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EXHIBIT 4.3
EXECUTION COPY
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
THIS REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (the "Agreement") is made
and entered into April 29, 1997, among PUEBLO XTRA INTERNATIONAL, INC., a
Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and NATIONSBANC CAPITAL MARKETS, INC.
and SCOTIA CAPITAL MARKETS, INC. (the "Initial Purchasers").
This Agreement is made pursuant to the Purchase Agreement dated
April 24, 1997 among the Company and the Initial Purchasers (the "Purchase
Agreement"), which provides for the sale by the Company to the Initial
Purchasers of an aggregate of $85,000,000 principal amount of the Company's 9
1/2% Series B Senior Notes Due 2003 (the "Securities"). In order to induce the
Initial Purchasers to enter into the Purchase Agreement, the Company has agreed
to provide to the Initial Purchasers and their direct and indirect transferees
the registration rights set forth in this Agreement. The execution of this
Agreement is a condition to the closing under the Purchase Agreement.
In consideration of the foregoing, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
1. Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following capitalized
defined terms shall have the following meanings:
"1933 Act" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from
time to time.
"1934 Act" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended from time to time.
"Closing Date" shall have the meaning set forth in the Purchase
Agreement.
"Company" shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble and also
includes the Company's successors.
"Depositary" shall mean the Depository Trust Company, or any other
depositary appointed by the Company; provided, however, that such
depositary must have an address in the Borough of Manhattan, in the City
of New York.
"Exchange Offer" shall mean the exchange offer by the Company of
Exchange Securities for Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 2(a)
hereof.
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"Exchange Offer Registration" shall mean a registration under the
1933 Act effected pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof.
"Exchange Offer Registration Statement" shall mean an exchange offer
registration statement on Form S-4 (or, if applicable, on another
appropriate form), and all amendments and supplements to such registration
statement, in each case including the Prospectus contained therein, all
exhibits thereto and all material incorporated by reference therein.
"Exchange Securities" shall mean 9 1/2% Series C Senior Notes Due
2003 issued by the Company under the Indenture containing terms identical
to the Securities (except that (i) interest thereon shall accrue from the
last date on which interest was paid on the Securities or, if no such
interest has been paid, from the date of their original issue, (ii) the
transfer restrictions thereon shall be eliminated and (iii) certain
provisions relating to an increase in the stated rate of interest thereon
shall be eliminated), to be offered to Holders of Securities in exchange
for Securities pursuant to the Exchange Offer.
"Holders" shall mean the Initial Purchasers, for so long as they own
any Registrable Securities, and each of their successors, assigns and
direct and indirect transferees who become registered owners of
Registrable Securities under the Indenture.
"Indenture" shall mean the Indenture relating to the Securities
dated as of April 29, 1997 between the Company and United States Trust
Company of New York, as trustee, as the same may be amended from time to
time in accordance with the terms thereof.
"Initial Purchaser" shall have the meaning set forth in the
preamble.
"Majority Holders" shall mean the Holders of a majority of the
aggregate principal amount of outstanding applicable Registrable
Securities; provided that whenever the consent or approval of Holders of a
specified percentage of Registrable Securities is required hereunder,
Registrable Securities held by the Company shall be disregarded in
determining whether such consent or approval was given by the Holders of
such required percentage or amount.
"Person" shall mean an individual, partnership, corporation, trust
or unincorporated organization, or a government or agency or political
subdivision thereof.
"Prospectus" shall mean the prospectus included in a Registration
Statement, including any preliminary prospectus,
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and any such prospectus as amended or supplemented by any prospectus
supplement, including a prospectus supplement with respect to the terms of
the offering of any portion of the Registrable Securities covered by a
Shelf Registration Statement, and by all other amendments and supplements
to a prospectus, including post-effective amendments, and in each case
including all material incorporated by reference therein.
"Purchase Agreement" shall have the meaning set forth in the
preamble.
"Registrable Securities" shall mean the Securities; provided,
however, that the Securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities when
(i) a Registration Statement with respect to such Securities shall have
been declared effective under the 1933 Act and such Securities shall have
been disposed of pursuant to such Registration Statement, (ii) such
Securities shall have been sold to the public pursuant to Rule 144 (or any
similar provision then in force, but not Rule 144A) under the 1933 Act,
(iii) such Securities shall be eligible to be sold to the public pursuant
to Rule 144(k) under the 1933 Act, (iv) such Securities shall have ceased
to be outstanding or (v) such Securities have been exchanged for Exchange
Securities upon consummation of the Exchange Offer. All references to
Registrable Securities in connection with a Shelf Registration Statement
shall be deemed to refer to the Securities to which the obligation to file
such Shelf Registration Statement applies, as provided in clause (A) of
Section 2(b).
"Registration Expenses" shall mean any and all expenses incident to
performance of or compliance by the Company with this Agreement, including
without limitation: (i) all SEC, stock exchange or National Association of
Securities Dealers, Inc. ("NASD") registration and filing fees, (ii) all
fees and expenses incurred in connection with compliance with state
securities or blue sky laws and compliance with the rules of the NASD
(including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for any
underwriters or Holders in connection with blue sky qualification of any
of the Exchange Securities or Registrable Securities), (iii) all expenses
of any Persons in preparing or assisting in preparing, word processing,
printing and distributing any Registration Statement, any Prospectus, any
amendments or supplements thereto, any underwriting agreements, securities
sales agreements and other documents relating to the performance of and
compliance with this Agreement, (iv) all rating agency fees, (v) all fees
and expenses incurred in
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connection with the listing, if any, of any of the Registrable Securities
on any securities exchange or exchanges, (vi) the fees and disbursements
of counsel for the Company and of the independent public accountants of
the Company, including the expenses of any special audits or "cold
comfort" letters required by or incident to such performance and
compliance, (vii) the fees and expenses of the Trustee, and any escrow
agent or custodian, and (viii) any fees and disbursements of the
underwriters customarily required to be paid by issuers of securities and
the reasonable fees and expenses of any special experts retained by the
Company in connection with any Registration Statement, but excluding fees
of counsel to the underwriters or the Holders and underwriting discounts
and commissions and transfer taxes, if any, relating to the sale or
disposition of Registrable Securities by a Holder.
