.12 | GOVERNING LAW | 36 | ||||||
8.13 | Submission to Jurisdiction; Selection of Forum; Waiver of Trial by Jury | 36 | ||||||
8.14 | Remedies | 37 | ||||||
8.15 | Comcast Letter Agreement | 37 |
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REGISTRATION RIGHTS AND SALE AGREEMENT, dated as of July 31, 2006 (this “Agreement”),
by and between Adelphia Communications Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Adelphia”),
for itself and each of its Debtors (as defined below), and Time Warner Cable Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the “Issuer”).
WHEREAS, Adelphia and certain of its Affiliates are debtors and debtors in possession (the
“Debtors”) under chapter 11 of title 11 of the United States Code, 11 U.S.C. §§101 et seq.
(the “Bankruptcy Code”), having each commenced
voluntary cases (jointly administered as
No.
02-41729 (REG)) on or after June 10, 2002 in the Bankruptcy Court (the “Bankruptcy Case”);
WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of April 20, 2005 (as
amended, the “TW NY APA”), by and between Adelphia and Time Warner NY Cable LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company and a subsidiary of the Issuer (“TW NY”), TW NY will purchase
certain assets and assume certain liabilities from Adelphia and certain of its affiliates and
related parties (the “Adelphia Transaction”);
WHEREAS, the aggregate consideration payable to Adelphia pursuant to the TW NY APA consists,
in part, of the Purchase Shares;
WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Amendment No. 2 to the TW NY APA, TW NY and Adelphia amended
the TW NY APA to provide for, among other things, the Adelphia Transaction to be effected pursuant
to section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (the “APA Amendment”);
WHEREAS, as an inducement to TW NY to enter into the APA Amendment, Adelphia has agreed to
sell or cause the sale of at least
33-1/3% (inclusive of the
overallotment option, if any) of the Purchase Shares in a firm-commitment underwritten public
offering pursuant to the terms of this Agreement; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the TW NY APA, TW NY is causing the Issuer to enter into this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements set forth herein and
for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the
parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
1.1 Certain Definitions. As used in this Agreement, and unless the context requires a
different meaning, the following terms have the meanings indicated:
“Additional Disposition” means a transaction that is registered pursuant to Section
4.3(b).
“Additional Registration” means any registration of sale of Registrable Securities
pursuant to either Section 4.3(b)(i) or Section 4.3(b)(ii).
“Additional Registration Event” means that the following conditions are met: (A) the
Section 1145 Exemption was not available as contemplated by Section 4.3(a)(x); (B) the Stockholder
either (i) did not have the ability to sell Registrable Securities pursuant to the Demand
Registration under Section 4.2 or (ii) did not exercise its right to request a Demand Registration
under Section 4.2; and (C) the Registrable Securities are not then eligible to be sold under Rule
144.
“Additional Registration Statement” means a registration statement effecting an
Additional Registration filed pursuant to the Securities Act.
“Adelphia” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.
“Adelphia Claimants” means the creditors and stakeholders of the Debtors in the
Bankruptcy Case.
“Adelphia Financial Information” means the Offering Financial Information as defined
in the TW NY APA.
“Adelphia Transaction” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.
“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly
controlling, controlled by, or under common control with, such Person as of the date on which, or
at any time during the period for which, the determination of affiliation is being made. For
purposes of this definition, the term “control” (including the correlative meanings of the terms
“controlled by” and “under common control with”), as used with respect to any Person, means the
possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management
policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities or by contract or
otherwise. For purposes of this Agreement, (a) none of Adelphia or any of its Affiliates shall be
deemed to be an Affiliate of any of the Issuer or any of its Affiliates and (b) none of the Issuer
or any of its Affiliates shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of any of Adelphia or any of its
Affiliates.
“Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.
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“APA Amendment” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.
“Bankruptcy Case” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.
“Bankruptcy Code” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.
“Bankruptcy Court” has the meaning set forth in the TW NY APA.
“Blackout Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.3(b).
“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banks
in New York City are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.
“Buyer Indemnified Party” has the meaning set forth in the TW NY APA.
“Class A Common Stock” means the Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of
the Issuer.
“Closing” has the meaning set forth in the TW NY APA.
“Co-Managers” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.8.
“Comcast” means Comcast Corporation, a Pennsylvania corporation.
“Comcast Registration Rights Agreement” means that certain Registration Rights
Agreement, dated as of March 31, 2003, as amended, by and among TWE Holdings II Trust, TWX and the
Issuer.
“Comcast Letter Agreement” means that certain Letter Agreement entered into on June
21, 2006 by and among Comcast, TWE Holdings II Trust, Adelphia and the Issuer.
“Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other federal agency
at the time administering the Securities Act.
“Counterparty” means any underwriter, broker or dealer with respect to a Disposition.
“Debtors” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.
“Demand Registrable Securities” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.2(a).
“Demand Registration” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.2(a)
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“Demand Registration Statement” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.2(a).
“Demand Sale” means the sale of the Demand Registrable Securities under the Demand
Registration Statement in a single firm-commitment underwritten public offering.
“Disclosure Package” means, with respect to any Disposition, (i) the preliminary
Prospectus, (ii) each Free Writing Prospectus and (iii) all other information, in each case, that
is deemed, under Rule 159 under the Securities Act, to have been conveyed to purchasers of
securities (including Purchase Shares) at the applicable time.
“Disposition” means any of the Initial Sale, the Demand Sale, the Final Distribution
and each Additional Disposition, as applicable.
“Escrow Account” has the meaning set forth in the TW NY APA.
“Escrow Agent” has the meaning set forth in the TW NY APA.
“Escrow Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the TW NY APA.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Filing Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.2(a).
“Final Distribution” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.3(c).
“Final Distribution Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.3(a).
“Final Registrable Securities” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.3(a).
“Final Registration” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.3(a).
“Final Registration Statement” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.3(a).
“Financial Information Requirement” means (a) delivery by Adelphia to TW NY or the
Issuer of the Offering Financial Information in accordance with Section 5.11(a) of the TW NY APA
and Section 6.2(a) of this Agreement, (b) the filing of Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q required to
be filed by Adelphia pursuant to the last sentence of Section 5.19 of the TW NY APA without regard
to clause (ii) thereof and (c) the filing of any Annual Report on Form 10-K required to be filed by
Adelphia pursuant to the last sentence of Section 5.19 of TW NY APA, in each case, prior to 15 days
following the date such information or filing is required to be provided or made pursuant to the TW
NY APA, the Exchange Act or Section 6.2(a) of this Agreement, as applicable.
“Free Writing Prospectus” means each “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405
under the Securities Act).
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“Governmental Entity” means any federal, state or local court, administrative body or
other governmental or quasi-governmental entity with competent jurisdiction.
“Incidental Registration” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.2
“Indemnified Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.3.
“Indemnifying Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.3.
“Initial Number of Shares” means the number of shares of the Initial Registrable
Securities.
“Initial Registrable Securities” means shares of Class A Common Stock representing at
least 33-1/3% of the Purchase Shares (inclusive of the
overallotment option, if any).
“Initial Registration” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1(a).
“Initial Registration Deadline” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1(a).
“Initial Registration Statement” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1(a).
“Initial Sale” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(b).
“Initial Sale Commencement Date” means, with respect to the Initial Sale, the earlier
of the date on which (x) the distribution of a preliminary Prospectus occurs and (y) the “road
show” commences.
“Initial Sale Deadline” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(b).
“Initial Sale Extension Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(b).
“Inspector” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.1(f).
“Issuer” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.
“Issuer Securities” means (a) for purposes of Section 6.9, securities of the Issuer
proposed to be offered to the public for the account of the Issuer in a transaction registered
under the Securities Act, together with securities of the Issuer to be offered to the public for
the account of another Person other than the Stockholder that are proposed to be included in such
offering pursuant to Section 5.2 and (b) for all other purposes, securities of the Issuer proposed
to be offered to the public for the account of the Issuer in a transaction registered under the
Securities Act.
“Liability” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.1.
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“Lock-up Agreement” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.7.
“Majority Managing Underwriters” means a majority of the Managing Underwriters,
excluding the Managing Underwriter, if any, selected by Comcast as contemplated by the last
sentence of Section 6.8 of this Agreement.
“Managing Underwriter” means, with respect to an offering, the lead book-running
managing underwriter(s) for such offering.
“NASD” means the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
“NYSE” means the New York Stock Exchange.
“Permitted Assignee” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.7.
“Person” means any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, limited liability
company, “group” (as such term is used in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), trust, incorporated
or unincorporated association, joint venture, joint stock company, labor union, Governmental Entity
or other entity of any kind, and shall include any successor (by merger or otherwise) of such
entity.
“Prospectus” means the prospectus related to any Registration Statement (including a
prospectus that discloses information previously omitted from a prospectus filed as part of an
effective Registration Statement in reliance on Rule 415 under the Securities Act), as amended or
supplemented by any amendment, pricing term sheet, Free Writing Prospectus or prospectus
supplement, including post-effective amendments, and all materials incorporated by reference in
such prospectus.
“Purchase Shares” has the meaning set forth in the TW NY APA; it being
understood that Purchase Shares shall include all shares of Class A Common Stock
delivered by the Issuer or TW NY pursuant to the TW NY APA, including, for the avoidance of doubt,
to Adelphia or the Escrow Agent.
“Records” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.1(f).
“Registrable Securities” means each of the following: (a) the Purchase Shares and (b)
any shares of Class A Common Stock or any other equity securities issued or issuable to the
Stockholder or the Permitted Assignee in respect of any Purchase Shares by way of a conversion,
exchange, replacement, stock dividend or stock split or other distribution in connection with a
combination of shares, recapitalization, merger, consolidation or other reorganization, spin-off or
otherwise and any shares of Class A Common Stock or voting common stock or other equity securities
issuable upon conversion, exercise or exchange thereof. As to any particular Registrable
Securities, once issued, such securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities when (1) 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, (2) they shall have been Transferred to the
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public pursuant to Rule 144 (or any successor provision then in effect) under the Securities
Act, (3) they shall have been otherwise transferred, and, in accordance with Section 3.1, new
certificates (or other evidences of ownership) for them not bearing a legend restricting further
transfer shall have been delivered, or (4) they shall have ceased to be outstanding.
“Registration” means each of the Initial Registration, the Demand Registration, each
Additional Registration or the Final Registration.
“Registration Actions” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.3(b).
“Registration Expenses” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.5.
