REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT by and among IASIS Healthcare LLC IASIS Capital Corporation and the Guarantors and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated Barclays Capital Inc. Citigroup Global Markets Inc. Goldman, Sachs & Co. J.P. Morgan...
Exhibit 4.2
EXECUTION VERSION
by and among
and
Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated
Barclays Capital Inc.
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co.
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
SunTrust Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Inc.
Barclays Capital Inc.
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co.
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
SunTrust Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Inc.
Dated as of May 3, 2011
This Registration Rights Agreement (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of May 3,
2011, by and among IASIS Healthcare LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”),
IASIS Capital Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Co-Issuer” and together with the Company,
the “Issuers”), the guarantors that are listed on the signature page hereto (collectively, the
“Guarantors”), and Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated, Barclays Capital Inc.,
Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co., X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC, Deutsche Bank
Securities Inc. and SunTrust Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Inc. (collectively, the “Initial Purchasers”), each
of whom has agreed to purchase the Issuers’ 8.375% Senior Notes due 2019 (the “Initial Notes”)
fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the Guarantors (the “Guarantees”) pursuant to the Purchase
Agreement (as defined below). The Initial Notes and the Guarantees attached thereto are herein
collectively referred to as the “Initial Securities.”
This Agreement is made pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, dated April 27, 2011 (the “Purchase
Agreement”), among the Issuers, the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers (i) for the benefit of
the Initial Purchasers and (ii) for the benefit of the holders from time to time of the Initial
Securities, including the Initial Purchasers. In order to induce the Initial Purchasers to
purchase the Initial Securities, the Issuers have agreed to provide the registration rights set
forth in this Agreement. The execution and delivery of this Agreement is a condition to the
obligations of the Initial Purchasers under the Purchase Agreement, as set forth in Section 6(l)
thereof.
The parties hereby agree as follows:
SECTION 1. Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following capitalized terms shall have
the following meanings:
Additional Interest Payment Date: With respect to the Initial Securities, each Interest
Payment Date.
Broker-Dealer: Any broker or dealer registered under the Exchange Act.
Business Day: Any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or U.S. federal holiday or a day on which
banking institutions or trust companies located in New York, New York are authorized or obligated
to be closed.
Closing Date: The date of this Agreement.
Commission: The Securities and Exchange Commission.
Consummate: A registered Exchange Offer shall be deemed “Consummated” for purposes of this
Agreement upon the occurrence of (i) the filing and effectiveness under the Securities Act of the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement relating to the Exchange Securities to be issued in the
Exchange Offer, (ii) the maintenance of such Registration Statement continuously effective and the
keeping of the Exchange Offer open for a period not less than the minimum period required pursuant
to Section 3(b) hereof, and (iii) the delivery by the Issuers to the Registrar under the Indenture
of Exchange Securities in the same aggregate principal amount as the aggregate principal amount of Initial Securities that were validly tendered by Holders thereof
pursuant to the terms of the Exchange Offer.
Effectiveness Target Date: As defined in Section 5 hereof.
Exchange Act: The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Exchange Offer: The registration by the Issuers under the Securities Act of the Exchange
Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement pursuant to which the Issuers offer the Holders of
all outstanding Transfer Restricted Securities the opportunity to exchange all such outstanding
Transfer Restricted Securities held by such Holders for Exchange Securities in an aggregate
principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Transfer Restricted Securities
tendered in such exchange offer by such Holders.
Exchange Offer Registration Statement: The Registration Statement relating to the Exchange
Offer, including the related Prospectus.
Exempt Resales: The transactions in which the Initial Purchasers propose to sell the Initial
Securities to certain “qualified institutional buyers,” as such term is defined in Rule 144A under
the Securities Act, to certain institutional “accredited investors,” as such term is defined in
Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) and (7) of Regulation D under the Securities Act and to certain non-U.S.
persons pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act.
Exchange Securities: The 8.375% Senior Notes due 2019, of the same series under the Indenture
as the Initial Notes and the Guarantees attached thereto, to be issued to Holders in exchange for
Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to this Agreement.
FINRA: Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.
Holders: As defined in Section 2(b) hereof.
Indemnified Holder: As defined in Section 8(a) hereof.
Indenture: The Indenture, dated as of May 3, 2011, by and among the Issuers, the Guarantors
and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee”), pursuant to which
the Initial Securities are to be issued, as such Indenture is amended or supplemented from time to
time in accordance with the terms thereof.
Initial Purchasers: As defined in the preamble hereto.
Initial Notes: As defined in the preamble hereto.
Initial Placement: The issuance and sale by the Issuers of the Initial Securities to the
Initial Purchasers pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.
Initial Securities: As defined in the preamble hereto.
Interest Payment Date: As defined in the Indenture.
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Person: An individual, partnership, corporation, trust or unincorporated organization, or a
government or agency or political subdivision thereof.
Prospectus: The prospectus included in a Registration Statement, as amended or supplemented
by any prospectus supplement and by all other amendments thereto, including post-effective
amendments, and all exhibits and material incorporated by reference into such Prospectus.
Registration Default: As defined in Section 5 hereof.
Registration Statement: Any registration statement of the Issuers relating to (a) an offering
of Exchange Securities pursuant to an Exchange Offer or (b) the registration for resale of the
Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement, which is filed
pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, in each case, including the Prospectus included
therein, all amendments and supplements thereto (including post-effective amendments) and all
exhibits and material incorporated by reference therein.
Securities Act: The Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Shelf Filing Deadline: As defined in Section 4(a) hereof.
Shelf Registration Statement: As defined in Section 4(a) hereof.
Shelf Suspension Period: As defined in Section 6(d) hereof.
Transfer Restricted Securities: Each Initial Security, until the earliest to occur of (a) the
date on which such Initial Security is exchanged in the Exchange Offer for an Exchange Security
entitled to be resold to the public by the Holder thereof without complying with the prospectus
delivery requirements of the Securities Act, (b) the date on which such Initial Security has been
effectively registered under the Securities Act and disposed of in accordance with a Shelf
Registration Statement, (c) the date on which such Initial Security has been effectively registered
under the Securities Act and is distributed to the public by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to the “Plan
of Distribution” contemplated by the Exchange Offer Registration Statement (including delivery of
the Prospectus contained therein), (d) the date on which such Initial Security has been distributed
to the public pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act and (e) the date on which such Initial
Security ceases to be outstanding for purposes of the Indenture.
Trust Indenture Act: The Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.
Underwritten Registration or Underwritten Offering: A registration in which securities of the
Issuers are sold to an underwriter for reoffering to the public.
SECTION 2. Securities Subject to this Agreement.
(a) Transfer Restricted Securities. The securities entitled to the benefits of this Agreement
are the Transfer Restricted Securities.