"Registration Statement" shall mean any registration statement of
the Company which covers any of the Exchange Securities or Registrable
Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, and all
amendments and supplements to any such Registration Statement, including
post-effective amendments, in each case including the Prospectus contained
therein, all exhibits thereto and all material incorporated by reference
therein.
"Securities" shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.
"SEC" shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Shelf Registration" shall mean a registration effected pursuant to
Section 2(b) hereof.
"Shelf Registration Statement" shall mean a "shelf" registration
statement of the Company pursuant to the provisions of Section 2(b) of
this Agreement which covers all of the Registrable Securities on an
appropriate form under Rule 415 under the 1933 Act, or any similar rule
that may be adopted by the SEC, and all amendments and supplements to such
registration statement, including post-effective amendments, in each case
including the Prospectus contained therein, all exhibits thereto and all
material incorporated by reference therein.
"Trustee" shall mean the trustee with respect to the Securities
under the Indenture.
2. Registration Under the 0000 Xxx. (a) Exchange
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Offer Registration. To the extent not prohibited by any applicable law or
applicable interpretation of the Staff of the SEC, the Company shall (A) file on
or prior to the 30th calendar day following the Closing Date an Exchange Offer
Registration Statement with the SEC covering the offer by the Company to the
Holders to exchange all of the Registrable Securities for Exchange Securities,
(B) use its best efforts to cause such Exchange Offer Registration Statement to
be declared effective under the 1933 Act on or prior to the 90th calendar day
following the Closing Date and (C) use its best efforts to consummate the
Exchange Offer on or prior to the 120th calendar day following the Closing Date.
Consummation of the Exchange Offer shall be deemed to have occurred upon the
fulfillment by the Company of its obligations set forth in clauses (i) through
(v) of the second paragraph of this Section 2(a) and in clauses (i) through
(iii) of the third paragraph of this Section 2(a). The Exchange Securities will
be issued under the Indenture. Promptly after the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement is declared effective, the Company shall promptly commence the
Exchange Offer, it being the objective of such Exchange Offer to enable each
Holder (other than Participating Broker-Dealers (as defined in Section 3(f)))
eligible and electing to exchange Registrable Securities for Exchange Securities
(assuming that such Holder is not an affiliate of the Company within the meaning
of Rule 405 under the 1933 Act, acquires the Exchange Securities in the ordinary
course of such Holder's business and has no arrangements or understandings with
any person to participate in the Exchange Offer for the purpose of distributing
the Exchange Securities) to trade such Exchange Securities from and after their
receipt without any limitations or restrictions under the 1933 Act and without
material restrictions under the securities laws of a substantial proportion of
the several states of the United States.
In connection with the Exchange Offer, the Company shall:
(i) mail to each Holder a copy of the Prospectus forming part of the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement, together with an appropriate letter
of transmittal and related documents;
(ii) keep the Exchange Offer open for not less than 30 days and not
more than 45 days after the date notice thereof is mailed to the Holders
(or longer if required by applicable law);
(iii) use the services of the Depositary for the Exchange Offer;
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(iv) permit Holders to withdraw tendered Registrable Securities at
any time prior to the close of business, New York City time, on the last
business day on which the Exchange Offer shall remain open, by sending to
the institution specified in the notice, a telegram, telex, facsimile
transmission or letter setting forth the name of such Holder, the
principal amount of Registrable Securities delivered for exchange, and a
statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have such
Securities exchanged; and
(v) otherwise comply in all respects with all applicable laws
relating to the Exchange Offer.
As soon as practicable after the close of the Exchange Offer, the
Company shall:
(i) accept for exchange Registrable Securities duly tendered and not
validly withdrawn pursuant to the Exchange Offer in accordance with the
terms of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and the letter of
transmittal which is an exhibit thereto;
(ii) deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Trustee for
cancellation all Registrable Securities so accepted for exchange by the
Company; and
(iii) cause the Trustee promptly to authenticate and deliver
Exchange Securities to each Holder of Registrable Securities equal in
amount to the Registrable Securities of such Holder so accepted for
exchange.
Interest on each Exchange Security will accrue from the last date on
which interest was paid on the Registrable Securities surrendered in exchange
therefor or, if no interest has been paid on the Registrable Securities, from
the date of its original issue. The Exchange Offer shall not be subject to any
conditions, other than that the Exchange Offer, or the making of any exchange by
a Holder, does not violate applicable law or any applicable interpretation of
the Staff of the SEC. Each Holder of Registrable Securities (other than
Participating Broker-Dealers) who wishes to exchange such Registrable Securities
for Exchange Securities in the Exchange Offer will be required to represent that
(i) it is not an affiliate of the Company, (ii) any Exchange Securities to be
received by it were acquired in the ordinary course of its business and (iii) at
the time of the commencement of the Exchange Offer it has no arrangement or
understanding with any person to participate in the distribution (within the
meaning of the Securities Act) of the Exchange Securities. The Company shall
inform the Initial Purchasers of
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the names and addresses of the Holders to whom the Exchange Offer is made, and
the Initial Purchasers shall have the right at the Initial Purchasers' expense
to contact such Holders and otherwise facilitate the tender of Registrable
Securities in the Exchange Offer.