“Registration Statement” means a registration statement filed pursuant to the
Securities Act, including the Initial Registration Statement, the Demand Registration Statement,
each Additional Registration Statement and the Final Registration Statement, and any supplements or
amendments thereto.
“Remainder Plan” has the meaning set forth in the TW NY APA.
“Restricted Distribution” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.14(b).
“Section 1145 Exemption” means the exemption contemplated by section 1145 of the
Bankruptcy Code pursuant to which the distribution to the Adelphia Claimants of the then remaining
Registrable Securities would not be subject to the registration requirements of the Securities Act.
“SEC/DOJ Settlement” has the meaning set forth in the TW NY APA.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933.
“Stockholder” means Adelphia or the Permitted Assignee.
“Stockholder Counsel” means a firm of legal counsel designated by the Stockholder.
“Termination Event” means the consummation by Adelphia of a chapter 11 plan of
reorganization pursuant to which at least 75% of the then remaining Registrable Securities (other
than those then held in the Escrow Account) are distributed to the Adelphia Claimants pursuant to
section 1145 of the Bankruptcy Code upon the consummation of such plan; provided
that the Registrable Securities shall have been approved for listing on the NYSE or the
Nasdaq Stock Market at or prior to two weeks after such consummation unless (i) the Issuer has not
complied with Section 6.1(j) in all material respects or (ii) 90% of the then remaining Registrable
Securities have been so distributed.
“Transfer” means, with respect to any Registrable Security, the offer for sale, sale,
pledge, transfer or other disposition or encumbrance (or any transaction or
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device that is designed to or could be expected to result in the transfer or the disposition
by any Person at any time in the future) of such Registrable Security, and shall include the
entering into of any swap, hedge or other derivatives transaction or other transaction that
transfers to another in whole or in part any rights, economic benefits or risks of ownership,
including by way of settlement by delivery of such Registrable Security or other securities in cash
or otherwise.
“TWE Holdings II Trust” means TWE Holdings II Trust, a Delaware statutory trust.
“TW NY” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.
“TW NY APA” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.
“TWX” means Time Warner Inc. (f/k/a AOL Time Warner Inc.), a Delaware corporation.
1.2 Capitalized Terms. Capitalized terms used herein and in the Schedules hereto and not
otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them in the TW NY APA.
1.3 Successor Laws, Rules, Regulations and Forms. All references to laws, rules,
regulations and forms in this Agreement shall be deemed to be references to the comparable
successor thereto in effect at the time.
ARTICLE II
SALE OF REGISTRABLE SECURITIES; TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS
2.1 Sale of Registrable Securities.
(a) General. The Stockholder hereby agrees to Transfer or cause the Transfer of
Registrable Securities solely in accordance with and subject to the terms and conditions set forth
in this Agreement.
(b) Initial Sale. Subject to the Initial Registration Statement having been declared
effective by the Commission:
(i) the Issuer and the Stockholder, together with the Managing Underwriters, shall jointly
determine when the Initial Sale Commencement Date shall occur; it being
understood that (A) such date shall be no later than such time as would be
necessary to have the Initial Sale occur by the Initial Sale Deadline and (B) the Issuer and the
Stockholder shall cooperate in good faith to ensure that such date shall be mutually beneficial to
the Stockholder and the Issuer; and
(ii) no later than three months after the date on which the Initial Registration Statement is
declared effective by the Commission (the “Initial Sale Deadline”), the Stockholder shall,
pursuant to the Initial Registration Statement, sell
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all of the Initial Registrable Securities pursuant to a single firm-commitment underwritten
public offering (the “Initial Sale”); provided, however, that such three
month period shall be extended for a period of time equal to the length of: (A) any Blackout
Period; plus (B) the number of days that elapse from (1) the date any written notice contemplated
by Section 6.3(a) is given by the Issuer to (2) the date on which the Issuer delivers to the
Stockholder the supplement or amendment contemplated by Section 6.3(a) or the date on which a
supplement or amendment contemplated by Section 6.3(a) is no longer necessary; plus (C) a period of
time of up to three months to the extent that the Majority Managing Underwriters determine that the
offering should be delayed due to market conditions; plus (D) a period of time of up to three
months to the extent the Majority Managing Underwriters determine that any material event at the
Issuer has occurred that would reasonably be expected to adversely affect the offering price of the
Initial Registrable Securities in any material respect relative to what the offering price would be
expected to be in the absence of such extension; plus (E) the period during which a stop order
issued by the Commission is in effect; provided, further, that in addition to any
extension described above, the Stockholder may delay the Initial Sale no more than once (unless
such delay is immediately followed by an extension described in clause (A), (B), (C), (D) or (E)
above, in which case the Stockholder may, pursuant to this proviso, delay the Initial Sale one
additional time for each separate delay period or one or more of the extensions described in
clauses (A), (B), (C), (D) or (E) above is in effect) and by up to seventy-two hours if (x) such
delay would not require any additional sales efforts by the Issuer and (y) the Managing
Underwriters unanimously agree that such delay will not adversely affect the offering or the
Initial Sale. The parties acknowledge and agree that any extension or delay described above shall
begin to run upon its occurrence regardless of whether a prior extension is in effect.
2.2 Grant of Rights. The Issuer hereby grants registration rights to the Stockholder upon
the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.
2.3 Transfer Restrictions. Except as expressly provided for in this Agreement and subject
to any Lock-up Agreements, the Stockholder shall not, directly or indirectly, Transfer any
Registrable Securities.
2.4 Rule 144 Sales. Following the completion of the Initial Sale and subject to any
Lock-up Agreements, the Stockholder may effect a Transfer of any of the remaining Registrable
Securities then held by the Stockholder pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act.
2.5 Transfers to and from Escrow Agent. The Stockholder may Transfer Registrable
Securities to and from the Escrow Agent pursuant to the Escrow Agreement.
2.6 Transfer under Section 1145 Exemption. Subject to any Lock-up Agreements, the
Stockholder may effect a Transfer of Registrable Securities to the Adelphia Claimants pursuant to
the Section 1145 Exemption.
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2.7 Transfer pursuant to SEC/DOJ Settlement. The Stockholder may Transfer Registrable
Securities to the United States pursuant to the SEC/DOJ Settlement.
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
3.1 Certain Acknowledgments of the Stockholder. The Stockholder acknowledges that all
Registrable Securities will be issued pursuant to an exemption from registration under the
Securities Act and applicable state securities laws and agrees not to Transfer such Registrable
Securities in any transaction which would be in violation of the Securities Act or applicable state
securities law. The Stockholder acknowledges that the following legend will appear on the
certificates for the Registrable Securities reflecting the foregoing restriction. The Issuer
shall, at the request of the Stockholder, remove from each certificate evidencing Registrable
Securities the following legend if the Registrable Securities are being Transferred pursuant to a
Registration Statement or distributed to the Adelphia Claimants pursuant to the Section 1145
Exemption or if the Issuer is reasonably satisfied (based upon an opinion of counsel or other
evidence) that the securities evidenced thereby may be publicly sold without registration under the
Securities Act; provided, however, that the Issuer or Issuer’s counsel shall not be
required to deliver an opinion of counsel to the effect that the securities evidenced thereby may
be publicly sold without registration under the Securities Act unless Stockholder Counsel shall
have delivered an opinion, upon which the Issuer and Issuer’s counsel are entitled to rely, to the
effect that the securities evidenced thereby may be publicly sold without registration under the
Securities Act.
“THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, THE SECURITIES OR “BLUE SKY” LAWS OF ANY
STATE OR ANY OTHER SECURITIES LAWS. SUCH SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED,
SOLD, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, HYPOTHECATED, OR OTHERWISE ASSIGNED, EXCEPT
(I) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH RESPECT TO SUCH SECURITIES
WHICH IS EFFECTIVE UNDER ALL APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS, OR (II) UPON THE
FURNISHING TO TIME WARNER CABLE INC. BY THE HOLDER OF THIS CERTIFICATE OF
AN OPINION OF COUNSEL OR OTHER EVIDENCE REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO TIME
WARNER CABLE INC. THAT SUCH SECURITIES ARE NOT REQUIRED TO BE REGISTERED
UNDER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS.”
3.2 Representations and Warranties of the Stockholder. The Stockholder hereby represents
and warrants to the Issuer as follows:
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(a) Power, Binding Agreement. The Stockholder is a corporation duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of Delaware. The Stockholder has all
requisite corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement. The execution, delivery and
performance by the Stockholder of this Agreement have been duly and validly authorized and no
additional corporate, shareholder or similar authorization or consent is required in connection
with the execution, delivery and performance by the Stockholder of this Agreement. This Agreement
constitutes a valid and legally binding obligation of the Stockholder and (assuming due execution
and delivery by the other parties hereto) is enforceable in accordance with its terms except as
the indemnification and contribution provisions contained in Article VII may be held to be
unenforceable as against public policy.
(b) No Conflicts.
(i) The execution, delivery and performance by the Stockholder of this Agreement does not, and
the consummation by the Stockholder of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will not,
(A) violate any provision of the charter, by-laws or other organizational document of the
Stockholder, (B) conflict with, or result in any violation or breach of, or constitute (with or
without notice or lapse of time, or both) a default (or give rise to a right of termination,
cancellation, modification or acceleration of any right or obligation) under, require a consent or
waiver under, constitute a change in control under, or result in the imposition of any lien on the
Stockholder’s assets under, any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any note, bond, mortgage,
indenture, lease, license, contract, agreement or instrument to which the Stockholder is a party or
by which it or any of its properties or assets may be bound, or (C) conflict with or violate any
permit, concession, franchise, license, judgment, injunction, order, decree, statute, law,
ordinance, rule or regulation applicable to the Stockholder or any of its properties or assets,
except in the case of clauses (B) and (C) of this Section 3.2(b)(i) for any such conflicts,
violations, breaches, defaults, terminations, cancellations, accelerations or liens as would not,
individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Stockholder
to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the effectiveness of any
Registration Statement.
(ii) No consent, approval, license, permit, order or authorization of, or registration,
declaration, notice or filing with, any Governmental Entity or any other Person is required by or
with respect to the Stockholder in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement by the Stockholder or the consummation by the Stockholder of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, other than the approval by the Bankruptcy Court (which approval has
been obtained as of the date hereof) and, with respect to any Registration or Incidental
Registration, the filings and other actions required by the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, the
rules of any stock exchange or automated quotation system on which the Registrable Securities are
to be listed, the rules of any self-regulatory organization and state securities or “blue sky”
laws, and except for any such consents, approvals, licenses, permits, orders or authorization,
registration, declaration, notices or filings as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have
a material adverse effect on the ability of the Stockholder to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the effectiveness of any
Registration Statement.