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(b) Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities. A Person is deemed to be a holder of Transfer
Restricted Securities (each, a “Holder”) whenever such Person owns Transfer Restricted Securities.
SECTION 3. Registered Exchange Offer.
(a) Unless the Exchange Offer shall not be permissible under applicable law or Commission
policy (after the procedures set forth in Section 6(a) hereof have been complied with), each of the
Issuers and the Guarantors shall (i) cause to be filed with the Commission as soon as practicable
after the Closing Date, but in no event later than 180 days after the Closing Date (or if such
180th day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day), a Registration Statement under
the Securities Act relating to the Exchange Securities and the Exchange Offer, (ii) use its
commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective at the
earliest possible time, but in no event later than 270 days after the Closing Date (or if such
270th day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day), (iii) in connection with the
foregoing, file (A) all pre-effective amendments to such Registration Statement as may be necessary
in order to cause such Registration Statement to become effective, (B) if applicable, a
post-effective amendment to such Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430A under the Securities
Act and (C) cause all necessary filings in connection with the registration and qualification of
the Exchange Securities to be made under the state securities or blue sky laws of such
jurisdictions as are necessary to permit Consummation of the Exchange Offer, and (iv) upon the
effectiveness of such Registration Statement, commence the Exchange Offer. The Exchange Offer
Registration Statement shall be on the appropriate form permitting registration of the Exchange
Securities to be offered in exchange for the Transfer Restricted Securities and to permit resales
of Transfer Restricted Securities held by Broker-Dealers as contemplated by Section 3(c) hereof.
(b) The Issuers and the Guarantors shall cause the Exchange Offer Registration Statement to be
effective continuously and shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to issue on or prior to
30 Business Days, or longer, if required by the federal securities laws, after the date on which
the Exchange Offer Registration Statement was declared effective by the SEC, Exchange Securities in
exchange for all Transfer Restricted Securities tendered prior thereto in the Exchange Offer. The
Issuers and the Guarantors shall cause the Exchange Offer to comply with all applicable federal and
state securities laws. No securities other than the Exchange Securities shall be included in the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement.
(c) The Issuers shall indicate in a “Plan of Distribution” section contained in the Prospectus
forming a part of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement that any Broker-Dealer who holds
Transfer Restricted Securities that were acquired for its own account as a result of market-making
activities or other trading activities (other than Transfer Restricted Securities acquired directly
from the Issuers), may exchange such Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to the Exchange Offer;
however, such Broker-Dealer may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the
Securities Act and must, therefore, deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities
Act in connection with any resales of the Exchange Securities received by such Broker-Dealer in the
Exchange Offer, which prospectus delivery requirement may be satisfied by the delivery by such
Broker-Dealer of the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement. Such “Plan of Distribution” section shall also contain all other information
with respect to such resales by Broker-Dealers that the Commission may require in order to permit
such resales pursuant thereto, but such “Plan of Distribution” shall not name any such
Broker-Dealer or disclose the amount of Initial Securities held by any such Broker-Dealer except to
the extent required by the Commission as a result of a change in policy after the date of this
Agreement.
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Each of the Issuers shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Guarantors to use
their commercially reasonable efforts to keep the Exchange Offer Registration Statement
continuously effective, supplemented and amended as required by the provisions of Section 6(c)
hereof to the extent necessary to ensure that it is available for resales of Initial Securities
acquired by Broker-Dealers for their own accounts as a result of market-making activities or other
trading activities, and to ensure that it conforms with the requirements of this Agreement, the
Securities Act and the policies, rules and regulations of the Commission as announced from time to
time, for a period ending on the earlier of (i) 180 days from the date on which the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement is declared effective and (ii) the date on which a Broker-Dealer is no
longer required to deliver a prospectus in connection with market-making or other trading
activities.
The Issuers shall provide sufficient copies of the latest version of such Prospectus to
Broker-Dealers promptly upon request at any time during such 180-day (or shorter as provided in the
foregoing sentence) period in order to facilitate such resales.
SECTION 4. Shelf Registration.
(a) Shelf Registration. If (i) the Issuers and the Guarantors are not required to file an
Exchange Offer Registration Statement or to consummate the Exchange Offer because the Exchange
Offer is not permitted by applicable law or Commission policy (after the procedures set forth in
Section 6(a) hereof have been complied with) on or prior to the 180th day after the Closing Date,
(ii) for any reason the Exchange Offer is not Consummated within 270 days after the Closing Date
(or if such 270th day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day), or (iii) with
respect to any Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities that notifies the Issuers prior to the 20th
Business Day following the consummation of the Exchange Offer (A) such Holder is prohibited by
applicable law or Commission policy from participating in the Exchange Offer, (B) in the case of
any Holder that participates in the Exchange Offer, such Holder may not resell the Exchange
Securities acquired by it in the Exchange Offer to the public without delivering a prospectus and
that the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is not appropriate or
available for such resales by such Holder or (C) such Holder is a Broker-Dealer and holds Initial
Securities acquired directly from the Issuers or one of their affiliates, then, upon such Holder’s
request, the Issuers and the Guarantors shall
(x) promptly file a shelf registration statement pursuant to Rule 415 under the
Securities Act, which may be an amendment to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement (in
either event, the “Shelf Registration Statement”) on or prior to the earliest to occur of
(1) the 180th day after the date on which the Company determines that it is not required to
file the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, (2) the 180th day after the date on which
the Company receives notice of a request from a Holder of Transfer Restricted
Securities as contemplated by clause (iii) above, and (3) the 270th day after the
Closing Date (or if such 270th day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day)
(such earliest date being the “Shelf Filing Deadline”), which Shelf Registration Statement
shall provide for resales of all Transfer Restricted Securities the Holders of which shall
have provided the information required pursuant to Section 4(b) hereof; and
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(y) use their commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Shelf Registration
Statement to be declared effective by the Commission on or before the 270th day after the
Closing Date (or if such 270th day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day).
Each of the Issuers and the Guarantors shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to keep
such Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective, supplemented and amended as required by
the provisions of Sections 6(b) and (c) hereof to the extent necessary to ensure that it is
available for resales of Initial Securities by the Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities
entitled to the benefit of this Section 4(a), and to ensure that it conforms with the requirements
of this Agreement, the Securities Act and the policies, rules and regulations of the Commission as
announced from time to time, until the earliest of (i) two years after the Closing Date, (ii) such
time as all of the applicable notes have been sold pursuant to such Shelf Registration Statement or
(iii) the date upon which all Notes covered by such Shelf Registration Statement are distributed to
the public pursuant to Rule 144 (such period, the “Shelf Registration Period”).