(b) Shelf Registration. (i) If, because of any change in law or
applicable interpretations thereof by the Staff of the SEC, the Company is not
permitted to effect the Exchange Offer as contemplated by Section 2(a) hereof,
or (ii) if for any other reason the Exchange Offer is not consummated within 120
days after the Closing Date, or (iii) upon the request, received no later than
30 days after the Exchange Offer is consummated, of any Holder (other than an
Initial Purchaser) who is not eligible to participate in the Exchange Offer and
so notifies the Company setting forth the reason for such ineligibility or (iv)
upon the request, received no later than 30 days after the Exchange Offer is
consummated, of any Initial Purchaser (with respect to any Registrable
Securities which it acquired directly from the Company) who holds Registrable
Securities which it acquired directly from the Company if such Initial Purchaser
is not permitted, in the opinion of counsel to such Initial Purchaser, pursuant
to applicable law or applicable interpretation of the Staff of the SEC to
participate in the Exchange Offer, the Company shall, at its expense,
(A) as promptly as practicable, and in any event on or prior to the
30th calendar day after the occurrence of the event described in clause
(i) or (ii) above or the receipt by the Company of the notice described in
clause (iii) or (iv) above, file with the SEC a Shelf Registration
Statement relating to the offer and sale of the Registrable Securities, in
the case of clause (i) or (ii) above, held by all Holders and, in the case
of clause (iii) or (iv) above, held by the requesting Holders, from time
to time in accordance with the methods of distribution elected by the
Majority Holders of such Registrable Securities and set forth in such
Shelf Registration Statement, and use its best efforts to cause such Shelf
Registration Statement to be declared effective by the SEC on or prior to
the 45th day after such filing occurs. In the event that the Company is
required to file a Shelf Registration Statement upon the request of any
Holder (other than an Initial Purchaser) not eligible to participate in
the Exchange Offer pursuant to clause (iii) above or upon the request of
any Initial Purchaser pursuant to clause (iv) above, the Company shall
file and have declared effective by the SEC both an Exchange Offer
Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2(a) with respect to all
Registrable Securities and a Shelf Registration Statement (which may be a
combined Registration
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Statement with the Exchange Offer Registration Statement) with respect to
offers and sales of Registrable Securities held by such Holder or such
Initial Purchaser after completion of the Exchange Offer.
(B) keep the Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective in
order to permit the Prospectus forming part thereof to be usable by
Holders for a period of two years from the date the Shelf Registration
Statement is declared effective by the SEC (or one year from the date the
Shelf Registration Statement is declared effective if such Shelf
Registration Statement is filed upon the request of any Initial Purchaser
pursuant to clause (iv) above) or such shorter period which will terminate
when all of the Registrable Securities covered by the Shelf Registration
Statement have been sold pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement.
(C) notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, use its best
efforts to ensure that (i) any Shelf Registration Statement and any
amendment thereto and any Prospectus forming part thereof and any
supplement thereto complies in all material respects with the 1933 Act and
the rules and regulations thereunder, (ii) any Shelf Registration
Statement and any amendment thereto does not, when it becomes effective,
contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading and (iii) any Prospectus forming part of any Shelf
Registration Statement, and any supplement to such Prospectus (as amended
or supplemented from time to time), does not include an untrue statement
of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to
make the statements, in light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading.
The Company further agrees, if necessary, to supplement or amend the
Shelf Registration Statement if reasonably requested by the Majority Holders
with respect to information relating to the Holders and otherwise as required by
Section 3(b) below, to use all reasonable efforts to cause any such amendment to
become effective and such Shelf Registration to become usable as soon as
thereafter practicable and to furnish to the Holders of Registrable Securities
copies of any such supplement or amendment promptly after its being used or
filed with the SEC.
(c) Expenses. The Company shall pay all Registration Expenses in
connection with the registration pursuant to Section 2(a) or 2(b) and, in the
case of any Shelf Registration Statement, will reimburse the Holders (including
the Initial
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Purchasers) for the reasonable fees and disbursements of one firm or counsel
designated in writing by the Majority Holders to act as counsel for the Holders
of the Registrable Securities in connection therewith. Each Holder shall pay all
expenses of its counsel other than as set forth in the preceding sentence,
underwriting discounts and commissions and transfer taxes, if any, relating to
the sale or disposition of such Holder's Registrable Securities pursuant to the
Shelf Registration Statement.
(d) Effective Registration Statement. (i) The Company will be deemed
not to have used its best efforts to cause the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement or the Shelf Registration Statement, as the case may be, to become, or
to remain, effective during the requisite period if it voluntarily takes any
action that would result in any such Registration Statement not being declared
effective or in the Holders of Registrable Securities covered thereby not being
able to exchange or offer and sell such Registrable Securities during that
period unless (A) such action is required by applicable law or (B) such action
is taken by the Company in good faith and for valid business reasons (not
including avoidance of the Company's obligations hereunder), including the
acquisition or divestiture of assets, so long as the Company promptly complies
with the requirements of Section 3(k) hereof, if applicable.
(ii) An Exchange Offer Registration Statement pursuant to Section
2(a) hereof or a Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2(b) hereof
will not be deemed to have become effective unless it has been declared
effective by the SEC; provided, however, that if, after it has been declared
effective, the offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration
Statement is interfered with by any stop order, injunction or other order or
requirement of the SEC or any other governmental agency or court, such
Registration Statement will be deemed not to have been effective during the
period of such interference, until the offering of Registrable Securities
pursuant to such Registration Statement may legally resume.
(e) Increase in Interest Rate. In the event that either (i) the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement is not filed with the SEC on or prior to
the 30th calendar day following the Closing Date or (ii) the Exchange Offer is
not consummated or a Shelf Registration Statement is not declared effective on
or prior to the 120th calendar day following the Closing Date, the interest rate
borne by the Securities will be increased by 0.25% per annum for the first 30
days following the 30-day period referred to in clause (i) above or the first 90
days following the 120-day period referred to in clause (ii) above. Such
interest will be increased by an additional 0.25% per annum at
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the beginning of each subsequent 30-day period in the case of clause (i) above
or 90-day period in the case of clause (ii) above; provided, however, that in no
event will the interest rate borne by the Securities by increased by more than
1.50% per annum. Upon the filing of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement,
the consummation of the Exchange Offer or the effectiveness of a Shelf
Registration Statement, as the case may be, the interest rate borne by the
Securities from the date of such filing, consummation or effectiveness, as the
case may be, will be reduced to the original interest rate; provided, however,
that, if after such reduction in interest rate, a different event specified in
clause (i) or (ii) above occurs, the interest rate may again be increased
pursuant to the foregoing provisions.