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3.3 Representations and Warranties of the Issuer. The Issuer hereby represents and
warrants to the Stockholder as follows:
(a) Power, Binding Agreement. The Issuer is a corporation duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of Delaware. The Issuer has all requisite corporate
power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder.
The execution, delivery and performance by the Issuer of this Agreement have been duly and validly
authorized and no additional corporate, shareholder or similar authorization or consent is required
in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Issuer of this Agreement. This
Agreement constitutes a valid and legally binding obligation of the Issuer, and (assuming due
execution and delivery by the other parties hereto) is enforceable in accordance with its terms,
except as the indemnification and contribution provisions contained in Article VII may be held to
be unenforceable as against public policy and except as such enforceability may be limited by
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other
similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles (whether
considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).
(b) No Conflicts.
(i) The execution, delivery and performance by the Issuer of this Agreement does not, and the
consummation by the Issuer of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will not, (A) violate
any provision of the charter, by-laws or other organizational document of the Issuer, (B) conflict
with, or result in any violation or breach of, or constitute (with or without notice or lapse of
time, or both) a default (or give rise to a right of termination, cancellation, modification or
acceleration of any right or obligation) under, require a consent or waiver under, constitute a
change in control under, or result in the imposition of any lien on the Issuer’s assets under, any
of the terms, conditions or provisions of any note, bond, mortgage, indenture, lease, license,
contract, agreement or instrument to which the Issuer is a party or by which it or any of its
properties or assets may be bound, or (C) conflict with or violate any permit, concession,
franchise, license, judgment, injunction, order, decree, statute, law, ordinance, rule or
regulation applicable to the Issuer or any of its properties or assets, except in the case of
clauses (B) and (C) of this Section 3.3(b)(i) for any such conflicts, violations, breaches,
defaults, terminations, cancellations, accelerations or liens as would not, individually or in the
aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the Issuer or on the ability of the Issuer to
consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the effectiveness of any Registration
Statement.
(ii) No consent, approval, license, permit, order or authorization of, or registration,
declaration, notice or filing with, any Governmental Entity or any other Person is required by or
with respect to the Issuer in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement by the Issuer or the
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consummation by the Issuer of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, other than,
with respect to any Registration or Incidental Registration, filings and other actions required by
the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, the rules of any stock exchange or automated quotation system
on which the Registrable Securities are to be listed, the rules of any self-regulatory organization
and state securities or “blue sky” laws, and except for any such consents, approvals, licenses,
permits, orders or authorization, registration, declaration, notices or filings as would not,
individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the Issuer or on the ability of
the Issuer to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the effectiveness of
any Registration Statement.
ARTICLE IV
INITIAL
REGISTRATION AND SALE; DEMAND REGISTRATION; AND FINAL REGISTRATION
4.1 Initial Registration.
(a) Effective Initial Registration. Subject to Section 6.3, the Issuer shall use
commercially reasonable efforts (it being understood that expenses
incurred in connection with the preparation and filing of the Initial Registration Statement and
the listing of the Initial Registrable Securities shall not be a factor in the measurement of such
commercially reasonable efforts) to:
(i) as promptly as reasonably practicable following the Closing, prepare and file a
Registration Statement on Form S-1 or other appropriate form under the Securities Act (the
“Initial Registration Statement”) covering the Initial Sale of the Initial Registrable
Securities on a delayed basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act (the “Initial
Registration”); it being understood that such Initial Sale
shall be effected solely by means of a single firm-commitment underwritten public offering;
(ii) subject to extensions consented to by Adelphia (such consent not to be unreasonably
withheld), cause the Initial Registration Statement to be declared effective by the Commission as
promptly as reasonably practicable after such filing but not later than the later of (A) five
months following the Closing and (B) January 31, 2007 (such later date, the “Initial
Registration Deadline”); it being understood that the Issuer
and the Stockholder shall cooperate in good faith to ensure that, subject to the Initial
Registration Deadline, the Initial Registration Statement shall be declared effective at a time
that is mutually beneficial to the Issuer and the Stockholder; and
(iii) keep the Initial Registration Statement continuously effective until the date which is
the earlier of (A) the time at which the Initial Registrable Securities required to be sold
pursuant to this Agreement have been sold and (B) the Initial Sale Deadline (subject to extension
pursuant to Section 2.1(b)(ii)).
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(b) Method of Disposition. The sale of Initial Registrable Securities pursuant to the
Initial Registration Statement shall be made solely by means of a single firm-commitment
underwritten public offering.
4.2 Demand Registration.
(a) Request for Demand Registration. Subject to any Lock-up Agreements, at any time
after the Initial Sale and prior to the effective date of the Remainder Plan, the Stockholder may
make a single written request to the Issuer to register the Demand Sale of up to the number of
Registrable Securities remaining after the completion of the Initial Sale stated in such request
(the “Demand Registrable Securities”) on the appropriate form under the Securities Act (the
“Demand Registration Statement”); provided however, that the Issuer shall
not be obligated to effect the Demand Registration unless the reasonably expected net proceeds to
the Stockholder from the Demand Sale of the Demand Registrable Securities are, as determined at the
time of such request, in excess of $250 million (the “Demand Registration”).
(b) Effective Demand Registration. Subject to Section 6.3, the Issuer shall use
commercially reasonable efforts (it being understood that expenses
incurred in connection with the preparation and filing of the Demand Registration Statement and
the listing of the Demand Registrable Securities shall not be a factor in the measurement of such
commercially reasonable efforts) to:
(i) prepare and file the Demand Registration Statement as promptly as reasonably practicable
after the Issuer receives the request under Section 4.2(a);
(ii) cause the Demand Registration Statement to be declared effective by the Commission as
promptly as reasonably practicable after the Issuer receives such request under Section 4.2(a); and
(iii) keep the Demand Registration Statement continuously effective until the earlier of (A)
the completion of the Demand Sale and (B) three months after the date the Demand Registration
Statement is declared effective by the Commission; provided, however, that such
three month period shall be extended for a period of time equal to the length of: (1) any Blackout
Period; plus (2) the number of days that elapse from (x) the date any written notice contemplated
by Section 6.3(a) is given by the Issuer to (y) the date on which the Issuer delivers to the
Stockholder the supplement or amendment contemplated by Section 6.3(a); plus (3) a period of time
of up to three months to the extent that the Majority Managing Underwriters determine that the
offering should be delayed due to market conditions; plus (4) a period of time of up to three
months to the extent the Majority Managing Underwriters determine that any material event at the
Issuer has occurred that would reasonably be expected to adversely affect the offering price of the
Initial Registrable Securities relative to what the offering price would be expected to be in the
absence of such extension; plus (5) the period during which a stop order issued by the Commission
is in effect. The parties acknowledge and agree that any extension described above shall begin to run upon its occurrence regardless of
whether a prior extension is in effect.
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(c) Method of Disposition. The sale of Demand Registrable Securities pursuant to the
Demand Registration Statement shall be made solely by means of a single firm-commitment
underwritten public offering.
(d) Revocation of Demand Registration. During the term of this Agreement, the
Stockholder may revoke the Demand Registration prior to the effective date of the Demand
Registration Statement; provided that such revoked Demand Registration shall count
as the Demand Registration for purposes of this Agreement unless the Stockholder has promptly
reimbursed the Issuer for all Registration Expenses arising from, in connection with or relating
to, such revoked Demand Registration; provided, further, that (i) the Stockholder
may revoke the Demand Registration following the filing of the Demand Registration Statement only
on one occasion during the term of this Agreement, and (ii) once the “road show” in respect of the
Demand Sale pursuant to the Demand Registration has commenced, if the Stockholder revokes the
Demand Registration, the Issuer shall not be obligated to resume such “road show” that has
commenced or to attend or participate in any other “road show” in respect of the Demand
Registration. Upon the revocation of the Demand Registration, the Issuer shall be permitted to
withdraw the Demand Registration Statement and shall have no further obligation or other Liability
pursuant to this Section 4.2 with respect to such Demand Registration.
(e) Financial Information Requirement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in
this Agreement, the Issuer shall not have any obligation to register the Demand Registrable
Securities pursuant to this Section 4.2 if Adelphia fails to satisfy the Financial Information
Requirement.
(f) Reduction of Demand Registrable Securities. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the
Stockholder has requested a Demand Registration in accordance with Section 4.2(a), and the number
of Demand Registrable Securities the Stockholder is permitted to include in the offering covered by
such Demand Registration is reduced, pursuant to Section 6.9 and/or the Comcast Letter Agreement,
to below 50% of the number of Demand Registrable Securities originally requested by the Stockholder
because of the inclusion of shares of Class A Common Stock held by another stockholder of the
Issuer, the Stockholder shall be entitled to make a request for another Demand Registration