(b) Provision by Holders of Certain Information in Connection with the Shelf Registration
Statement. No Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities may include any of its Transfer Restricted
Securities in any Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to this Agreement unless and until such
Holder furnishes to the Issuers in writing, within 30 Business Days after receipt of a request
therefor, such information as the Issuers may reasonably request for use in connection with any
Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus or preliminary Prospectus included therein. Each Holder
as to which any Shelf Registration Statement is being effected agrees to furnish promptly to the
Issuers all information required to be disclosed in order to make the information previously
furnished to the Issuers by such Holder not materially misleading.
SECTION 5. Additional Interest. If (i) any of the Registration Statements required by this
Agreement is not filed with the Commission on or prior to the date specified for such filing in
this Agreement, (ii) any of such Registration Statements has not been declared effective by the
Commission on or prior to the date specified for such effectiveness in this Agreement (the
“Effectiveness Target Date”), (iii) the Exchange Offer has not been Consummated within 30 Business
Days after the Effectiveness Target Date with respect to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement
or (iv) any Registration Statement required by this Agreement is filed and declared effective but
shall thereafter cease to be effective or fail to be usable for its intended purpose without being
succeeded immediately by a post-effective amendment to such Registration Statement that cures such
failure and that is itself immediately declared effective (each such event referred to in clauses
(i) through (iv), a “Registration Default”), the Issuers hereby agree that the interest rate borne
by the Transfer Restricted Securities shall be increased by 0.25% per annum during the 90-day
period immediately following the occurrence of any Registration Default and shall increase by 0.25%
per annum at the end of each subsequent 90-day period, but in
no event shall such increase exceed 1.00% per annum (such increase, “Additional Interest”)
commencing on (x) the 270th day after the Closing Date, in the case of clause (i) above, or (y) the
day such Shelf Registration Statement cease to be effective, in the case of clause (ii) above.
Following the cure of all Registration Defaults relating to any particular Transfer Restricted
Securities, the interest rate borne by the relevant Transfer Restricted Securities will be reduced
to the original interest rate borne by such Transfer Restricted Securities; provided, however,
that, if after any such reduction in interest rate, a different Registration Default occurs, the
interest rate borne by the relevant Transfer Restricted Securities shall again be increased
pursuant to the foregoing provisions.
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All obligations of the Issuers and the Guarantors set forth in the preceding paragraph that
are outstanding with respect to any Transfer Restricted Security at the time such security ceases
to be a Transfer Restricted Security shall survive until such time as all such obligations with
respect to such security shall have been satisfied in full.
Any amounts of Additional Interest accrued pursuant to this Section 5 will be paid in arrears
in cash semiannually by wire transfer of immediately available funds or by federal funds check on
the Additional Interest Payment Dates applicable to the Holders of record specified in the
Indenture, commencing with the first such Additional Interest Payment Date occurring after any
Additional Interest commences to accrue.
SECTION 6. Registration Procedures.
(a) Exchange Offer Registration Statement. In connection with the Exchange Offer, the Issuers
and the Guarantors shall comply with all of the provisions of Section 6(c) hereof, shall use their
commercially reasonable efforts to effect such exchange to permit the sale of Transfer Restricted
Securities being sold in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution thereof,
and shall comply with all of the following provisions:
(i) If in the reasonable opinion of counsel to the Issuers there is a question as to
whether the Exchange Offer is permitted by applicable law, each of the Issuers and the
Guarantors hereby agrees to seek a no-action letter or other favorable decision from the
Commission allowing the Issuers and the Guarantors to Consummate an Exchange Offer for such
Transfer Restricted Securities. Each of the Issuers and the Guarantors hereby agrees to
pursue the issuance of such a decision to the Commission staff level but shall not be
required to take commercially unreasonable action to effect a change of Commission policy.
Each of the Issuers and the Guarantors hereby agrees, however, to (A) participate in
telephonic conferences with the Commission, (B) deliver to the Commission staff an analysis
prepared by counsel to the Issuers setting forth the legal bases, if any, upon which such
counsel has concluded that such an Exchange Offer should be permitted and (C) diligently
pursue a favorable resolution by the Commission staff of such submission.
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(ii) As a condition to its participation in the Exchange Offer pursuant to the terms of
this Agreement, each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities shall furnish, upon the
request of the Issuers, prior to the Consummation thereof, a written representation to the
Issuers (which may be contained in the letter of transmittal contemplated by the Exchange Offer Registration Statement) to the effect that (A) it is acquiring the
Exchange Securities in its ordinary course of business, (B) that, at the time of the
commencement of the Exchange Offer, it has no arrangement or understanding with any Person
to participate in a distribution (within the meaning of the Securities Act) of the Exchange
Securities to be issued in the Exchange Offer in violation of the Securities Act, (C) it is
not an “affiliate” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) of the Issuers, (D) if
such holder is not a Broker-Dealer, that it is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage
in, the distribution of the Exchange Securities to be issued in the Exchange Offer, and (E)
if such Holder is a Broker-Dealer that will receive the Exchange Securities that are
Transfer Restricted Securities for its own account in exchange for Transfer Restricted
Securities that were acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading
activities, that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange
Notes. In addition, all such Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities shall otherwise
cooperate in the Issuers’ preparations for the Exchange Offer. Each Holder hereby
acknowledges and agrees that any Broker-Dealer and any such Holder using the Exchange Offer
to participate in a distribution of the securities to be acquired in the Exchange Offer (1)
could not under Commission policy as in effect on the date of this Agreement rely on the
position of the Commission enunciated in Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx and Co., Inc. (available
June 5, 1991) and Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation (available May 13, 1988), as
interpreted in the Commission’s letter to Shearman & Sterling dated July 2, 1993, and
similar no-action letters (which may include any no-action letter obtained pursuant to
clause (i) above), and (2) must comply with the registration and prospectus delivery
requirements of the Securities Act in connection with a secondary resale transaction and
that such a secondary resale transaction should be covered by an effective registration
statement containing the selling security holder information required by Item 507 or 508, as
applicable, of Regulation S-K if the resales are of Exchange Securities obtained by such
Holder in exchange for Initial Securities acquired by such Holder directly from the Issuers.
(b) Shelf Registration Statement. In connection with the Shelf Registration Statement, each
of the Issuers and the Guarantors shall comply with all the provisions of Section 6(c) hereof and
shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to effect such registration to permit the sale of
the Transfer Restricted Securities being sold in accordance with the intended method or methods of
distribution thereof, and pursuant thereto each of the Issuers and the Guarantors will in
accordance with Section 4 above, prepare and file with the Commission a Registration Statement
relating to the registration on any appropriate form under the Securities Act, which form shall be
available for the sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities in accordance with the intended method
or methods of distribution thereof.