(f) Specific Enforcement. Without limiting the remedies available to
the Initial Purchasers and the Holders, the Company acknowledges that any
failure by the Company to comply with its obligations under Section 2(a) and
Section 2(b) hereof may result in material irreparable injury to the Initial
Purchasers or the Holders for which there is no adequate remedy at law, that it
will not be possible to measure damages for such injuries precisely and that, in
the event of any such failure, the Initial Purchasers or any Holder may obtain
such relief as may be required to specifically enforce the Company's obligations
under Section 2(a) and Section 2(b) hereof.
3. Registration Procedures. In connection with the obligations of
the Company with respect to the Registration Statements pursuant to Sections
2(a) and 2(b) hereof, the Company shall:
(a) prepare and file with the SEC a Registration Statement, within
the time period specified in Section 2, on the appropriate form under the
1933 Act, which form (i) shall be selected by the Company, (ii) shall, in
the case of a Shelf Registration, be available for the sale of the
Registrable Securities by the selling Holders thereof and (iii) shall
comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the
applicable form and include or incorporate by reference all financial
statements required by the SEC to be filed therewith, and use its best
efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective and
remain effective in accordance with Section 2 hereof;
(b) prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and post-effective
amendments to each Registration Statement as may be necessary under
applicable law to keep such Registration Statement effective for the
applicable period; cause each Prospectus to be supplemented by any
required prospectus supplement, and as so supplemented to be filed
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pursuant to Rule 424 under the 1933 Act; and comply with the provisions of
the 1933 Act with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by
each Registration Statement during the applicable period in accordance
with the intended method or methods of distribution by the selling Holders
thereof;
(c) in the case of a Shelf Registration, (i) notify each Holder of
Registrable Securities, at least five days prior to filing, that a Shelf
Registration Statement with respect to the Registrable Securities is being
filed and advising such Holders that the distribution of Registrable
Securities will be made in accordance with the method elected by the
Majority Holders; and (ii) furnish to each Holder of Registrable
Securities, to counsel for the Initial Purchasers, to counsel for the
Holders and to each underwriter of an underwritten offering of Registrable
Securities, if any, without charge, as many copies of each Prospectus,
including each preliminary Prospectus, and any amendment or supplement
thereto and such other documents as such Holder or underwriter may
reasonably request, including financial statements and schedules and, if
the Holder so requests, all exhibits (including those incorporated by
reference) in order to facilitate the public sale or other disposition of
the Registrable Securities; and (iii) subject to the last paragraph of
Section 3, hereby consent to the use of the Prospectus or any amendment or
supplement thereto by each of the selling Holders of Registrable
Securities in connection with the offering and sale of the Registrable
Securities covered by the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement
thereto;
(d) use its best efforts to register or qualify the Registrable
Securities under all applicable state securities or "blue sky" laws of
such jurisdictions as any Holder of Registrable Securities covered by a
Registration Statement and each underwriter of an underwritten offering of
Registrable Securities shall reasonably request by the time the applicable
Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC, to cooperate with
the Holders in connection with any filings required to be made with the
NASD, and do any and all other acts and things which may be reasonably
necessary or advisable to enable such Holder to consummate the disposition
in each such jurisdiction of such Registrable Securities owned by such
Holder; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to (i)
qualify as a foreign corporation or as a dealer in securities in any
jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for
this Section 3(d) or (ii) take any action which would subject it to
general service of
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process or taxation in any such jurisdiction if it is not then so subject;
(e) in the case of a Shelf Registration, notify each Holder of
Registrable Securities and counsel for the Initial Purchasers promptly
and, if requested by such Holder or counsel, confirm such advice in
writing promptly (i) when a Registration Statement has become effective
and when any post-effective amendments and supplements thereto become
effective, (ii) of any request by the SEC or any state securities
authority for post-effective amendments and supplements to a Registration
Statement and Prospectus or for additional information after the
Registration Statement has become effective, (iii) of the issuance by the
SEC or any state securities authority of any stop order suspending the
effectiveness of a Registration Statement or the initiation of any
proceedings for that purpose, (iv) if, between the effective date of a
Registration Statement and the closing of any sale of Registrable
Securities covered thereby, the representations and warranties of the
Company contained in any underwriting agreement, securities sales
agreement or other similar agreement, if any, relating to such offering
cease to be true and correct in all material respects, (v) of the receipt
by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the
qualification of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction
or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose, (vi)
of the happening of any event or the discovery of any facts during the
period a Shelf Registration Statement is effective which makes any
statement made in such Registration Statement or the related Prospectus
untrue in any material respect or which requires the making of any changes
in such Registration Statement or Prospectus in order to make the
statements therein not misleading and (vii) of any determination by the
Company that a post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement would
be appropriate;
(f) (A) in the case of the Exchange Offer, (i) include in the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement a "Plan of Distribution" section
covering the use of the Prospectus included in the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement by broker-dealers who have exchanged their
Registrable Securities for Exchange Securities for the resale of such
Exchange Securities, (ii) furnish to each broker-dealer who desires to
participate in the Exchange Offer, without charge, as many copies of each
Prospectus included in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement,
including any preliminary prospectus, and any amendment or supplement
thereto, as such broker-dealer may reasonably request, (iii)
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include in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement a statement that any
broker-dealer who holds Registrable Securities acquired for its own
account as a result of market-making activities or other trading
activities (a "Participating Broker-Dealer"), and who receives Exchange
Securities for Registrable Securities pursuant to the Exchange Offer, may
be a statutory underwriter and must deliver a prospectus meeting the
requirements of the 1933 Act in connection with any resale of such
Exchange Securities, (iv) subject to the last paragraph of Section 3,
hereby consent to the use of the Prospectus forming part of the Exchange
Offer Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement thereto, by
any broker-dealer in connection with the sale or transfer of the Exchange
Securities covered by the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement
thereto, and (v) include in the transmittal letter or similar
documentation to be executed by an exchange offeree in order to
participate in the Exchange Offer (x) the following provision:
"If the undersigned is not a broker-dealer, the undersigned
represents that it is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage
in, a distribution of Exchange Securities. If the undersigned is a
broker-dealer that will receive Exchange Securities for its own
account in exchange for Registrable Securities, it represents that
the Registrable Securities to be exchanged for Exchange Securities
were acquired by it as a result of market-making activities or other
trading activities and acknowledges that it will deliver a
prospectus meeting the requirements of the 1933 Act in connection
with any resale of such Exchange Securities pursuant to the Exchange
Offer; however, by so acknowledging and by delivering a prospectus,
the undersigned will not be deemed to admit that it is an
"underwriter" within the meaning of the 1933 Act";
(B) to the extent any Participating Broker-Dealer participates in
the Exchange Offer, the Company shall use its best efforts to cause to be
delivered at the request of an entity representing the Participating
Broker-Dealers (which entity shall be one of the Initial Purchasers,
unless they elect not to act as such representative) only one, if any,
"cold comfort" letter with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing
on the last date for which exchanges are accepted pursuant to the Exchange
Offer and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement, if any,
effected during the period specified in clause (C) below; and
(C) to the extent any Participating Broker-Dealer
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participates in the Exchange Offer, the Company shall use its best efforts
to maintain the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement
for a period of 180 days following the closing of the Exchange Offer; and
(D) the Company shall not be required to amend or supplement the
Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement as would
otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(b), or take any other action as a
result of this Section 3(f), for a period exceeding 180 days after the
last date for which exchanges are accepted pursuant to the Exchange Offer
(as such period may be extended by the Company) and Participating
Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Company to, and shall not,
deliver such Prospectus after such period in connection with resales
contemplated by this Section 3.