pursuant to this Section 4.2
4.3 Final Registration.
(a) Effective Final Registration. Subject to any Lock-up Agreements, if at any time
either (x) any party to this Agreement shall reasonably determine that the Section 1145 Exemption
is not available to effect the distribution (coincident with the effective date of any Remainder
Plan) of the then remaining Registrable Securities (the “Final Registrable Securities”),
based on an order of the Bankruptcy Court, clear statements made by the staff of the Commission or
the inability
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of counsel to such party to deliver an opinion to the effect that the Section 1145 Exemption
is available, and with the concurrence of the other parties hereto (which concurrence shall not be
unreasonably withheld) (provided that as promptly as practicable following such
determination, such party shall provide the other party with written notice of such determination
together with a copy of such order or memorandum setting forth the communication with the staff of
the Commission or such party’s counsel), or (y) the Issuer shall deliver written notice to the
Stockholder electing, in its sole discretion, to effect the distribution of the Final Registrable
Securities to the Adelphia Claimants pursuant to the terms of this Section 4.3 and not in reliance
on section 1145 of the Bankruptcy Code (provided that the Issuer may not make such
election if such election would reasonably be expected to result in a material delay (including any
delay pursuant to Section 6.3) relative to when such distribution would occur pursuant to a chapter
11 plan of reorganization resulting in a Termination Event or would otherwise adversely affect such
distribution in any material respect) (each such notice pursuant to clause (x) or (y) above, a
“Final Distribution Notice”), then, subject to Section 6.3, as promptly as reasonably
practicable following delivery of the Final Distribution Notice, the Issuer shall use commercially
reasonable efforts (it being understood that expenses incurred in
connection with the preparation and filing of a registration statement and the listing of the Final
Registrable Securities to be distributed pursuant to the Final Registration Statement shall not be
a factor in the measurement of such commercially reasonable efforts) to:
(i) prepare and file as promptly as reasonably possible following delivery of the Final
Distribution Notice no more than one Registration Statement on the appropriate form under the
Securities Act (the “Final Registration Statement”) effecting registration (the “Final
Registration”) of such transactions involving Final Registrable Securities as are required by
the Commission to be registered so that such Final Registrable Securities, when issued to the
Adelphia Claimants in such transactions, will be freely tradable by such Adelphia Claimants and not
subject to any resale restrictions, except to the extent that any such Adelphia Claimant is an
Affiliate of the Issuer or an underwriter (as defined in section 1145(b) of the Bankruptcy Code);
(ii) cause the Final Registration Statement to be declared effective by the Commission as
promptly as reasonably practicable after delivery of a Final Distribution Notice; and
(iii) keep the Final Registration Statement continuously effective until the time at which the
Final Distribution has been completed and the Class A Common Stock distributed thereby is freely
tradable in the hands of the distributees, except to the extent that any such distributee is an
Affiliate of the Issuer or an underwriter (as defined in section 1145(b) of the Bankruptcy Code);
provided, however, that in no event shall the Issuer be required to keep the Final
Registration Statement effective for more than a six month period following the date on which the
relevant chapter 11 plan of reorganization of Adelphia and/or any of its Affiliates becomes
effective.
(b) Additional Registration. Notwithstanding the foregoing:
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(i) If the Issuer makes the election contemplated by Section 4.3(a)(y) and the Stockholder
makes a written request, the Issuer shall file one additional Registration Statement to enable the
Stockholder to distribute any remaining Registrable Securities to the Adelphia Claimants, to the
extent required by the Commission so that such Registrable Securities, when issued to the Adelphia
Claimants in such distribution, will be freely tradable by such Adelphia Claimants and not subject
to any resale restrictions, except to the extent that any such Adelphia Claimant is an Affiliate of
the Issuer or an underwriter (as defined in section 1145(b) of the Bankruptcy Code). Any such
registration pursuant to this Section 4.3(b)(i) shall be subject to Section 6.3 and shall otherwise
be governed by clauses (i) through (iii) of Section 4.3(a) above, except that the words “delivery
of the Final Distribution Notice” in Section 4.3(a)(i) and (ii) shall be replaced with the words
“delivery of the notice under Section 4.3(b)(i).”
(ii) If an Additional Registration Event occurs and the Stockholder makes a written request,
the Issuer shall file one additional Registration Statement to register the public offering by the
Stockholder of the then remaining Registrable Securities for cash in transactions not involving an
underwriter or other intermediary (but not any resale transactions by the recipients of such
Registrable Securities). Any such registration pursuant to this Section 4.3(b)(ii) shall be
subject to Section 6.3 and shall otherwise be governed by clauses (i) through (iii) of Section
4.3(a) above, except that (x) the words “delivery of the Final Distribution Notice” in Section
4.3(a)(i) and (ii) shall be replaced with the words “delivery of the notice under Section
4.3(b)(ii)”, and (y) the Issuer shall not be required to keep effective the Registration Statement
filed pursuant to this Section 4.3(b)(ii) for more than one month after the date of its
effectiveness.
(c) Method of Disposition. The Final Registration Statement shall be used solely to
effect (i) a distribution by the Stockholder of all Final Registrable Securities to the Adelphia
Claimants pursuant to a chapter 11 plan of reorganization confirmed by the Bankruptcy Court and
(ii) to the extent required by the Commission so that the Final Registrable Securities, when issued
to the Adelphia Claimants in such transactions, will be freely tradable by such Adelphia Claimants
and not subject to any resale restrictions (except to the extent that any such Adelphia Claimant is
an Affiliate of the Issuer or an underwriter (as defined in section 1145(b) of the Bankruptcy
Code)), the resale of the Registrable Securities (such distribution described in clauses (i) and
(ii), the “Final Distribution”).
(d) Restrictions on Solicitation of Votes. The Stockholder and the Issuer shall
reasonably consult with each other no less than 60 days prior to the making of any solicitation of
votes of the Adelphia Claimants with respect to a Final Distribution and shall use commercially
reasonable efforts to determine, based on clear statements made by the staff of the Commission, a
final order of the Bankruptcy Court or an opinion of counsel, whether the Section 1145 Exemption is
available. The Stockholder, the Issuer and their respective Affiliates shall not make and shall
not cause to be made any solicitation of a vote of Adelphia Claimants with respect to the Final
Distribution unless either (i) the Final Registration Statement covering such Final Distribution
and the related solicitation of the votes of Adelphia Claimants is effective
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(or, to the extent permitted by securities laws and regulations, filed) at the time of such
solicitation, or (ii) the Stockholder and the Issuer have reasonably determined, based on clear
statements made by the staff of the Commission, a final order of the Bankruptcy Court or an opinion
of counsel to the effect that the Section 1145 Exemption is available.
4.4 Underwriting. The Initial Sale and the Demand Sale shall each be in the form of a
single firm-commitment underwritten public offering, and the Managing Underwriters and Co-Managers
for the Initial Sale and the Demand Sale shall be selected in accordance with Section 6.8.
4.5 Termination Event. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the
contrary, if at any time a Termination Event shall occur, the Issuer and the Stockholder shall have
no further obligation or any other Liability under this Agreement (except for any Liability arising
prior to such date) and the Issuer may immediately withdraw or terminate any Registration
Statement, whether or not effective as of such time.
ARTICLE V
INCIDENTAL OR “PIGGY-BACK” REGISTRATION
5.1 Issuer Incidental Registration. At any time after the Closing, in connection with
either the Initial Registration or, if applicable, the Demand Registration (but not in connection
with the Final Registration), the Issuer shall have the right, subject to the limitations set forth
in Section 6.9, to register Issuer Securities or securities for the account of any stockholder of
the Issuer other than the Stockholder; provided, however, that (i) the Issuer shall
not include any securities for the account of another Person (other than pursuant to the Comcast
Registration Rights Agreement) if inclusion of such securities will adversely affect the relevant
Disposition in any material respect (it being understood that any
potential or actual reductions pursuant to Section 6.9 shall not be considered in the determination
of any such adverse effect), and (ii) the Issuer shall not include any securities of the Issuer for
the account of any Person other than the Stockholder unless such Person accepts the terms of the
underwritten offering as agreed upon between the Managing Underwriters and the Stockholder.
5.2 Stockholder Incidental Registration.
(a) At any time after the completion of the Initial Sale, subject to any Lock-up Agreements,
if the Issuer proposes to file a Registration Statement with respect to an offering of securities
(other than debt securities, or non-participating preferred equity securities, which are not
exchangeable for or convertible into or otherwise linked to the common equity of the Issuer) by the
Issuer for its own account or for the account of any stockholder of the Issuer other than the
Stockholder (other than (i) a registration statement on Form S-4 or S-8 or (ii) a registration
statement relating to the issuance of securities as consideration in any acquisition by the
Issuer), then the Issuer shall give written notice (a “Filing Notice”) of such proposed
filing to the Stockholder at least five Business Days before the anticipated filing date, which
notice shall describe the
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proposed registration and distribution and offer the Stockholder the opportunity to register
the number of Registrable Securities as the Stockholder requests (an “Incidental
Registration”).
(b) If the Stockholder has made a written request to the Issuer to participate in the
Incidental Registration within five Business Days after receipt of the Filing Notice, the Issuer
shall permit the Stockholder to include up to all of its Registrable Securities (subject to the
limitations set forth in Section 6.9) in such offering on the same terms and conditions as the
securities of the Issuer or for the account of such other stockholder, as the case may be, included
therein. In connection with any Incidental Registration under this Section 5.2 involving an
underwritten offering, the Issuer shall not be required to include any Registrable Securities in
such underwritten offering unless the Stockholder accepts the terms of the underwritten offering as
agreed upon by the Issuer and such other stockholders, if any.