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(c) General Provisions. In connection with any Registration Statement and any Prospectus
required by this Agreement to permit the sale or resale of Transfer Restricted Securities
(including, without limitation, any Registration Statement and the related Prospectus required to
permit resales of Initial Securities by Broker-Dealers), each of the Issuers and the Guarantors
shall:
(i) use its commercially reasonable efforts to keep such Registration Statement
continuously effective (subject to any Shelf Suspension Period) and provide all requisite financial statements (including, if required by the Securities Act or any
regulation thereunder, financial statements of the Guarantors for the period specified in
Section 3 or 4 hereof, as applicable; upon the occurrence of any event that would cause any
such Registration Statement or the Prospectus contained therein (A) to contain a material
misstatement or omission or (B) not to be effective and usable for resale of Transfer
Restricted Securities during the period required by this Agreement, the Issuers shall
(subject to any Shelf Suspension Period) file promptly an appropriate amendment to such
Registration Statement, in the case of clause (A), correcting any such misstatement or
omission, and, in the case of either clause (A) or (B), use its commercially reasonable
efforts to cause such amendment to be declared effective and such Registration Statement and
the related Prospectus to become usable for their intended purpose(s) as soon as practicable
thereafter;
(ii) prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and post-effective amendments
to the applicable Registration Statement as may be necessary to keep the Registration
Statement effective for the applicable period set forth in Section 3 or 4 hereof, as
applicable, or such shorter period as will terminate when all Transfer Restricted Securities
covered by such Registration Statement have been sold; cause the Prospectus to be
supplemented by any required Prospectus supplement, and as so supplemented to be filed
pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act, and to comply fully with the applicable
provisions of Rules 424 and 430A under the Securities Act in a timely manner; and comply
with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all securities
covered by such Registration Statement during the applicable period in accordance with the
intended method or methods of distribution by the sellers thereof set forth in such
Registration Statement or supplement to the Prospectus;
(iii) advise the underwriter(s), if any, and selling Holders promptly and, if requested
by such Persons, to confirm such advice in writing, (A) when the Prospectus or any
prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment has been filed, and, with respect to any
Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto, when the same has become
effective under the Securities Act, (B) of any request by the Commission for amendments to
the Registration Statement or amendments or supplements to the Prospectus or for additional
information relating thereto, (C) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement under the Securities Act or of
the suspension by any state securities commission of the qualification of the Transfer
Restricted Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation of any
proceeding for any of the preceding purposes, (D) of the existence of any fact or the
happening of any event that makes any statement of a material fact made in the Registration
Statement, the Prospectus, any amendment or supplement thereto, or any document incorporated
by reference therein untrue, or that requires the making of any additions to or changes in
the Registration Statement or the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein not
misleading. If at any time the Commission shall issue any stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement, or any state securities commission or other
regulatory authority shall issue an order suspending the qualification or exemption from
qualification of the Transfer Restricted Securities under state securities or blue sky laws,
each of the Issuers and the Guarantors shall use their commercially
reasonable efforts to obtain the withdrawal or lifting of such order at the earliest
possible time;
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(iv) furnish without charge to each of the Initial Purchasers, each selling Holder
named in any Registration Statement, and each of the underwriter(s), if any, before filing
with the Commission, copies of any Registration Statement or any Prospectus included therein
or any amendments or supplements to any such Registration Statement or Prospectus (including
all documents incorporated by reference after the initial filing of such Registration
Statement), which documents will be subject to the review and comment of such Holders and
underwriter(s) in connection with such sale, if any, for a period of at least five Business
Days, and the Issuers will not file any such Registration Statement or Prospectus or any
amendment or supplement to any such Registration Statement or Prospectus (including all such
documents incorporated by reference) to which an Initial Purchaser of Transfer Restricted
Securities covered by such Registration Statement or the underwriter(s), if any, shall
reasonably object in writing within five Business Days after the receipt thereof (such
objection to be deemed timely made upon confirmation of facsimile transmission within such
period). The objection of an Initial Purchaser or underwriter, if any, shall be deemed to
be reasonable if such Registration Statement, amendment, Prospectus or supplement, as
applicable, as proposed to be filed, contains a material misstatement or omission;
(v) promptly prior to the filing of any document that is to be incorporated by
reference into a Registration Statement or Prospectus, provide copies of such document to
the Initial Purchasers, subject to execution of customary agreements regarding
confidentiality and use of such information, in the form reasonably satisfactory to the
Issuers and the Guarantors and in compliance with Regulation FD, and to the underwriter(s),
if any, make the Issuers’ and the Guarantors’ representatives available for discussion of
such document and other customary due diligence matters, and give reasonable consideration
to any comments provided by the Initial Purchasers, each Selling Holder named in any
Registration Statement and the underwriter(s), if any, on such documents prior to the filing
thereof;
(vi) make available at reasonable times for inspection by the Initial Purchasers, the
managing underwriter(s), if any, participating in any disposition pursuant to such
Registration Statement, subject to execution of customary agreements regarding
confidentiality and use of such information, in the form reasonably satisfactory to the
Issuers and the Guarantors and in compliance with Regulation FD, and any attorney or
accountant retained by such Initial Purchasers or any of the underwriter(s), all financial
and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of each of the Issuers and
the Guarantors and cause the Issuers’ and the Guarantors’ officers, directors and employees
to supply all information reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers, underwriter,
attorney or accountant in connection with such Registration Statement or any post-effective
amendment thereto subsequent to the filing thereof and prior to its effectiveness and to
participate in meetings with investors to the extent requested by the managing
underwriter(s), if any;
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(vii) if requested by any selling Holders or the underwriter(s), if any, promptly
incorporate in any Registration Statement or Prospectus, pursuant to a supplement or
post-effective amendment if necessary, such information as such selling Holders and
underwriter(s), if any, may reasonably request to have included therein, including, without
limitation, information relating to the “Plan of Distribution” of the Transfer Restricted
Securities, information with respect to the principal amount of Transfer Restricted
Securities being sold to such underwriter(s), the purchase price being paid therefor and any
other terms of the offering of the Transfer Restricted Securities to be sold in such
offering; and make all required filings of such prospectus supplement or post-effective
amendment as soon as practicable after the Issuers are notified of the matters to be
incorporated in such prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment;
(viii) cause the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the Registration Statement
to be rated with the appropriate rating agencies, if so requested by the Holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities covered thereby or
the underwriter(s), if any;
(ix) furnish to each Initial Purchaser, each selling Holder and each of the
underwriter(s), if any, without charge, at least one copy of the Registration Statement, as
first filed with the Commission, and of each amendment thereto, including financial
statements and schedules, all documents incorporated by reference therein and all exhibits
(including exhibits incorporated therein by reference);
(x) deliver to each selling Holder and each of the underwriter(s), if any, without
charge, as many copies of the Prospectus (including each preliminary prospectus) and any
amendment or supplement thereto as such Persons reasonably may request; each of the Issuers
and the Guarantors hereby consents to the use of the Prospectus and any amendment or
supplement thereto by each of the selling Holders and each of the underwriter(s), if any, in
connection with the offering and the sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by
the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto;
(xi) enter into such customary agreements (including an underwriting agreement), and
make such representations and warranties, and take all such other reasonable actions in
connection therewith in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of the Transfer
Restricted Securities pursuant to any Registration Statement contemplated by this Agreement,
all to such extent as may be requested by any Initial Purchaser or by any Holder of Transfer
Restricted Securities or underwriter in connection with any sale or resale pursuant to any