(g) (A) in the case of an Exchange Offer, furnish counsel for the
Initial Purchasers and (B) in the case of a Shelf Registration, furnish
counsel for the Holders of Registrable Securities copies of any request by
the SEC or any state securities authority for amendments or supplements to
a Registration Statement and Prospectus or for additional information;
(h) make every reasonable effort to obtain the withdrawal of any
order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement as soon as
practicable and provide immediate notice to each Holder of the withdrawal
of any such order;
(i) in the case of a Shelf Registration, furnish to each Holder of
Registrable Securities, without charge, at least one conformed copy of
each Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto
(without documents incorporated therein by reference or exhibits thereto,
unless requested);
(j) in the case of a Shelf Registration, cooperate with the selling
Holders of Registrable Securities to facilitate the timely preparation and
delivery of certificates representing Registrable Securities to be sold
and not bearing any restrictive legends; and cause such Registrable
Securities to be in such denominations (consistent with the provisions of
the Indenture) and registered in such names as the selling Holders or the
underwriters, if any, may reasonably request at least two business days
prior to the closing of any sale of Registrable Securities;
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(k) in the case of a Shelf Registration, upon the occurrence of any
event or the discovery of any facts, each as contemplated by Section
3(e)(vi) hereof, use its best efforts to prepare a supplement or
post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement or the related
Prospectus or any document incorporated therein by reference or file any
other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers
of the Registrable Securities, such Prospectus will not contain at the
time of such delivery any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light
of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The
Company agrees to notify each Holder to suspend use of the Prospectus as
promptly as practicable after the occurrence of such an event, and each
Holder hereby agrees forthwith upon receipt of such notice to suspend use
of the Prospectus until the Company has amended or supplemented the
Prospectus to correct such misstatement or omission. At such time as such
public disclosure is otherwise made or the Company determines that such
disclosure is not necessary, in each case to correct any misstatement of a
material fact or to include any omitted material fact, the Company agrees
promptly to notify each Holder of such determination and to furnish each
Holder such numbers of copies of the Prospectus, as amended or
supplemented, as such Holder may reasonably request;
(l) obtain a CUSIP number for all Exchange Securities, or
Registrable Securities, as the case may be, not later than the effective
date of a Registration Statement, and provide the Trustee with printed
certificates for the Exchange Securities or the Registrable Securities, as
the case may be, in a form eligible for deposit with the Depositary;
(m) (i) cause the Indenture to be qualified under the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the "TIA"), in connection with the
registration of the Exchange Securities, or Registrable Securities, as the
case may be, (ii) cooperate with the Trustee and the Holders to effect
such changes to the Indenture as may be required for the Indenture to be
so qualified in accordance with the terms of the TIA and (iii) execute,
and use its best efforts to cause the Trustee to execute, all documents as
may be required to effect such changes, and all other forms and documents
required to be filed with the SEC to enable the Indenture to be so
qualified in a timely manner;
(n) in the case of a Shelf Registration, enter into agreements
(including underwriting agreements) and take all
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other customary and appropriate actions (including those reasonably
requested by the Majority Holders) in order to expedite or facilitate the
disposition of such Registrable Securities and in such connection whether
or not an underwriting agreement is entered into and whether or not the
registration is an underwritten registration:
(i) make such representations and warranties to the Holders of
such Registrable Securities and the underwriters, if any, in form,
substance and scope as are customarily made by issuers to
underwriters in similar underwritten offerings as may be reasonably
requested by them;
(ii) obtain opinions of counsel to the Company and updates
thereof (which counsel and opinions (in form, scope and substance)
shall be reasonably satisfactory to the managing underwriters, if
any, and the Majority Holders) addressed to each selling Holder and
the underwriters, if any, covering the matters customarily covered
in opinions requested in sales of securities or underwritten
offerings as may be reasonably requested by such Holders and
underwriters;
(iii) obtain "cold comfort" letters and updates thereof from
the Company's independent certified public accountants addressed to
the underwriters, if any, and will use reasonable best efforts to
have such letters addressed to the selling Holders of Registrable
Securities, such letters to be in customary form and covering
matters of the type customarily covered in "cold comfort" letters to
underwriters in connection with similar underwritten offerings;
(iv) enter into a securities sales agreement with the Holders
and an agent of the Holders providing for, among other things, the
appointment of such agent for the selling Holders for the purpose of
soliciting purchases of Registrable Securities, which agreement
shall be in form, substance and scope customary for similar
offerings;
(v) if an underwriting agreement is entered into, cause the
same to set forth indemnification provisions and procedures
substantially equivalent to the indemnification provisions and
procedures set forth in Section 5 hereof with respect to the
underwriters; and
(vi) deliver such documents and certificates as
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may be reasonably requested and as are customarily delivered in
similar offerings.