ARTICLE VI
REGISTRATION PROCEDURES
6.1 Obligations of the Issuer. In connection with any Registration pursuant to
Article IV or Incidental Registration in which the Stockholder is including Registrable Securities
pursuant to Article V:
(a) the Issuer shall (i) before filing a Registration Statement, Prospectus, Free Writing
Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto, provide Stockholder Counsel and any other
Inspector with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on such Registration Statement, each
Prospectus included therein and each Free Writing Prospectus (and each amendment or supplement
thereto) to be filed with the Commission, subject to such documents being under the Issuer’s
control and (ii) notify the Stockholder, Stockholder Counsel, and each other party participating in
such distribution of Registrable Securities of any stop order issued or threatened by the
Commission and use commercially reasonable action required to prevent the entry of such stop order
or to remove it if entered;
(b) the Issuer shall, as promptly as practicable, prepare and file with the Commission such
amendments and supplements to such Registration Statement and the Prospectus as may be necessary to
keep such Registration Statement effective as required by Article IV of this Agreement and as
required to remove, or prevent the issuance of, any stop order issued or threatened by the
Commission;
(c) the Issuer shall furnish to the Stockholder, prior to filing a Registration Statement, at
least one conformed copy of such Registration Statement as is proposed to be filed, and thereafter
shall promptly furnish such number of conformed copies of such Registration Statement, each
amendment and supplement thereto (in each case including all exhibits thereto), and the Prospectus
included therein (including each preliminary Prospectus and any Prospectus filed under Rule 424
under the Securities Act) as the Stockholder may reasonably request in order to facilitate the
disposition of the
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Registrable Securities; in addition, the Issuer shall promptly after receipt furnish to the
Stockholder copies of the portions of any and all transmittal letters and any other correspondence
(including comment letters) with the Commission or any other Governmental Entity in respect of such
Registration Statement or amendment or supplement thereto and that relate to the sections entitled
“Plan of Distribution” or “Selling Stockholder” or other sections containing information provided
by the Stockholder pursuant to Section 6.2, and the Stockholder shall have the right to request
that, subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Issuer modify any such information contained in
such Registration Statement or amendment and supplement thereto pertaining to the Stockholder in
such sections, and the Issuer shall use commercially reasonable efforts to comply with such request
(provided, however, that the Issuer shall not have any obligation to modify any
information if the Issuer reasonably expects that so doing would cause the Registration Statement
to contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading);
(d) the Issuer shall use commercially reasonable efforts (i) to register or qualify all
Registrable Securities and other securities covered by the Registration Statement under such other
securities or “blue sky” laws of such States of the United States of America where an exemption is
not available and as the Stockholder shall reasonably request, (ii) to keep such registration or
qualification in effect during the period during which the Registration Statement is required to be
effective pursuant to this Agreement, (iii) to obtain the withdrawal of any order or other
determination suspending such registration or qualification during the period during which the
Registration Statement is required to be effective pursuant to this Agreement and (iv) to take any
other action which may be reasonably necessary or advisable to enable the Stockholder to consummate
the Disposition of the relevant Registrable Securities in such jurisdictions, except that the
Issuer shall not for any such purpose be required to (A) qualify generally to do business as a
foreign corporation in any jurisdiction wherein it would not but for the requirements of this
clause (iv) be obligated to be so qualified, (B) subject itself to taxation in any such
jurisdiction or (C) consent to general service of process in any such jurisdiction;
(e) the Issuer shall enter into and perform customary agreements (including underwriting and
indemnification and contribution agreements in customary form with the Managing Underwriters,
Co-Managers or other Counterparty and reasonably acceptable to the Counterparty) and take such
other commercially reasonable actions as are required in order to expedite or facilitate each
Disposition (other than the Final Distribution or an Additional Disposition) and shall provide all
reasonable cooperation, including causing appropriate officers to attend and participate in “road
shows,” including other information meetings organized by the Counterparty, customary for similar
dispositions; provided, however, that the Issuer and such officers shall not be
obligated to attend or participate in more than one “road show” in connection with each such
Disposition, unless such “road show” has been interrupted pursuant to Section 6.3, in which case
such officers shall continue to be obligated to attend or participate in one more “road show”;
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(f) the Issuer shall make available at reasonable times for inspection by the Stockholder, the
Counterparties participating in any Disposition (other than the Final Distribution or an Additional
Disposition), Stockholder Counsel and any attorney, accountant or other agent retained by any
Counterparty (each, an “Inspector” and collectively, the “Inspectors”), all
financial and other records, corporate documents of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries (collectively,
the “Records”) as are reasonably necessary to enable them to exercise their due diligence
responsibilities, and cause the Issuer’s and its Subsidiaries’ officers, directors and employees,
and the independent public accountants of the Issuer, to discuss the business and affairs of the
Issuer and its Subsidiaries, to supply promptly all information reasonably requested by any such
Inspector in connection with such Registration Statement and to otherwise reasonably cooperate in
the due diligence process of the Inspectors; provided, however, that the Issuer
shall be under no obligation to provide any information to the Stockholder, such Counterparties,
Stockholder Counsel or any Inspector, and no such party shall have access to any information that
(x) consists of the Tax Returns (as defined in the TW NY APA) of the Issuer or (y) based on advice
of the Issuer’s counsel, would (i) reasonably be expected to create any Liability under applicable
law, or waive any material legal privilege (provided that in such latter event the
Issuer shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cooperate to permit disclosure of such
information in a manner consistent with the preservation of such legal privilege), (ii) result in
the disclosure of any trade secrets of third parties; or (iii) violate any obligation of the Issuer
with respect to confidentiality (provided that, with respect to clause (iii), to
the extent specifically requested by the Stockholder, the Issuer has in good faith sought to obtain
a waiver regarding the possible disclosure from the third party to whom it owes an obligation of
confidentiality);
(g) in preparation for any Disposition (other than the Final Distribution or an Additional
Disposition), the Issuer shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain “cold comfort” letters
addressed to the Issuer and the Counterparties and dated the effective date of the Registration
Statement and the date of the closing under the agreement relating to such Disposition from the
Issuer’s independent public accountants, relating to the Issuer’s financial information, in
customary form and covering such matters of the type customarily covered by “cold comfort” letters
delivered in a firm-commitment underwritten public offering;
(h) the Issuer shall use commercially reasonable efforts to furnish, at the request of the
Stockholder, on the date such Registrable Securities are delivered to the Counterparties for sale
pursuant to such Registration Statement (other than the Final Registration Statement or an
Additional Registration Statement), a signed opinion, dated such date, of counsel representing the
Issuer for the purposes of such Disposition (other than the Final Distribution or an Additional
Disposition), addressed to the Counterparties, covering such legal matters with respect to such
Disposition in respect of which such opinion is being given as the Counterparties and the
Stockholder may reasonably request and are customarily included in such opinions relating to
transactions similar to such Disposition;
(i) the Issuer shall comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission, and
make available to its security holders, as soon as
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reasonably practicable but no later than fifteen months after the effective date of the
Registration Statement, an earnings statement covering a period of twelve months beginning after
the effective date of the Registration Statement, in a manner that satisfies the provisions of
Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 thereunder;
(j) with respect to any Disposition or a distribution of Registrable Securities to the
Adelphia Claimants pursuant to the Section 1145 Exemption, the Issuer shall use commercially
reasonable efforts to cause all Purchase Shares to be listed on the NYSE and to thereafter comply
with all applicable rules of the NYSE, at or prior to the time of the relevant Disposition or
completion of the distribution pursuant to the Section 1145 Exemption, as the case may be, so as to
permit the continued listing of such securities on the NYSE, and if such listing on the NYSE has
not been effected within a reasonable period of time following the first Disposition under this
Agreement or completion of the distribution pursuant to the Section 1145 Exemption, as the case may
be, the Issuer shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause all Purchase Shares to be listed
on the Nasdaq Stock Market and thereafter shall use commercially reasonable efforts to comply with
all applicable rules of the Nasdaq Stock Market so as to permit the continued listing of such
securities on the Nasdaq Stock Market;
(k) the Issuer shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause all Registrable Securities
covered by the Registration Statement to be registered with or approved by such Governmental
Entities as may be necessary in the written opinion of counsel to the Issuer or Stockholder Counsel
to enable the Stockholder to consummate the Disposition of such Registrable Securities within the
United States of America;
(l) the Issuer shall timely keep Stockholder Counsel advised as to the initiation and progress
of any Registration or Incidental Registration;
(m) the Issuer shall cooperate with the Stockholder and each underwriter participating in the
Disposition (other than the Final Distribution or an Additional Disposition) of such Registrable
Securities and their respective counsel in connection with any filings required to be made with the
NASD;
(n) during the time when a Prospectus is required to be delivered under the Securities Act,
the Issuer shall promptly give notice to the Stockholder (i) of the receipt by the Issuer of any
notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification or exemption from qualification of
any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threat in
writing of any proceeding for such purpose, (ii) of the occurrence of any of the events described
in Section 6.3(b) that results in the Issuer delaying or not taking a Registration Action; and
(iii) of the determination by the Issuer that a post-effective amendment to a Registration
Statement will be filed with the Commission; and
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(o) the Issuer shall use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly take all other steps
necessary to effect the registration of the Registrable Securities contemplated hereby.
6.2 Obligations of the Stockholder.
(a) In connection with any Disposition, the Stockholder shall (i) promptly furnish to the
Issuer in writing such information with respect to the Stockholder and the Disposition as the
Issuer may reasonably request or as may be required by law for use in connection with any related
Registration Statement or Prospectus and all information required to be disclosed in order to make
the information previously furnished to the Issuer by the Stockholder not materially misleading or
necessary to cause such Registration Statement not to omit a material fact with respect to the
Stockholder necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading and (ii) provide the
Issuer with the Adelphia Financial Information for use in the preparation of any Registration
Statement in a timely manner so as to enable the Issuer to comply with its obligations under
Article IV and Sections 6.1 and 6.3 of this Agreement.
(b) The Stockholder shall comply with the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and all
applicable state securities laws and comply with all applicable regulations in connection with the
registration and the Disposition of the Registrable Securities.
(c) The Stockholder shall enter into and perform customary agreements (including underwriting
and indemnification and contribution agreements in customary form with the Managing Underwriters or
any other Counterparty and reasonably acceptable to the Counterparty) and take such other
commercially reasonable actions as are required in order to expedite or facilitate the Disposition
and shall provide all reasonable cooperation customary for similar dispositions.
(d) In connection with any Disposition, the Stockholder and its Affiliates shall not use any
Free Writing Prospectus without the prior written consent of the Issuer.
(e) In connection with any Disposition, the Stockholder shall use commercially reasonable
efforts to assist the Issuer in responding to portions of any and all transmittal letters and any
other correspondence (including comment letters) from the Commission or any other Governmental
Entity in respect of any Registration Statement or amendment or supplement thereto to the extent
that such portions pertain to the Stockholder, the Adelphia Financial Information or the
information the Stockholder has provided pursuant to Section 6.2; it being
understood that most relevant information is likely to be in the possession of the
Issuer or Comcast.
(f) In preparation for any Disposition (other than the Final Distribution or an Additional
Disposition), the Stockholder and Adelphia shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain
“cold comfort” letters addressed to the Issuer and the Counterparties and dated the effective date
of the Registration Statement and the
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date of the closing under the agreement relating to such Disposition from Adelphia’s
independent public accountants with respect to the Adelphia Financial Information in customary form
and covering such matters of the type customarily covered by “cold comfort” letters delivered in a
firm-commitment underwritten public offering.
(g) In connection with the registration process with respect to each Disposition, the
Stockholder and Adelphia shall:
(i) use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the independent auditor of Adelphia to
provide any consents with respect to the Adelphia Financial Information that are required for
offerings registered under the Securities Act; and
(ii) use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the independent auditor of Adelphia to
cooperate in each Disposition, including by participating in meetings, drafting sessions and due
diligence sessions and cooperating with the Issuer in good faith to respond to any comments from
the Commission or any other Governmental Entity with respect to the Adelphia Financial Information.