Registration Statement contemplated by this Agreement; and whether or not an underwriting
agreement is entered into and whether or not the registration is an Underwritten
Registration, each of the Issuers and the Guarantors shall:
(A) furnish to each Initial Purchaser, each selling Holder and each
underwriter, if any, in such substance and scope as they may reasonably request and
as are customarily made by issuers to underwriters in primary underwritten
offerings, upon the date of the Consummation of the Exchange Offer or, if
applicable, the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement:
(1) a certificate, dated the date of Consummation of the Exchange Offer
or the date of effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement, as the
case may be, signed by (y) an executive officer and (z) a principal
financial or accounting officer of each of the Issuers and the Guarantors,
confirming, as of the date thereof, the matters set forth in Section 6(d) of
the Purchase Agreement and such other matters as such parties may reasonably
request;
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(2) an opinion, dated the date of Consummation of the Exchange Offer or
the date of effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement, as the case
may be, of counsel for the Issuers and the Guarantors, covering the matters
set forth in Section 6(c) of the Purchase Agreement, and in any event
including a statement to the effect that such counsel has participated in
conferences with officers and other representatives of the Issuers and the
Guarantors, representatives of the independent public accountants for the
Issuers and the Guarantors, representatives of the underwriter(s), if any,
and counsel to the underwriter(s), if any, in connection with the
preparation of such Registration Statement and the related Prospectus and
have considered the matters required to be stated therein and the statements
contained therein, although such counsel has not independently verified the
accuracy, completeness or fairness of such statements; and that such counsel
advises that, on the basis of the foregoing, no facts came to such counsel’s
attention that caused such counsel to believe that the applicable
Registration Statement, at the time such Registration Statement or any
post-effective amendment thereto became effective, and, in the case of the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as of the date of Consummation,
contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading, or that the Prospectus contained in such
Registration Statement as of its date and, in the case of the opinion dated
the date of Consummation of the Exchange Offer, as of the date of
Consummation, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to
state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not
misleading. Without limiting the foregoing, such counsel may state further
that such counsel assumes no responsibility for, and has not independently
verified, the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the financial
statements, notes and schedules and other financial data included in any
Registration Statement contemplated by this Agreement or the related
Prospectus; and
(3) a customary comfort letter, dated the date of effectiveness of the
Shelf Registration Statement, from the Issuers’ independent accountants, in
the customary form and covering matters of the type customarily requested to
be covered in comfort letters by underwriters in connection with primary
underwritten offerings, and covering or affirming the
matters set forth in the comfort letters delivered pursuant to Section
6(f) of the Purchase Agreement, without exception;
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(B) set forth in full or incorporate by reference in the underwriting
agreement, if any, the indemnification provisions and procedures of Section 8 hereof
with respect to all parties to be indemnified pursuant to said Section; and
(C) deliver such other documents and certificates as may be reasonably
requested by such parties to evidence compliance with Section 6(c)(xi)(A) hereof and
with any customary conditions contained in the underwriting agreement or other
agreement entered into by the Issuers or any of the Guarantors pursuant to this
Section 6(c)(xi), if any.
If at any time the representations and warranties of the Issuers and the Guarantors
contemplated in Section 6(c)(xi)(A)(1) hereof cease to be true and correct, the Issuers or
the Guarantors shall so advise the Initial Purchasers and the underwriter(s), if any, and
each selling Holder promptly and, if requested by such Persons, shall confirm such advice in
writing;
(xii) prior to any public offering of Transfer Restricted Securities, cooperate with
the selling Holders, the underwriter(s), if any, and their respective counsel in connection
with the registration and qualification of the Transfer Restricted Securities under the
state securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as the selling Holders or
underwriter(s), if any, may request and do any and all other acts or things necessary or
advisable to enable the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Transfer Restricted
Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement; provided, however, that none of the
Issuers or the Guarantors shall be required to register or qualify as a foreign corporation
where it is not then so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to the service
of process in suits or to taxation, other than as to matters and transactions relating to
the Registration Statement, in any jurisdiction where it is not then so subject;
(xiii) shall issue, upon the request of any Holder of Initial Securities covered by the
Shelf Registration Statement, Exchange Securities having an aggregate principal amount equal
to the aggregate principal amount of Initial Securities surrendered to the Issuers by such
Holder in exchange therefor or being sold by such Holder; such Exchange Securities to be
registered in the name of such Holder or in the name of the purchaser(s) of such Securities,
as the case may be; in return, the Initial Securities held by such Holder shall be
surrendered to the Issuers for cancellation;
(xiv) cooperate with the selling Holders and the underwriter(s), if any, to facilitate
the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Transfer Restricted
Securities to be sold and not bearing any restrictive legends; and enable such Transfer
Restricted Securities to be in such denominations and registered in such names as the
Holders or the underwriter(s), if any, may request at least two Business Days prior to any
sale of Transfer Restricted Securities made by such Holders or underwriter(s);
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(xv) use their commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Transfer Restricted
Securities covered by the Registration Statement to be registered with or approved by such
other governmental agencies or authorities as may be necessary to enable the seller or
sellers thereof or the underwriter(s), if any, to consummate the disposition of such
Transfer Restricted Securities, subject to the proviso contained in Section 6(c)(xii)
hereof;
(xvi) if any fact or event contemplated by Section 6(c)(iii)(D) hereof shall exist or
have occurred, prepare a supplement or post-effective amendment to such Registration
Statement or related Prospectus or any document incorporated therein by reference or file
any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of Transfer
Restricted Securities, the Prospectus will not contain an untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein,
in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
(xvii) provide a CUSIP number for all Initial Securities not later than the effective
date of the Registration Statement covering such Initial Securities and provide the Trustee
under the Indenture with printed certificates for such Initial Securities which are in a
form eligible for deposit with the Depository Trust Company and take all other action
necessary to ensure that all such Initial Securities are eligible for deposit with the
Depository Trust Company;
(xviii) cooperate and assist in any filings required to be made with FINRA and in the
performance of any due diligence investigation by any underwriter (including any “qualified
independent underwriter”) that is required to be retained in accordance with the rules and
regulations of FINRA;
(xix) otherwise use their commercially reasonable efforts to comply with all applicable
rules and regulations of the Commission, and make generally available to its security
holders, as soon as practicable, a consolidated earnings statement meeting the requirements
of Rule 158 (which need not be audited) for the twelve-month period (A) commencing at the
end of any fiscal quarter in which Transfer Restricted Securities are sold to underwriters
in a firm commitment or commercially reasonable efforts Underwritten Offering or (B) if not
sold to underwriters in such an offering, beginning with the first month of the Issuers’
first fiscal quarter commencing after the effective date of the Registration Statement;
(xx) cause the Indenture to be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act not later than
the effective date of the first Registration Statement required by this Agreement, and, in
connection therewith, cooperate with the Trustee and the Holders of Initial Securities to
effect such changes to the Indenture as may be required for such Indenture to be so
qualified in accordance with the terms of the Trust Indenture Act; and to execute and use
their commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Trustee to execute, all documents that
may be required to effect such changes and all other forms and documents required to be
filed with the Commission to enable such Indenture to be so qualified in a timely manner;
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(xxi) cause all Securities covered by the Registration Statement to be listed on each
securities exchange or automated quotation system on which similar debt securities issued by
the Issuers are then listed if requested by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal
amount of Initial Securities or the managing underwriter(s), if any; and
(xxii) if not otherwise available on XXXXX, provide promptly to each Holder upon
request each document filed with the Commission pursuant to the requirements of Section 13
and Section 15 of the Exchange Act.