The above shall be done at (i) the effectiveness of such Registration
Statement (and, if appropriate, each post-effective amendment thereto) and
(ii) each closing under any underwriting or similar agreement as and to
the extent required thereunder. In the case of any underwritten offering,
the Company shall provide written notice to the Holders of all Registrable
Securities of such underwritten offering at least 30 days prior to the
filing of a prospectus supplement for such underwritten offering. Such
notice shall (x) offer each such Holder the right to participate in such
underwritten offering, (y) specify a date, which shall be no earlier than
10 days following the date of such notice, by which such Holder must
inform the Company of its intent to participate in such underwritten
offering and (z) include the instructions such Holder must follow in order
to participate in such underwritten offering;
(o) in the case of a Shelf Registration, make available for
inspection by representatives of the Holders of the Registrable Securities
and any underwriters participating in any disposition pursuant to a Shelf
Registration Statement and any counsel or accountant retained by such
Holders or underwriters, all financial and other records, pertinent
corporate documents and properties of the Company reasonably requested by
any such persons, and cause the respective officers, directors, employees,
and any other agents of the Company to supply all information reasonably
requested by any such representative, underwriter, special counsel or
accountant in connection with a Registration Statement;
(p) (i) a reasonable time prior to the filing of any Exchange Offer
Registration Statement, any Prospectus forming a part thereof, any
amendment to an Exchange Offer Registration Statement or amendment or
supplement to a Prospectus, provide copies of such document to the Initial
Purchasers, and make such changes in any such document prior to the filing
thereof as any of the Initial Purchasers or their counsel may reasonably
request; (ii) in the case of a Shelf Registration, a reasonable time prior
to filing any Shelf Registration Statement, any Prospectus forming a part
thereof, any amendment to such Shelf Registration Statement or amendment
or supplement to such Prospectus, provide copies of such document to the
Holders of Registrable Securities and their counsel and to the underwriter
or underwriters of an underwritten offering of Registrable
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Securities, if any, and make such changes in any such document prior to
the filing thereof as the Majority Holders, their counsel and any
underwriter may promptly and reasonably request; and (iii) cause the
representatives of the Company to be available for discussion of such
document as shall be promptly and reasonably requested by the Majority
Holders or any underwriter and shall not at any time make any filing of
any such document of which such Majority Holders and their counsel or any
underwriter shall not have previously been advised and furnished a copy or
to which such Majority Holders and their counsel or any underwriter shall
reasonably object;
(q) in the case of a Shelf Registration, use its best efforts to
cause all Registrable Securities to be listed on any securities exchange
on which similar debt securities issued by the Company are then listed if
requested by the Majority Holders or by the underwriter or underwriters of
an underwritten offering of Registrable Securities, if any;
(r) in the case of a Shelf Registration, use its best efforts to
cause the Registrable Securities to be rated with the appropriate rating
agencies, if so requested by the Majority Holders or by the underwriter or
underwriters of an underwritten offering of Registrable Securities, if
any, unless the Registrable Securities are already so rated;
(s) otherwise use its best efforts to comply with all applicable
rules and regulations of the SEC and make available to its security
holders, as soon as reasonably practicable, an earnings statement covering
at least 12 months which shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of
the 1933 Act and Rule 158 thereunder; and
(t) cooperate and assist in any filings required to be made with the
NASD and in the performance of any due diligence investigation by any
underwriter and its counsel.
In the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Company may (as a
condition to such Holder's participation in the Shelf Registration) require each
Holder of Registrable Securities to furnish to the Company such information
regarding such Holder and the proposed distribution by such Holder of such
Registrable Securities as the Company may from time to time reasonably request
in writing.
In the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, each Holder agrees
that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the happening of any event
or the discovery of any facts, each of the kind described in Section
3(e)(ii)-(vi) hereof, such
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Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant
to a Registration Statement until such Holder's receipt of the copies of the
supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 3(k) hereof, and, if
so directed by the Company, such Holder will deliver to the Company (at its
expense) all copies in its possession, other than permanent file copies then in
such Holder's possession, of the Prospectus covering such Registrable Securities
current at the time of receipt of such notice. If the Company shall give any
such notice to suspend the disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to a
Shelf Registration Statement as a result of the happening of any event or the
discovery of any facts, each of the kind described in Section 3(e)(vi) hereof,
the Company shall be deemed to have used its best efforts to keep the Shelf
Registration Statement effective during such period of suspension provided that
the Company shall use its best efforts to file and have declared effective (if
an amendment) as soon as practicable an amendment or supplement to the Shelf
Registration Statement and shall extend the period during which the Registration
Statement shall be maintained effective pursuant to this Agreement by the number
of days during the period from and including the date of the giving of such
notice to and including the date when the Holders shall have received copies of
the supplemented or amended Prospectus necessary to resume such dispositions,
provided that in no event shall such extension extend beyond the second
anniversary of the Closing Date.
4. Underwritten Registrations. If any of the Registrable Securities
covered by any Shelf Registration are to be sold in an underwritten offering,
the investment banker or investment bankers and manager or managers that will
manage the offering will be selected by the Majority Holders of such Registrable
Securities included in such offering and shall be reasonably acceptable to the
Company. The Company shall have the right to select an investment banker to act
as co-manager reasonably acceptable to the Majority Holders.
No Holder of Registrable Securities may participate in any
underwritten registration hereunder unless such Holder (a) agrees to sell such
Holder's Registrable 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 questionnaires, powers of
attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements and other documents required
under the terms of such underwriting arrangements.