6.3 Notice to Discontinue; Blackout Periods.
(a) The Issuer shall promptly notify the Stockholder (i) upon discovery that, or upon the
happening of any event as a result of which, the Prospectus or the Registration Statement 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, in light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading, or of the occurrence of any event specified in Section 6.3(b) that
results in the Issuer delaying or not taking a Registration Action, (ii) of the issuance by the
Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or (iii) of
any written request by the Commission for (A) amendments to the Registration Statement or any
document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, (B)
supplements or amendments to the Prospectus or (C) additional information. Immediately following
any such event (x) upon the request of the Issuer, the Stockholder shall suspend the use of the
Prospectus and shall not sell or distribute any Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration
Statement until the Stockholder has received copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus or
until it is advised by the Issuer that the Prospectus may be used, and (y) the Issuer shall use
commercially reasonable efforts to, as promptly as practicable or in the case of an event specified
in Section 6.3(b), by the end of the Blackout Period (as defined below), if necessary, prepare and
file a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or a supplement or amendment to the
related Prospectus or any document that would be incorporated by reference into the Registration
Statement and Prospectus so that the Registration Statement does not contain any untrue statement
of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein not misleading, and such Prospectus does not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made,
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not misleading and promptly thereafter deliver to the Stockholder a reasonable number of
copies of the supplement or amendment of such Prospectus complying with the foregoing, and, in the
case of a post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement, use commercially reasonable efforts
to cause it to be declared effective as promptly as is reasonably practicable.
(b) The Issuer shall not be required to file any Registration Statement pursuant to this
Agreement, file any amendment thereto, furnish any supplement or amendment to a Prospectus included
in a Registration Statement, make any other filing with the Commission, cause any Registration
Statement or other filing with the Commission to become effective, or take any similar action
(collectively, “Registration Actions”) and may withdraw any Registration Statement or other
filing with the Commission, and any and all sales of Registrable Securities by a holder thereof
pursuant to a Registration Statement shall be suspended for a period of time (each such period, a
“Blackout Period”) for so long as, in the good faith judgment of the Issuer (as evidenced
by a certificate of an officer of the Issuer), such Registration Action would (i) materially
interfere with business activities or plans of the Issuer, (ii) adversely affect the Issuer or the
Issuer’s trading markets, (iii) require the disclosure of material non-public information which
disclosure would be detrimental to the Issuer, (iv) require the inclusion of financial statements
of the Issuer or any business acquired by the Issuer that are not then available or (v) be
prohibited by the Comcast Letter Agreement for the periods set forth therein. Upon the occurrence
of any condition described in clause (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) or (v) of the first sentence of this
Section 6.3(b), the Issuer shall give prompt notice thereof to the Stockholder if it intends to
delay any of the Registration Actions and/or suspend sales of Registrable Securities. Upon the
termination of the condition described in clause (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) or (v) of the first
sentence of this Section 6.3(b), the Issuer shall give prompt notice to the Stockholder and shall
promptly proceed with the Registration Actions and make any other filing with the Commission
required of it or terminate any suspension of sales or distribution it has put into effect and
shall take such other commercially reasonable actions to permit the Disposition of Registrable
Securities as contemplated by this Agreement.
(c) In the event that the Issuer declares a Blackout Period pursuant to Section 6.3(b) with
respect to the Demand Registration, the Stockholder shall have the right to revoke such Demand
Registration without such request counting as a revocation of a Demand Registration for purposes of
Section 4.2(d) and without any liability for Registration Expenses arising from, in connection with
or relating to, such revoked Demand Registration.
6.4 Reports and Materials to be Filed under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act.
The Issuer shall timely file the reports and materials required to be filed by it under the
Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations adopted by the Commission
thereunder (including but not limited to the reports under Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Exchange
Act referred to in subparagraph (c) of Rule 144) and, following the completion of the Initial Sale,
shall take all commercially reasonable actions as the Stockholder or any broker or dealer
facilitating a sale of Registrable Securities may reasonably request to enable the Stockholder to
sell Registrable Securities
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without registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided
by (a) Rule 144 under the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or (b) any
similar rules or regulations hereafter adopted by the Commission. Upon the request of the
Stockholder, the Issuer shall deliver to the Stockholder a written statement as to whether it has
complied with such requirements.
6.5 Registration Expenses. The Issuer shall pay all Registration Expenses (as defined
below) arising from or incident to the Initial Registration; provided, however,
that the Stockholder shall bear the expense of any broker’s commission or underwriter’s discount,
fee or commission relating to the Initial Registrable Securities included in the Initial
Registration and the Initial Sale and the fees, disbursements and expenses of the Stockholder’s
counsel and accountants (except to the extent such accountants’ expenses are contemplated to be
paid by the Issuer pursuant to the TW NY APA). The Stockholder shall pay all Registration Expenses
arising from or incident to the Demand Registration, the Final Registration, each Additional
Registration, the Demand Sale, the Final Distribution and each Additional Disposition, including
the expense of any broker’s commission or underwriter’s discount, fee or commission relating to
such Registration and Disposition, provided, however, that the Issuer shall bear
the portion of the Registration Expenses that is equal to the incremental amount incurred as a
result of the participation of the Issuer or any Person other than the Stockholder in a Demand
Sale, Final Distribution or Additional Disposition. In connection with any Incidental
Registration, the Stockholder shall bear the portion of the Registration Expenses that is equal to
the incremental amount incurred as a result of the Stockholder’s participation in the Incidental
Registration. The Issuer shall pay all fees and expenses payable in connection with the listing of
the securities on any securities exchange. “Registration Expenses” means all expenses
arising from or incident to any Registration or Incidental Registration, including any and all
expenses incident to performance of or compliance with any registration or marketing of securities
pursuant to this Agreement, including: (a) the fees, disbursements and expenses of Issuer’s
counsel and accountants in connection with this Agreement and the performance of the Issuer’s
counsel and accountants in connection with this Agreement and the performance of the Issuer’s
obligations hereunder; (b) all expenses, including filing fees, in connection with the preparation,
printing and filing of any Registration Statement, any Prospectus or preliminary Prospectus, any
other offering document and amendments and supplements thereto and the mailing and delivering of
copies thereof to any underwriters and dealers; (c) the cost of printing or producing any
agreements among underwriters, underwriting agreements, and blue sky or legal investment memoranda,
any selling agreements and any other documents in connection with the offering, sale, distribution
or delivery of the securities to be disposed of; (d) all expenses in connection with the
qualification of the securities to be disposed of for offering and sale or distribution under state
securities laws, including the fees and disbursements of counsel for the underwriters in connection
with such qualification and in connection with any blue sky and legal investment surveys; (e) the
filing fees incident to securing any required review by the NASD of the terms of the sale or
distribution of the securities to be disposed of; (f) transfer agents’ and registrars’ fees and
expenses and the fees and expenses of any other agent or trustee appointed in connection with such
offering; (g) all security engraving and security
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printing expenses; (h) any other fees and disbursements of underwriters customarily paid by
the issuers of securities; and (i) the costs and expenses of the Issuer relating to analyst or
investor presentations or any “road show” undertaken in connection with the registration and/or
marketing of any Registrable Securities. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in no
event shall the Issuer or any of its Affiliates bear any Registration Expenses of or relating to
resales of Class A Common Stock by Adelphia Claimants in the Final Distribution or any Additional
Distribution.
6.6 Confidentiality. Any Records provided in connection with Section 6.1(f) that
the Issuer determines, in good faith, to be confidential and which it notifies the Inspectors are
confidential shall not be publicly disclosed by the Inspectors (and the Inspectors shall confirm
their agreement in writing in advance to the Issuer if the Issuer shall so request) unless (a) the
disclosure of such Records is necessary, in the Issuer’s reasonable judgment, to avoid or correct a
misstatement or omission in the Registration Statement, (b) the release of such Records is ordered
pursuant to a subpoena or other order from a court of competent jurisdiction after exhaustion of
all appeals therefrom or (c) the information in such Records was known to the Inspectors on a
non-confidential basis prior to its disclosure by the Issuer or has been made generally available
to the public or otherwise becomes available on a non-confidential basis. The Stockholder agrees
that it shall, upon learning that disclosure of such Records is sought in a court of competent
jurisdiction, give prompt notice to the Issuer and allow the Issuer, at the Issuer’s expense, to
undertake appropriate action to prevent disclosure of the Records deemed confidential.
6.7 Lock-Up Agreements.
(a) If requested in writing by any Managing Underwriter in connection with the Initial
Registration, Demand Registration or any Incidental Registration, each of the Stockholder and the
Issuer shall execute and deliver agreements (“Lock-up Agreements”) containing such
customary restrictions on its ability to Transfer Registrable Securities as such Managing
Underwriter may reasonably request; provided that such restrictions shall be the
same for all parties to this Agreement (except that, with respect to the Final Distribution or any
distribution under section 1145 of the Bankruptcy Code, if agreed to by the Managing Underwriters,
the restriction on the Stockholder may be shorter than that applicable to the Issuer) and shall not
have a duration in excess of the shortest period required by the Managing Underwriters and in any
event not more than 180 days after the completion of such offering. Any Lock-up Agreements shall
not prohibit the filing of the Final Registration Statement (and the Registration Actions related
thereto) or the solicitation of votes of the Adelphia Claimants with respect to the approval of the
Final Distribution. Any Lock-up Agreements executed by the Stockholder shall contain provisions
naming the Issuer as intended third-party beneficiaries thereof and requiring the prior written
consent of the Issuer for any amendments thereto or waivers thereof. Any Lock-up Agreements
executed by the Issuer shall contain provisions naming the Stockholder as intended third-party
beneficiaries thereof and requiring the prior written consent of the Stockholder for any amendments
thereto or waivers thereof.
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(b) The Issuer shall use best efforts to cause all of its executive officers and directors to
execute lock-up agreements that contain restrictions that are no less restrictive than the
restrictions contained in the Lock-up Agreements executed by the Issuer. The terms of any
underwriting agreement entered into under this Agreement shall provide that the Managing
Underwriters will not waive the lock-up provisions applicable to any 5% or greater stockholder of
the Issuer (other than Comcast or TWE Holdings II Trust) without granting a similar waiver to the
Stockholder. In addition, such underwriting agreement shall also provide that to the extent any
other stockholder (other than Comcast or TWE Holdings II Trust) has shares being sold in the same
registration as the Stockholder, such stockholder shall be subject to a lock-up agreement
containing restrictions at least as restrictive as those imposed on the Stockholder.