Each Holder agrees by acquisition of a Transfer Restricted Security that, upon receipt of any
notice from the Issuers of the existence of any fact of the kind described in Section 6(c)(iii)(D)
hereof, such Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of Transfer Restricted Securities
pursuant to the applicable Registration Statement until such Holder’s receipt of the copies of the
supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 6(c)(xvi) hereof, or until it is advised
in writing (the “Advice”) by the Issuers that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed, and has
received copies of any additional or supplemental filings that are incorporated by reference in the
Prospectus. If so directed by the Issuers, each Holder will deliver to the Issuers (at the
Issuers’ expense) all copies, other than permanent file copies then in such Holder’s possession, of
the Prospectus covering such Transfer Restricted Securities that was current at the time of receipt
of such notice. In the event the Issuers shall give any such notice, the time period regarding the
effectiveness of such Registration Statement set forth in Section 3 or 4 hereof, as applicable,
shall be extended by the number of days during the period from and including the date of the giving
of such notice pursuant to Section 6(c)(iii)(D) hereof to and including the date when each selling
Holder covered by such Registration Statement shall have received the copies of the supplemented or
amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 6(c)(xvi) hereof or shall have received the Advice;
provided, however, that no such extension shall be taken into account in determining whether
Additional Interest is due pursuant to Section 5 hereof or the amount of such Additional Interest,
it being agreed that the Issuers’ option to suspend use of a Registration Statement pursuant to
this paragraph shall be treated as a Registration Default for purposes of Section 5 hereof.
(d) The Issuers and the Guarantors will have the ability to suspend the use of a Shelf
Registration Statement (a “Shelf Suspension Period”) for a period not to exceed 30 consecutive
calendar days or an aggregate of 60 calendar days in any twelve-month period, if the Issuers’ Board
of Directors determines, in its reasonable business judgment, upon advice of counsel, that the
continued effectiveness and use of the Shelf Registration Statement would require the disclosure of
material non-public information of the Issuers or Guarantors. A Shelf Suspension Period shall
commence on and include the date that the Issuers give notice that the Shelf Registration Statement
is no longer effective or the Prospectus included therein is no longer usable for offers and sales
of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by such Registration Statement and continue until
Holders of such Transfer Restricted Securities either receive the copies of the supplemented or
amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 6(c) above or are advised in writing by the Issuers that
use of the Prospectus may be resumed; provided, that as promptly as practicable following the
Issuers’ Board of Directors’ determination, in their reasonable business judgment, that the event
causing the Shelf Suspension Period no longer exists, the Issuers shall terminate the Shelf
Suspension Period and notify each Holder of such termination.
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SECTION 7. Registration Expenses.
(a) All expenses incident to the Issuers’ and the Guarantors’ performance of or compliance
with this Agreement will be borne by the Issuers and the Guarantors, jointly and severally,
regardless of whether a Registration Statement becomes effective, including, without limitation:
(i) all registration and filing fees and expenses (including filings made by any Initial Purchaser
or Holder with FINRA (and, if applicable, the fees and expenses of any “qualified independent
underwriter” and its counsel that may be required by the rules and regulations of FINRA)); (ii) all
fees and expenses of compliance with federal securities and state securities or blue sky laws;
(iii) all expenses of printing (including printing certificates for the Exchange Securities to be
issued in the Exchange Offer and printing of Prospectuses), messenger and delivery services and
telephone; (iv) all fees and disbursements of counsel for the Issuers, the Guarantors and, subject
to Section 7(b) hereof, the Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities; (v) all application and
filing fees in connection with listing the Exchange Securities on a securities exchange or
automated quotation system pursuant to the requirements thereof; and (vi) all fees and
disbursements of independent certified public accountants of the Issuers and the Guarantors
(including the expenses of any special audit and comfort letters required by or incident to such
performance).
Each of the Issuers and the Guarantors will, in any event, bear its internal expenses
(including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees performing
legal or accounting duties), the expenses of any annual audit and the fees and expenses of any
Person, including special experts, retained by the Issuers or the Guarantors.
(b) In connection with any Registration Statement required by this Agreement (including,
without limitation, the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and the Shelf Registration
Statement), the Issuers and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, will reimburse the Initial
Purchasers and the Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities being tendered in the Exchange Offer
and/or resold pursuant to the “Plan of Distribution” contained in the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement or registered pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement, as applicable, for the
reasonable fees and disbursements of not more than one counsel, who shall be Xxxxxx Xxxxxx &
Xxxxxxx LLP or such other counsel as may be chosen by the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the Transfer Restricted Securities for whose benefit such Registration
Statement is being prepared.
SECTION 8. Indemnification.
(a) The Issuers and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, agree to indemnify and hold
harmless (i) each Holder and (ii) each Person, if any, who controls (within the meaning of Section
15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) any Holder (any of the Persons referred
to in this clause (ii) being hereinafter referred to as a “controlling person”) and (iii) the
respective officers, directors, partners, employees, representatives and agents of any Holder or
any controlling person (any Person referred to in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) may hereinafter be
referred to as an “Indemnified Holder”), to the fullest extent lawful, from and against any and all
losses, claims, damages, liabilities, judgments, actions and expenses (including, without
limitation, and as incurred, reimbursement of all reasonable costs of investigating, preparing,
pursuing, settling, compromising, paying or defending any claim or action, or any
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investigation or
proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, including the reasonable fees
and expenses of counsel to any Indemnified Holder), joint or several, directly or indirectly caused
by, related to, based upon, arising out of or in connection with any untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement or Prospectus (or any
amendment or supplement thereto), or any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any
Prospectus, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, except
insofar as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses are caused by an untrue statement
or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission that is made in reliance upon and in conformity
with information relating to any of the Holders furnished in writing to the Issuers by any of the
Holders expressly for use therein. This indemnity agreement shall be in addition to any liability
which the Issuer or any of the Guarantors may otherwise have.