5. Indemnification and Contribution. (a) In connection with any
Registration Statement, the Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each
Holder of Registrable Securities (including any Initial Purchaser and
Participating Broker-
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Dealers) their respective affiliates and their respective directors, officers,
employees and agents, and each Person who controls any of such parties within
the meaning of either the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act, against any and all losses,
claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which they or any of them
may become subject under the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act or other federal or state
statutory law or regulation, at common law or otherwise, insofar as such losses,
claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or
are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material
fact contained in such Registration Statement as originally filed or in any
amendment thereof, or in any preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus, or in any
amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the
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 the
Prospectus, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not
misleading, and agrees to reimburse each such indemnified party, as incurred,
for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with
investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage or liability (or action
in respect thereof); provided, however, that the Company will not be liable in
any case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out
of or is based upon any such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or
omission or alleged omission made therein in reliance upon and in conformity
with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of any such
Holder specifically for inclusion therein.
(b) Each Holder of Securities covered by a Registration Statement
severally agrees to indemnify and hold harmless (i) the Company, (ii) each of
the directors of the Company, (iii) each of the officers of the Company who
signs such Registration Statement and (iv) each Person who controls the Company
within the meaning of either the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act to the same extent as
the foregoing indemnity from the Company to each such Holder, but only with
respect to written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such
Holder specifically for inclusion in the documents referred to in the foregoing
indemnity. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability that
any such Holder may otherwise have.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this
Section 5 of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party
will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party
under this Section 5, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the
commencement thereof; but the failure so to notify the indemnifying party (i)
will not relieve the indemnifying party from liability under
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paragraph (a) or (b) above unless and to the extent it did not otherwise learn
of such action and such failure results in the forfeiture by the indemnifying
party of substantial rights and defenses, and (ii) will not, in any event,
relieve the indemnifying party from any obligations to any indemnified party
other than the indemnification obligation provided in paragraph (a) or (b)
above. The indemnifying party shall be entitled to appoint counsel (including
local counsel) of the indemnifying party's choice at the indemnifying party's
expense to represent the indemnified party in any action for which
indemnification is sought (in which case the indemnifying party shall not
thereafter be responsible for the fees and expenses of any separate counsel
retained by the indemnified party or parties except as set forth below);
provided, however, that such counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory to the
indemnified party. Notwithstanding the indemnifying party's election to appoint
counsel to represent the indemnified party in an action, the indemnified party
shall have the right to employ separate counsel (including local counsel), and
the indemnifying party shall bear the reasonable fees, costs and expenses of
such separate counsel (and local counsel) if (i) the use of counsel chosen by
the indemnifying party to represent the indemnified party would present such
counsel with a conflict of interest, (ii) the actual or potential defendants in,
or targets of, any such action include both the indemnified party and the
indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded
that there may be legal defenses available to it and/or other indemnified
parties that are different from or additional to those available to the
indemnifying party, (iii) the indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel
satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within
a reasonable time after notice of the institution of such action or (iv) the
indemnifying party shall authorize the indemnified party to employ separate
counsel at the expense of the indemnifying party. It is understood that the
indemnifying party shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related
proceedings in the same jurisdiction, be liable for (x) the fees and expenses of
more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for the Initial
Purchasers and each Person who controls an Initial Purchaser within the meaning
of either the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act, (y) the fees and expenses of more than
one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for the Company and each
Person who controls the Company within the meaning of either the 1933 Act or the
1934 Act, or (z) the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in
addition to any local counsel) for the Holders and each Person who controls a
Holder within the meaning of either the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act, and that all
such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. In such case
involving the Initial Purchasers and Persons who control the Initial Purchasers,
such firm shall be designated in writing by NationsBanc Capital Markets, Inc. In
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such case involving the Holders and Persons who control the Holders, such firm
shall be designated in writing by the Majority Holders. In all other cases, such
firm shall be designated by the Company. The indemnifying party shall not be
liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent
(not to be unreasonably withheld), but if settled with such consent or if there
be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the indemnifying party agrees to
indemnify the indemnified party from and against any loss or liability by reason
of such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at
any time an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to
reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated
by the third and fourth sentences of this paragraph, the indemnifying party
agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected
without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 20
days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request, (ii)
such indemnifying party shall have received notice of the proposed terms of such
settlement at least five days prior to such settlement being entered into and
(iii) such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed the indemnified party in
accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement. An
indemnifying party will not, without the prior written consent of the
indemnified parties, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any
judgment with respect to any pending or threatened claim, action, suit or
proceeding in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought
hereunder (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential
parties to such claim or action) unless such settlement, compromise or consent
includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability
arising out of such claim, action, suit or proceeding.
(d) In the event that the indemnity provided in paragraph (a) or (b)
of this Section 5 is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an
indemnified party for any reason, then each applicable indemnifying party, in
lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party, shall have a joint and several
obligation to contribute to the aggregate losses, claims, damages and
liabilities (including legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection
with investigating or defending the same) (collectively "Losses") to which such
indemnified party may be subject in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect
the relative benefits received by such indemnifying party, on the one hand, and
such indemnified party, on the other hand, from the Initial Placement and the
Registration Statement that resulted in such Losses; provided, however, that in
no case shall any Holder be responsible, in the aggregate, for any amount in
excess of the amount by which (i) the total price at which the Securities it has
registered were offered to investors in the initial placement
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of such Securities, or in the case of Exchange Securities, the price applicable
to the Securities that were exchangeable into such Exchange Securities, exceeds
(ii) the amount of any Losses that such Holder has otherwise been required to
pay. If the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is
unavailable for any reason, the indemnifying party and the indemnified party
shall contribute in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such
relative benefits but also the relative fault of such indemnifying party, on the
one hand, and such indemnified party, on the other hand, in connection with the
statements or omissions that resulted in such Losses as well as any other
relevant equitable considerations. Benefits received by the Company shall be
deemed to be equal to the total net proceeds from the initial placement (before
deducting expenses) of the Securities as set forth on the cover page of the
Offering Memorandum relating to the Securities. Benefits received by the Initial
Purchasers shall be deemed to be equal to the total purchase discounts and
commissions as set forth on the cover page of the Offering Memorandum relating
to the Securities, and benefits received by any other Holders shall be deemed to
be equal to the value of receiving Securities or Exchange Securities, as
applicable, registered under the 1933 Act. Relative fault shall be determined by
reference to whether any alleged untrue statement or omission relates to
information provided by the indemnifying party, on the one hand, or by the
indemnified party, on the other hand and the parties' relative intent,
knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such
statement or omission. The parties agree that it would not be just and equitable
if contribution were determined by pro rata allocation or any other method of
allocation that did not take account of the equitable considerations referred to
above. Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph (d), no person guilty of
fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the 0000
Xxx) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of
such fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes of this Section 5, each person
who controls a Holder within the meaning of either the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act
and each director, officer, employee and agent of such Holder shall have the
same rights to contribution as such Holder, and each person who controls the
Company within the meaning of either the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act, each officer
of the Company who shall have signed the Registration Statement and each
director of the Company shall have the same rights to contribution as the
Company, subject in each case to the applicable terms and conditions of this
paragraph (d).