6.8 Selection of Underwriters. In connection with the Initial Registration and the
Demand Registration, the Issuer and the Stockholder shall select, in the aggregate, three
nationally-recognized investment banking firms as the Managing Underwriters and such number of (x)
additional Managing Underwriters and (y) nationally-recognized investment banking firms as co-lead
managers (or the equivalent) (the “Co-Managers”), in each case, as determined by the Issuer
in its discretion, and in accordance with the following:
(a) the Issuer shall have the right to select two of the three Managing Underwriters, the
identity of which shall be subject to the consent of the Stockholder, such consent not to be
unreasonably withheld;
(b) the Stockholder shall have the right to select one of the three Managing Underwriters, the
identity of which shall be subject to the consent of the Issuer, such consent not to be
unreasonably withheld;
(c) if the Issuer elects to have additional Managing Underwriters, each of the Issuer and the
Stockholder shall have the right to select the same number of such additional Managing Underwriters
(in each case, subject to the consent of the other party, such consent not to be unreasonably
withheld);
(d) each of the Issuer and the Stockholder shall have the right to select the same number of
Co-Managers (in each case, subject to the consent of the other party with respect to the identity
of such Co-Managers, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld); and
(e) the Issuer shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to designate the global
coordinator(s) and the stabilization agent.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that Comcast exercises its right to select one
co-lead manager (or the equivalent) with respect to the offering pursuant to Section 6.9 of the
Comcast Registration Rights Agreement, any co-lead manager (or the equivalent) selected by Comcast
shall serve as a Co-Manager in connection with such offering but shall be in addition to any of the
Managing Underwriters, additional Managing Underwriters or Co-Managers described above.
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6.9 Priority. In any public offering of equity securities of the Issuer (including
pursuant to Article IV or Article V), if any Managing Underwriter determines in good faith that the
registration of all or part of such securities requested to be included would have a material and
adverse effect on the success of such offering, then the securities to be included in such offering
shall be reduced by the Managing Underwriter as follows:
(a) with respect to any Registration,
(i) first, from any Issuer Securities or other securities (other than debt securities, or
non-participating preferred equity securities, not exchangeable for or convertible into or
otherwise linked to the common equity of the Issuer) for the account of the Issuer and any Person
other than the Stockholder proposed to be included in such offering, until such Issuer Securities
have, if necessary, been reduced to zero; and
(ii) second, subject to clause (c) below, from any Registrable Securities held by the
Stockholder;
(b) with respect to any other public offering,
(i) first, from any Registrable Securities held by the Stockholder to be included in such
offering, until such Registrable Securities have, if necessary, been reduced to zero; and
(ii) second, from any Issuer Securities or other securities (other than debt securities, or
non-participating preferred equity securities, not exchangeable for or convertible into or
otherwise linked to the common equity of the Issuer) for the account of the Issuer and any
stockholder of the Issuer other than the Stockholder proposed to be included in such offering.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no reduction pursuant to this Section 6.9 shall be made in the
number of Initial Registrable Securities required to be included in the Initial Registration or the
Initial Sale pursuant to Sections 2.1 and 4.1 unless one or more holders of Issuer Securities other
than the Stockholder and the Issuer are participating in the Initial Registration or the Initial
Sale, in which case such reduction shall be made pro rata (unless the stockholders participating in
the offering agree otherwise, subject to the proviso below) as to all securities (other than debt
securities, or non-participating preferred equity securities, not exchangeable for or convertible
into or otherwise linked to the common equity of the Issuer) proposed to be included in such
offering; provided, however, that in all events, following any such reductions,
such offering shall include a number of shares of Class A Common Stock equal to or greater than the
Initial Number of Shares. If the number of shares of Class A Common Stock sold by the Stockholder
and the other selling stockholders in such offering equals or exceeds the Initial Number of Shares,
the Stockholder shall be deemed to have satisfied its obligations under Section 2.1(b)(ii).
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6.10 Pricing. The offering price of the Registrable Securities and the gross spread
in a Disposition (other than the Final Distribution or an Additional Disposition) shall be
determined by the Stockholder, following consultation with the Issuer and in accordance with the
recommendations of the Managing Underwriters and, in the case of the Initial Sale, as necessary to
effectuate such Disposition.
ARTICLE VII
INDEMNIFICATION
7.1 Indemnification by the Issuer. The Issuer agrees to indemnify and hold harmless
the Stockholder, its partners, directors, officers, trustees, other Affiliates, agents and
representatives and each Person who controls (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities
Act) the Stockholder from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and
expenses, or any action or proceeding in respect thereof (including reasonable costs of
investigation and reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) (each, a “Liability” and
collectively, “Liabilities”) arising out of or based upon (a) any untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Disclosure Package, the Registration
Statement, the Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto; and (b) the omission or
alleged omission to state in the Disclosure Package, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or
in any amendment or supplement thereto any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary
to make the statements therein not misleading; provided, however, that the Issuer
shall not be liable (i) in any such case to the extent that any such Liability arises out of or is
based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in
such Disclosure Package, Registration Statement, Prospectus or preliminary prospectus or amendment
or supplement thereto in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the
Issuer by or on behalf of the Stockholder (including the information provided pursuant to Section
6.2), specifically for inclusion therein or, in the case of information provided pursuant to
Section 6.2(a)(ii), for use in the preparation thereof; and (ii) for any Liability if (A) the
Issuer has notified the Stockholder to suspend use of the Prospectus pursuant to Section 6.3(a) or
(b); (B) the Stockholder continues to use the relevant Prospectus notwithstanding such notice; and
(C) such Liability arises from or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of
any material fact or omission to state a material fact that was cured in the supplemented or
amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 6.3(a) or (b).
7.2 Indemnification by the Stockholder. In connection with any offering (including
any Disposition) in which the Stockholder is participating pursuant to Article IV or Article V, the
Stockholder agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Issuer, any underwriter retained by the
Issuer, their respective directors, officers, other Affiliates and each Person who controls the
Issuer or such underwriter (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act) from and
against any and all Liabilities arising out of or based upon (a) any untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Disclosure Package, the Registration
Statement, the Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto; and (b) the omission or
alleged
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omission to state in the Disclosure Package, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or in
any amendment or supplement thereto any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein not misleading to the extent such Liabilities arise out of or are based
upon written information furnished by the Stockholder or on the Stockholder’s behalf specifically
for inclusion in or, in the case of information provided pursuant to Section 6.2(a)(ii), for use in
the preparation of, the Disclosure Package, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any
amendment or supplement thereto relating to the Registrable Securities as provided in Section 6.2;
provided, however, that the liability of the Indemnifying Party under this Section
7.2 shall be limited to the amount of net proceeds received by the Stockholder in the transaction
giving rise to such Liability.
7.3 Conduct of Indemnification Proceedings. Any Person entitled to indemnification
under this Article VII (each, an “Indemnified Party”) agrees to give prompt written notice
to each indemnifying party (each, an “Indemnifying Party”) after the receipt by the
Indemnified Party of any written notice of the commencement of any action, suit, proceeding or
investigation or threat thereof made in writing for which the Indemnified Party intends to claim
indemnification or contribution pursuant to this Agreement; provided, however, that
the failure so to notify the Indemnifying Party shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party of any
Liability that it may have to the Indemnified Party hereunder (except to the extent that the
Indemnifying Party forfeits rights or defenses or is otherwise prejudiced by reason of such
failure). If notice of commencement of any such action is given to the Indemnifying Party as above
provided, the Indemnifying Party shall be entitled to participate in and, to the extent it may
wish, jointly with any other Indemnifying Party similarly notified, to assume the defense of such
action at its own expense, with counsel chosen by it. The 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 paid by the Indemnified Party unless (a) the Indemnifying
Party agrees to pay the same or (b) the named parties to any such action (including any impleaded
parties) include both the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party and such parties have been
advised by such counsel that either (i) representation of such Indemnified Party and the
Indemnifying Party by the same counsel would be inappropriate under applicable standards of
professional conduct or would present a conflict of interest; or (ii) there may be one or more
legal defenses available to the Indemnified Party which are different from, inconsistent with or
additional to those available to the Indemnifying Party. In any of the cases specified in the
immediately preceding sentence, the Indemnifying Party shall not 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. No Indemnifying Party shall be liable for any settlement entered into without
its written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. No Indemnifying Party
shall, without the consent of such Indemnified Party, effect any settlement of any pending or
threatened proceeding in respect of which such Indemnified Party is a party and indemnity has been
sought hereunder by such Indemnified Party, unless such settlement includes an unconditional
release of such Indemnified Party from all Liability for claims that are the subject matter of such
proceeding.
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7.4 Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in this Article VII shall for
any reason be held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unavailable to an Indemnified Party,
in respect of any Liability, then, in lieu of the amount paid or payable under Section 7.1 or 7.2,
as the case may be, the Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party shall contribute to the
aggregate Liabilities in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the
Issuer and the Stockholder in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such
loss, claim, damage or liability, or action or proceeding in respect thereof, as well as any other
relevant equitable considerations (the relative fault of the Issuer and the Stockholder to 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 Issuer or the Stockholder and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to
information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission). The parties hereto
acknowledge that in no event shall the obligation of any Indemnifying Party to contribute under
this Section 7.4 exceed the amount that such Indemnifying Party would have been obligated to pay by
way of indemnification if the indemnification provided for under Section 7.1 or 7.2 had been
available under the circumstances. The Issuer and the Stockholder agree that it would not be just
and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 7.4 were determined by pro rata allocation
or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations
referred to in the first sentence of this Section 7.4. 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.
ARTICLE VIII
MISCELLANEOUS
8.1 Recapitalizations, Exchanges, etc. The provisions of this Agreement shall
apply to the full extent set forth herein with respect to (a) the Purchase Shares, (b) any and all
shares of voting common stock of the Issuer (excluding any such securities that are freely
transferable without registration under the Securities Act) into which the Purchase Shares are
converted, exchanged or substituted in any recapitalization or other capital reorganization by the
Issuer and (c) any and all equity securities (excluding any such securities that are freely
transferable without registration under the Securities Act) of the Issuer or any of its Affiliates
or any successor or assign or acquiror of the Issuer or any of its Affiliates (whether by merger,
consolidation, sale of assets or otherwise) which may be issued in respect of, in conversion of, in
exchange for, in substitution of or as a distribution on, the Purchase Shares and shall be
appropriately adjusted for any stock dividends, splits, reverse splits, combinations,
recapitalizations and the like occurring after the date hereof. The Issuer shall cause any such
Affiliate, successor or assign or acquiror (whether by merger, consolidation, sale of assets or
otherwise) to enter into a new registration rights agreement with respect to such equity securities
with the Stockholder on terms no less favorable to the Stockholder than the terms provided under
this Agreement as a condition of any such transaction.