In case any action or proceeding (including any governmental or regulatory investigation or
proceeding) shall be brought or asserted against any of the Indemnified Holders with respect to
which indemnity may be sought against the Issuers or the Guarantors, such Indemnified Holder (or
the Indemnified Holder controlled by such controlling person) shall promptly notify the Issuers and
the Guarantors in writing; provided, however, that the failure to give such notice shall not
relieve any of the Issuers or the Guarantors of its obligations pursuant to this Agreement. Such
Indemnified Holder shall have the right to employ its own counsel in any such action and the fees
and expenses of such counsel shall be paid, as incurred, by the Issuers and the Guarantors
(regardless of whether it is ultimately determined that an Indemnified Holder is not entitled to
indemnification hereunder). The Issuers and the Guarantors shall not, in connection with any one
such action or proceeding or separate but substantially similar or related actions or proceedings
in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances, be liable
for the reasonable fees and expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys (in addition to
any local counsel) at any time for such Indemnified Holders, which firm shall be designated by the
Holders. The Issuers and the Guarantors shall be liable for any settlement of any such action or
proceeding effected with the Issuers’ and the Guarantors’ prior written consent, which consent
shall not be withheld unreasonably, and each of the Issuers and the Guarantors agrees to indemnify
and hold harmless any Indemnified Holder from and against any loss, claim, damage, liability or
expense by reason of any settlement of any action effected with the written consent of the Issuers
and the Guarantors. The Issuers and the Guarantors shall not, without the prior written consent of
each Indemnified Holder, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of judgment in or otherwise
seek to terminate any pending or threatened action, claim, litigation or proceeding in respect of
which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not any Indemnified
Holder is a party thereto), unless such settlement, compromise, consent or termination includes an
unconditional release of each Indemnified Holder from all liability arising out of such action,
claim, litigation or proceeding.
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(b) Each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities agrees, severally and not jointly, to
indemnify and hold harmless the Issuers, the Guarantors and their respective directors, officers of
the Issuers and the Guarantors who sign a Registration Statement, and any Person controlling
(within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) the
Issuer or any of the Guarantors, and the respective officers, directors, partners, employees,
representatives and agents of each such Person, to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from
the Issuers and the Guarantors to each of the Indemnified Holders, but only with respect to
claims and actions based solely on information relating to such Holder furnished in writing by such
Holder expressly for use in any Registration Statement or prospectus (or any amendment or
supplement thereto). In case any action or proceeding shall be brought against the Issuers, the
Guarantors or their respective directors or officers or any such controlling person in respect of
which indemnity may be sought against a Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities, such Holder shall
have the rights and duties given the Issuers and the Guarantors, and the Issuers, the Guarantors,
their respective directors and officers and such controlling person shall have the rights and
duties given to each Holder by the preceding paragraph.
(c) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 8 is unavailable to an indemnified
party under Section 8(a) or (b) hereof (other than by reason of exceptions provided in those
Sections) in respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities, judgments, actions or expenses
referred to therein, then each applicable indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying such
indemnified party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a
result of such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Issuers and the Guarantors, on the one
hand, and by the Holders, on the other hand, from the Initial Placement (which in the case of the
Issuers and the Guarantors shall be deemed to be equal to the total net proceeds to the Issuers and
the Guarantors from the Initial Placement (before deducting expenses)), the amount of Additional
Interest which did not become payable as a result of the filing of the Registration Statement
resulting in such losses, claims, damages, liabilities, judgments actions or expenses, and such
Registration Statement, or if such allocation is not permitted by applicable law, in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to above but also
the relative fault of the Issuers and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Holders, on the
other hand, in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims,
damages, liabilities or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The
relative fault of the Issuers and the Guarantors on the one hand and of the Indemnified Holder on
the other shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact
relates to information supplied by the Issuers or any of the Guarantors, on the one hand, or the
Indemnified Holders, on the other hand, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to
information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The amount paid or
payable by a party as a result of the losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses referred to
above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in the second paragraph of
Section 8(a) hereof, any legal or other fees or expenses reasonably incurred by such party in
connection with investigating or defending any action or claim.
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The Issuers, the Guarantors and each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities agree that it
would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 8(c) were determined by
pro rata allocation (even if the Holders were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any
other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to
in the immediately preceding paragraph. The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a
result of the losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses referred to in the immediately
preceding paragraph shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any
legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this
Xxxxxxx 0, xxxx of the Holders (and its related Indemnified Holders) shall be required to
contribute, in the aggregate, any amount in excess of the amount by which the total discount
received by such Holder with respect to the Initial Securities exceeds the amount of any damages
which such Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue
statement or omission or alleged omission. No Person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation
(within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from
any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Holders’ obligations to
contribute pursuant to this Section 8(c) are several in proportion to the respective principal
amount of Initial Securities held by each of the Holders hereunder and not joint.
SECTION 9. Rule 144A. Each of the Issuers and the Guarantors hereby agrees with each Holder,
for so long as any Transfer Restricted Securities remain outstanding, to make available to any
Holder or beneficial owner of Transfer Restricted Securities in connection with any sale thereof
and any prospective purchaser of such Transfer Restricted Securities from such Holder or beneficial
owner, the information required by Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act in order to permit
resales of such Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act.
SECTION 10. Participation in Underwritten Registrations. No Holder may participate in any
Underwritten Registration hereunder unless such Holder (a) agrees to sell such Holder’s Transfer
Restricted Securities on the basis provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by the
Persons entitled hereunder to approve such arrangements and (b) completes and executes all
reasonable questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements, lock-up
letters and other documents required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements.
SECTION 11. Selection of Underwriters. The Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities covered
by the Shelf Registration Statement who desire to do so may sell such Transfer Restricted
Securities in an Underwritten Offering only upon the prior consent of the Issuers, such consent not
to be unreasonably withheld. In any such Underwritten Offering so consented to by the Issuers, the
investment banker(s) and managing underwriter(s) that will administer such offering will be
selected by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Transfer Restricted
Securities included in such offering; provided, however, that such investment banker(s) and
managing underwriter(s) must be reasonably satisfactory to the Issuers.
SECTION 12. Miscellaneous.
(a) Remedies. Each of the Issuers and the Guarantors hereby agrees that monetary damages
would not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of a breach by it of the
provisions of this Agreement and hereby agree to waive the defense in any action for specific
performance that a remedy at law would be adequate.