(e) The provisions of this Section 5 will remain in full force and
effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any Holder or
the Company or any of the officers,
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directors or controlling persons referred to in Section 5 hereof, and will
survive the sale by a Holder of Securities covered by a Registration Statement.
6. Miscellaneous. (a) Rule 144 and Rule 144A. The Company covenants
that if it ceases to be required to file the reports required to be filed by it
under the 1933 Act and Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the 1934 Act and the rules and
regulations adopted by the SEC thereunder, it will upon the request of any
Holder of Registrable Securities (i) make publicly available such information as
is necessary to permit sales pursuant to Rule 144 under the 1933 Act, (ii)
deliver such information to a prospective purchaser as is necessary to permit
sales pursuant to Rule 144A under the 1933 Act and (iii) take such further
action as is required of an issuer by the 1933 Act or the rules and regulations
adopted by the SEC thereunder to enable such Holder to sell its Registrable
Securities without registration under the 1933 Act within the limitation of the
exemptions provided by (x) Rule 144 under the 1933 Act, as such Rule may be
amended from time to time, (y) Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, as such Rule may be
amended from time to time, or (z) any similar rules or regulations hereafter
adopted by the SEC. Upon the request of any Holder of Registrable Securities,
the Company will deliver to such Holder a written statement as to whether it has
complied with such requirements.
(b) No Inconsistent Agreements. The Company has not entered into nor
will the Company on or after the date of this Agreement enter into any agreement
which is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders of Registrable
Securities in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof.
The rights granted to the Holders hereunder do not in any way conflict with and
are not inconsistent with the rights granted to the holders of the Company's
other issued and outstanding securities under any such agreements.
(c) Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement,
including the provisions of this sentence, may not be amended, modified or
supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof
may not be given unless the Company has obtained the written consent of Holders
of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding
Registrable Securities affected by such amendment, modification, supplement,
waiver or departure; provided, however, that no amendment, modification,
supplement or waiver or consent to any departure from the provisions of Section
5 hereof shall be effective as against any Holder of Registrable Securities
unless consented to in writing by such Holder.
(d) Notices. All notices and other communications
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provided for or permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand-delivery,
registered first-class mail, telex, telecopier, or any courier guaranteeing
overnight delivery (i) if to a Holder, at the most current address given by such
Holder to the Company by means of a notice given in accordance with the
provisions of this Section 6(d), which address initially is, with respect to an
Initial Purchaser, the address set forth in the Purchase Agreement and with
respect to any Holder thereafter, the address for such Holder in the Company's
Security Register; and (ii) if to the Company, initially at the Company's
address set forth in the Purchase Agreement and thereafter at such other
address, notice of which is given in accordance with the provisions of this
Section 6(d).
All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been
duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five
business days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed;
when answered back, if telexed; when receipt is acknowledged, if telecopied; and
on the next business day if timely delivered to an air courier guaranteeing
overnight delivery.
Copies of all such notices, demands, or other communications shall
be concurrently delivered by the person giving the same to the Trustee, at the
address specified in the Indenture.
(e) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the
benefit of and be binding upon the successors, assigns and transferees of each
of the parties, including, without limitation and without the need for an
express assignment, subsequent Holders; provided that nothing herein shall be
deemed to permit any assignment, transfer or other disposition of Registrable
Securities in violation of the terms hereof or of the Purchase Agreement or the
Indenture. If any transferee of any Holder shall acquire Registrable Securities,
in any manner, whether by operation of law or otherwise, such Registrable
Securities shall be held subject to all of the terms of this Agreement, and by
taking and holding such Registrable Securities, such Person shall be
conclusively deemed to have agreed to be bound by and to perform all of the
terms and provisions of this Agreement, including the restrictions on resale set
forth in this Agreement and, if applicable, the Purchase Agreement, and such
Person shall be entitled to receive the benefits hereof.
(f) Third Party Beneficiary. The Holders shall be third party
beneficiaries to the agreements made hereunder between the Company, on the one
hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other hand, and shall have the right to
enforce such
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agreements directly to the extent they deem such enforcement necessary or
advisable to protect their rights hereunder. Any Holder (other than any Initial
Purchaser) who benefits from any of the provisions hereof or who elects to
exercise any rights provided to the Holders hereunder shall be deemed to have
assumed the Holders' obligations and agreed to all the agreements of the Holders
hereunder and it shall be a condition to the inclusion of any Holders' (other
than the Initial Purchasers) Securities in a Shelf Registration Statement for
such Holder to execute and deliver to the Company, upon written request of the
Company, an express written agreement to such effect.
(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.
(j) Severability. In the event that any one or more of the
provisions contained herein, or the application thereof in any circumstance, is
held invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and
enforceability of any such provision in every other respect and of the remaining
provisions contained herein shall not be affected or impaired thereby.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of
the date first written above.
PUEBLO XTRA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx, III
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx, III
Title: President and Chief
Executive Officer
The foregoing Agreement is hereby
confirmed and accepted as of the
date first above written.
NATIONSBANC CAPITAL MARKETS, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxx, Xx.
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Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxx, Xx.
Title: Managing Director
SCOTIA CAPITAL MARKETS (USA), INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx Xxxxx
Title: Managing Director