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8.2 Notices. All notices, requests, claims and demands and other communications
hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed duly delivered (a) four Business Days after being
sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, or (b) one
Business Day after being sent by facsimile transmission (provided the sender retains confirmation
thereof) or for next Business Day delivery, fees prepaid, via a reputable nationwide overnight
courier service, in each case to the intended recipient as set forth below:
if to the Issuer, to: | Time Warner Cable Inc. | |||
000 Xxxxxx Xxxxx | ||||
Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000 | ||||
Telephone: | (000) 000 0000 | |||
Telecopy: | (000) 000 0000 | |||
Attention: | Chief Executive Officer | |||
With a copy to: | ||||
Legal Department | ||||
Time Warner Cable Inc. | ||||
000 Xxxxxx Xxxxx | ||||
Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000 | ||||
Telephone: | (000) 000 0000 | |||
Telecopy: | (000) 000 0000 | |||
Attention: | General Counsel | |||
-and- | ||||
Time Warner Inc. | ||||
One Time Xxxxxx Xxxxxx | ||||
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 | ||||
Telephone: (000) 000 0000 | ||||
Telecopy: | (000) 000 0000 | |||
Attention: | General Counsel | |||
-and- | ||||
Xxxx, Weiss, Rifkind, Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP | ||||
0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx | ||||
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000-0000 | ||||
Telephone: | (000) 000 0000 | |||
Telecopy: | (000) 000 0000 | |||
Attention: | Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |||
Xxxxxxxx X. Wee |
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if to the Stockholder, to: | Adelphia Communications Corporation | |||
0000 XXX Xxxxxxx | ||||
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, XX 00000 | ||||
Telephone: | (000) 000 0000 | |||
Telecopy: | (000) 000 0000 | |||
Attention: | Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxx | |||
With a copy to: | ||||
Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP | ||||
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx | ||||
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 | ||||
Telecopy: | (000) 000 0000 | |||
Attention: | Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx |
Any party to this Agreement may give any notice or other communication hereunder using any
other means (including personal delivery, messenger service, telecopy or ordinary mail), but no
such notice or other communication shall be deemed to have been duly given unless and until it
actually is received by the office of the party for whom it is intended during business hours on a
Business Day in the place of receipt. Any party to this Agreement may change the address to which
notices and other communications hereunder are to be delivered by giving the other parties to this
Agreement notice in the manner herein set forth.
8.3 Entire Agreement; No Inconsistent Agreements. This Agreement constitutes the
entire agreement among the parties hereto and supersedes any prior understandings, agreements or
representations by or among the parties hereto, or any of them, written or oral, with respect to
the subject matter hereof.
8.4 Further Assurances. Each of the parties shall execute such documents and perform
such further acts as may be reasonably required or desirable to carry out or to perform the
provisions of this Agreement.
8.5 Other Agreements. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to be a
waiver of, or release from, any obligations any party hereto may have under the TW NY APA.
8.6 No Third-Party Beneficiaries. Except as provided in Article VII or Section 8.7,
this Agreement is not intended, and shall not be deemed, to confer any rights or remedies upon any
Person other than the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns or to
otherwise create any third-party beneficiaries hereto.
8.7 Assignment. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of and
shall be enforceable by the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.
Concurrently with or immediately following the effective time of the Remainder Plan, Adelphia may
Transfer the Purchase Shares then held by Adelphia
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and, in connection therewith, may assign this Agreement and the rights hereunder to a limited
number of entities acting on behalf of Adelphia’s estate designated by Adelphia (such number and
the form and identity of each entity to be) reasonably acceptable to the Issuer (each, a
“Permitted Assignee”); provided that each such Permitted Assignee (a)
shall, effective upon such assignment, be deemed to be a party hereto and to have made the
representations and warranties in Section 3.1 and 3.2 as to itself; (b) shall agree in writing to
be bound by the obligations of the Stockholder set forth in this Agreement and (c) shall agree in
writing to be bound by the obligations of Adelphia set forth in Section 5.5(c) of the TW NY APA;
provided, further that such assignment by Adelphia under this Section 8.7 shall
relieve Adelphia of any further obligation and Liability under this Agreement arising after the
date of assignment if, but only if, Adelphia provides the Issuer with an indemnification agreement
(in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Issuer, it being
understood that the amount or nature of the remaining assets or liabilities of
Adelphia shall not be a factor in such determination) indemnifying the Issuer for any breach of the
obligations and Liabilities of the Permitted Assignee under this Agreement.
8.8 Amendments and Waivers. Except as otherwise provided herein, the provisions of
this Agreement may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures
from the provisions hereof may not be given, unless consented to in writing by the Issuer and the
Stockholder with respect to any amendment or supplement and by the party to this Agreement entitled
to the benefit in the case of a waiver or consent.
8.9 Severability. The provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed severable and any
term or provision of this Agreement that is invalid or unenforceable in any situation in any
jurisdiction shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining terms and provisions
hereof or the validity or enforceability of the offending term or provision in any other situation
or in any other jurisdiction. If the final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction declares
that any term or provision of this Agreement, or the application thereof to any Person or any
circumstance, is invalid or unenforceable, the parties hereto agree that the court making such
determination shall have the power to limit the term or provision, to delete specific words or
phrases, or to replace any invalid or unenforceable term or provision with a term or provision that
is valid and enforceable and that comes closest to expressing the intention of the invalid or
unenforceable term or provision, and this Agreement shall be enforceable as so modified. In the
event such court does not exercise the power granted to it in the prior sentence, the parties
hereto agree to replace such invalid or unenforceable term or provision with a valid and
enforceable term or provision that shall achieve, to the extent possible, the economic, business
and other purposes of such invalid or unenforceable term and the remainder of this Agreement and
the application of such provision to other Persons or circumstances shall not be affected by such
invalidity or unenforceability, nor shall such invalidity or unenforceability affect the validity
or enforceability of such provision, or the application thereof, in any other jurisdiction.
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8.10 Counterparts and Signature. This Agreement may be executed in two or more
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original but all of which together shall be
considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed
by each of the parties hereto and delivered to the other parties, it being
understood that all parties need not sign the same counterpart. This Agreement may
be executed and delivered by facsimile transmission.
8.11 Interpretation. When reference is made in this Agreement to an Article or
Section, such reference shall be to an Article or Section of this Agreement, unless otherwise
indicated. The headings contained in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and
shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. The language used in
this Agreement shall be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties hereto to express their
mutual intent, and no rule of strict construction shall be applied against any party. Whenever the
context may require, any pronouns used in this Agreement shall include the corresponding masculine,
feminine or neuter forms, and the singular form of nouns and pronouns shall include the plural, and
vice versa. Any reference to any federal, state, local or foreign statute or law shall be deemed
also to refer to all rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, unless the context requires
otherwise. Whenever the words “include,” “includes” or “including” are used in this Agreement,
they shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation.”
8.12 GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO ANY CHOICE OR CONFLICT OF
LAWS PROVISION OR RULE (WHETHER OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION) THAT WOULD
CAUSE THE APPLICATION OF LAWS OF ANY JURISDICTIONS OTHER THAN THOSE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
8.13 Submission to Jurisdiction; Selection of Forum; Waiver of Trial by Jury. Each
party hereto agrees that it shall bring any action or proceeding in respect of any claim arising
out of or related to this Agreement or the transactions contained in or contemplated by this
Agreement exclusively in (a) the Bankruptcy Court so long as the Bankruptcy Case remains open and
(b) after the completion of the Bankruptcy Case or in the event that the Bankruptcy Court
determines that it does not have jurisdiction, the United States District Court for the Southern
District of New York or any New York State court sitting in New York City (together with the
Bankruptcy Court, the “Chosen Courts”), and solely in connection with claims arising under
this Agreement or the transactions that are the subject of this Agreement (i) irrevocably submits
to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Chosen Courts, (ii) waives any objection to laying venue in
any such action or proceeding in the Chosen Courts, (iii) waives any objection that the Chosen
Courts are an inconvenient forum or do not have jurisdiction over any party hereto and (iv) agrees
that process in any such suit, action or proceeding may be served on any party anywhere in the
world, whether within or without the jurisdiction of any such court;
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provided that service of process upon such party in any such action or
proceeding shall be effective if notice is given in accordance with Section 8.2. The Stockholder
irrevocably designates The Corporation Trust Company as its agent and attorney-in-fact for the
acceptance of service of process and making an appearance on its behalf in any such claim or
proceeding and for the taking of all such acts as may be necessary or appropriate in order to
confer jurisdiction over it before the Chosen Courts and the Stockholder stipulates that such
consent and appointment is irrevocable and coupled with an interest. Each party hereto irrevocably
waives any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to
this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.
8.14 Remedies.
(a) Any and all remedies herein expressly conferred upon a party shall be deemed cumulative
with and not exclusive of any other remedy conferred hereby, or by law or equity upon such party,
and the exercise by a party of any one remedy shall not preclude the exercise of any other remedy.
The parties hereto agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of the
provisions of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were
otherwise breached. It is accordingly agreed that the parties shall be entitled to an injunction
or injunctions to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and
provisions of this Agreement, this being in addition to any other remedy to which the parties are
entitled at law or in equity.
(b) Any breach by the Stockholder of the representations or warranties, covenants or agreement
set forth in this Agreement shall be deemed a covenant breach by Adelphia pursuant to the TW NY APA
and Adelphia shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless TW NY (on its own behalf and/or on behalf of
the Issuer or any other Buyer Indemnified Party) from, against and in respect of any Losses imposed
on, sustained, incurred or suffered by, or asserted against, any of such Persons, whether in
respect of third party claims, claims between the parties hereto, or otherwise, directly or
indirectly relating to, arising out of or resulting from such breach. TW NY, the Issuer and any
other Buyer Indemnified Party shall have the right, each in its sole discretion, to exercise its
rights and remedies with respect to such Loss against either the Escrow Account, the Stockholder or
Adelphia and, to the extent exercised against Adelphia, such rights and remedies shall constitute
an administrative expense under section 507(a)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code.
8.15 Comcast Letter Agreement. If compliance by any of the parties hereto with the
Comcast Letter Agreement would otherwise result in a violation of this Agreement, such violation
shall be deemed to be automatically waived by the other parties hereto.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed, or have caused to be executed, this
Agreement on the date first written above.
ADELPHIA COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION | ||||||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx | |||||||
Name: | Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx | |||||||
Title: | Executive Vice President and | |||||||
Chief Financial Officer | ||||||||
TIME WARNER CABLE INC. | ||||||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. X’Xxxxx | |||||||
Name: | Xxxxx X. X’Xxxxx | |||||||
Title: | Executive Vice President, | |||||||
Investments |
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