(b) No Inconsistent Agreements. Each of the Issuers and the Guarantors will not on or after
the date of this Agreement enter into any agreement with respect to its securities that is
inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with
the provisions hereof. Neither the Company nor any Guarantor has previously entered into any
agreement granting any registration rights with respect to the Initial Notes to any Person. The
rights granted to the Holders hereunder do not in any way conflict with and are not
inconsistent with the rights granted to the holders of the Issuers’ or any of the Guarantors’
securities under any agreement in effect on the date hereof.
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(c) Adjustments Affecting the Initial Securities. The Issuers will not take any action, or
agree to any change, with respect to the Initial Securities that would materially and adversely
affect the Consummation of the Exchange Offer on the terms specified herein.
(d) Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement may not be amended, modified or
supplemented, and waivers or consents to or departures from the provisions hereof may not be given
unless the Issuers have (i) in the case of Section 5 hereof and this Section 12(d)(i), obtained the
written consent of Holders of all outstanding Transfer Restricted Securities and (ii) in the case
of all other provisions hereof, obtained the written consent of Holders of a majority of the
outstanding principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities (excluding any Transfer Restricted
Securities held by the Issuers or its Affiliates). Notwithstanding the foregoing, a waiver or
consent to departure from the provisions hereof that relates exclusively to the rights of Holders
whose securities are being tendered pursuant to the Exchange Offer and that does not affect
directly or indirectly the rights of other Holders whose securities are not being tendered pursuant
to such Exchange Offer may be given by the Holders of a majority of the outstanding principal
amount of Transfer Restricted Securities being tendered or registered; provided, however, that,
with respect to any matter that directly or indirectly affects the rights of any Initial Purchaser
hereunder, the Issuers shall obtain the written consent of each such Initial Purchaser with respect
to which such amendment, qualification, supplement, waiver, consent or departure is to be
effective.
(e) Notices. All notices and other communications provided for or permitted hereunder shall
be made in writing by hand-delivery, first-class mail (registered or certified, return receipt
requested), facsimile or air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery:
(i) if to a Holder, at the address set forth on the records of the Registrar under the
Indenture, with a copy to the Registrar under the Indenture; and
(ii) if to the Issuers:
IASIS Healthcare LLC
000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxx X
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Attention: General Counsel
000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxx X
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Attention: General Counsel
With a copy to:
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP
Xxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxxx Xxxx
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All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given: at the time
delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five Business Days after being deposited in the mail,
postage prepaid, if mailed; when receipt acknowledged, if sent by facsimile; and on the next
Business Day, if timely delivered to an air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery.
Copies of all such notices, demands or other communications shall be concurrently delivered by
the Person giving the same to the Trustee at the address specified in the Indenture.
(f) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon
the successors and assigns of each of the parties, including, without limitation, and without the
need for an express assignment, subsequent Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities; provided,
however, that this Agreement shall not inure to the benefit of or be binding upon a successor or
assign of a Holder unless and to the extent such successor or assign acquired Transfer Restricted
Securities from such Holder.
(g) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the
parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an
original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
(h) Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall
not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
(i) Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICTS OF LAW RULES THEREOF.
(j) Severability. In the event that any one or more of the provisions contained herein, or
the application thereof in any circumstance, is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the
validity, legality and enforceability of any such provision in every other respect and of the
remaining provisions contained herein shall not be affected or impaired thereby.
(k) Entire Agreement. This Agreement is intended by the parties as a final expression of
their agreement and intended to be a complete and exclusive statement of the agreement and
understanding of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter contained herein. There are
no restrictions, promises, warranties or undertakings, other than those set forth or referred to
herein with respect to the registration rights granted by the Issuers and the Guarantors with
respect to the Transfer Restricted Securities. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and
understandings between the parties with respect to such subject matter.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written
above.
IASIS HEALTHCARE LLC |
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By: | /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||
IASIS CAPITAL CORPORATION |
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By: | /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||
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ARIZONA DIAGNOSTIC &SURGICAL CENTER, INC. BAPTIST JOINT VENTURE HOLDINGS, INC. BEAUMONT HOSPITAL HOLDINGS, INC. BILTMORE SURGERY CENTER HOLDINGS, INC. BILTMORE SURGERY CENTER, INC. BRIM HOLDING COMPANY, INC. XXXXX HOSPITAL HOLDINGS, INC. DECISIONPOINT SERVICES, INC. FIRST CHOICE PHYSICIANS NETWORK HOLDINGS, INC. HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE OF UTAH, INC. IASIS FINANCE, INC. IASIS HEALTHCARE HOLDINGS, INC. IASIS HOSPITAL NURSE STAFFING COMPANY IASIS MANAGEMENT COMPANY IASIS PHYSICIAN SERVICES, INC. IASIS PORT XXXXXX ASC, INC. IASIS TRANSCO, INC. JORDAN VALLEY HOSPITAL HOLDINGS, INC. MCS/AZ, INC. NORTH VISTA HOSPITAL, INC. PALMS OF PASADENA HOMECARE, INC. PHYSICIAN GROUP OF ARIZONA, INC. PHYSICIAN GROUP OF FLORIDA, INC. PHYSICIAN GROUP OF LOUISIANA, INC. PHYSICIAN GROUP OF UTAH, INC. ROCKY MOUNTAIN MEDICAL CENTER, INC. SALT LAKE REGIONAL PHYSICIANS, INC. TAMPA BAY STAFFING SOLUTIONS, INC. UTAH TRANSCRIPTION SERVICES, INC. |
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By: | /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||
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XXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX MEDICAL CENTER, LP MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OF TAMPA, LP MESA GENERAL HOSPITAL, LP PALMS OF PASADENA HOSPITAL, LP ST. LUKE’S BEHAVIORAL HOSPITAL, LP ST. LUKE’S MEDICAL CENTER, LP TOWN &COUNTRY HOSPITAL, LP |
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By: | IASIS Healthcare Holdings, Inc. | |||
as General Partner |
By: | /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer |
BRIM HEALTHCARE OF COLORADO, LLC BRIM PHYSICIANS GROUP OF COLORADO, LLC BRIM PHYSICIANS GROUP OF TEXAS, LLC |
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By: | Brim Holding Company, Inc. | |||
as Sole Member |
By: | /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||
IASIS Finance Texas Holdings, LLC Seaboard Development LLC |
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By: | /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer |
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The foregoing Registration Rights Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the date
first above written:
XXXXXXX LYNCH, PIERCE, XXXXXX & XXXXX | ||||
INCORPORATED | ||||
Acting on behalf of itself | ||||
and as the Representative of | ||||
the several Initial Purchasers | ||||
By:
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Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx | |||
Incorporated | ||||
By:
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/s/ Xxx Xxxxxx
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Title: Director |
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