Exhibit 4.02
XXXXXXXXX SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
$300,000,000
10 1/8% Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2007
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
March 6, 1997
Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation
BT Securities Corporation
CIBC Wood Gundy Securities Corp.
In care of Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation
As Representative of the Several Initial Purchasers
Eleven Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Xxxxxxxxx Semiconductor Corporation, a Delaware corporation
("Xxxxxxxxx"), proposes, subject to the terms and conditions stated in a
purchase agreement of even date herewith (the "Purchase Agreement"), to issue
and sell to Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation, BT Securities Corporation
and CIBC Wood Gundy Securities Corp. (collectively, the "Initial Purchasers"),
$300,000,000 principal amount of 10 1/8% Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2007 (the
"Notes") to be unconditionally guaranteed on a senior subordinated basis by FSC
Semiconductor Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Guarantor", and together
with Xxxxxxxxx, the "Company"). The Notes will be issued pursuant to an
indenture dated as of March 11, 1997 (the "Indenture"), between the Company and
United States Trust Company of New York, as trustee (the "Trustee"). As an
inducement to the Initial Purchasers, the Company hereby agrees with the several
Initial Purchasers, for the benefit of the holders of the Notes (including,
without limitation, the Initial Purchasers), the Exchange Notes (as defined
below) and the Private Exchange Notes (as defined below) (collectively, the
"Holders"), as follows:
1. Registered Exchange Offer. The Company shall, at its cost,
prepare and, not later than 60 days after (or if the 60th day is not a
business day, the first business day thereafter) the Issue Date (as defined
in the Indenture) of the Notes, file with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") a registration statement (the "Exchange Offer
Registration Statement") on an appropriate form under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), with respect to a proposed offer
(the "Registered Exchange Offer") to the Holders of Transfer Restricted Notes
(as defined below), who are not prohibited by any law or policy of the
Commission from participating in the Registered Exchange Offer, to issue and
deliver to such Holders, in exchange for the Notes, a like aggregate
principal amount of debt securities (the "Exchange Notes") of the Company
issued under the Indenture and identical in all material respects to the
Notes (except for the transfer restrictions relating to the Notes) that would
be registered under the Securities Act. The Company shall use its best
efforts to cause such Exchange Offer Registration Statement to become
effective under the Securities Act within 150 days (or if the 150th day is
not a business day, the first business day thereafter) after the Issue Date
of the Notes and shall keep the Exchange Offer Registration Statement
effective for not less than 30 days (or longer if required by applicable law)
after the date on which notice of the Registered Exchange Offer is mailed to
the Holders (such period being called the "Exchange Offer Registration
Period").
If the Company effects the Registered Exchange Offer, the Company will
be entitled to close the Registered Exchange Offer 30 days after the
commencement thereof; provided, however, that the Company has accepted all the
Notes theretofore validly tendered in accordance with the terms of the
Registered Exchange Offer.
Following the declaration of the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement, the Company shall promptly commence the Registered
Exchange Offer, it being the objective of such Registered Exchange Offer to
enable each Holder of Transfer Restricted Notes electing to exchange the Notes
for Exchange Notes (assuming that such Holder is not an affiliate of the Company
within the meaning of the Securities Act, acquires the Exchange Notes in the
ordinary course of such Holder's business, has no arrangements with any person
to participate in the distribution of the Exchange Notes and is not prohibited
by any law or policy of the Commission from participating in the Registered
Exchange Offer) to trade such Exchange Notes from and after their receipt
without any limitations or restrictions under the Securities Act and without
material restrictions under the securities laws of the several states
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of the United States. In connection with such Registered Exchange Offer, the
Company shall take such further action, including, without limitation,
appropriate filings under state securities laws, as may be necessary to
realize the foregoing objective subject to the proviso of Section 3(h).
The Company acknowledges that, pursuant to current interpretations by
the Commission's staff of Section 5 of the Securities Act, in the absence of an
applicable exemption therefrom, (i) each Holder that is a broker-dealer electing
to exchange Notes, acquired for its own account as a result of market making
activities or other trading activities, for Exchange Notes (an "Exchanging
Dealer"), is required to deliver a prospectus containing the information set
forth in Annex A hereto on the cover, in Annex B hereto in the "Exchange Offer
Procedures" section and the "Purpose of the Exchange Offer" section, and in
Annex C hereto in the "Plan of Distribution" section of such prospectus in
connection with a sale of any such Exchange Notes received by such Exchanging
Dealer pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer and (ii) an Initial Purchaser
that elects to sell Exchange Notes acquired in exchange for Notes constituting
any portion of an unsold allotment is required to deliver a prospectus
containing the information required by Items 507 or 508 of Regulation S-K under
the Securities Act, as applicable, in connection with such sale.
The Company shall use its best efforts to keep the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement effective and to amend and supplement the prospectus
contained therein in order to permit such prospectus to be lawfully delivered by
all persons subject to the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities
Act for such period of time as such persons must comply with such requirements
in order to resell the Exchange Notes; provided, however, that (i) in the case
where such prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto must be delivered
by an Exchanging Dealer or an Initial Purchaser, such period shall be the lesser
of 180 days after the expiration date of the Registered Exchange Offer and the
date on which all Exchanging Dealers and the Initial Purchasers have sold all
Exchange Notes held by them (unless such period is extended pursuant to Section
3(j) below), and (ii) the Company shall make such prospectus and any amendment
or supplement thereto available to any broker-dealer for use in connection with
any resale of any Exchange Notes for a period not less than 90 days after the
consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer.
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If, upon consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer, any Initial
Purchaser holds Notes acquired by it as part of its initial distribution, the
Company, simultaneously with the delivery of the Exchange Notes pursuant to the
Registered Exchange Offer, shall issue and deliver to such Initial Purchaser
upon the written request of such Initial Purchaser, in exchange (the "Private
Exchange") for the Notes held by such Initial Purchaser, a like principal amount
of debt securities of the Company issued under the Indenture and identical in
all material respects (including the existence of restrictions on transfer under
the Securities Act and the securities laws of the several states of the United
States) to the Notes (the "Private Exchange Notes"). The Notes, the Exchange
Notes and the Private Exchange Notes are herein collectively called the
"Securities".
In connection with the Registered Exchange Offer, the Company shall:
(a) 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;
(b) keep the Registered Exchange Offer open for not less than 30 days
(or longer, if required by applicable law) after the date notice thereof is
mailed to the Holders;
(c) utilize the services of a depositary for the Registered Exchange
Offer with an address in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York,
which may be the Trustee or an affiliate of the Trustee;
(d) permit Holders to withdraw tendered Notes at any time prior to the
close of business, New York time, on the last business day on which the
Registered Exchange Offer shall remain open; and
(e) otherwise comply in all material respects with all applicable law.
As soon as practicable after the close of the Registered Exchange
Offer or the Private Exchange, as the case may be, the Company shall:
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(i) accept for exchange all the Notes validly tendered and not
withdrawn pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer or the Private
Exchange, as the case may be;
(ii) deliver to the Trustee for cancellation all the Notes so accepted
for exchange; and
(iii) cause the Trustee to authenticate and promptly deliver Exchange
Notes or Private Exchange Notes, as the case may be, equal in principal
amount to the Notes of each Holder so accepted for exchange.
The Indenture will provide that the Exchange Notes will not be subject
to the transfer restrictions set forth in the Indenture and that all the
Securities will vote and consent together on all matters as one class and that
none of the Securities will have the right to vote or consent as a class
separate from one another on any matter.
Each Holder participating in the Registered Exchange Offer shall be
required to represent to the Company in writing that at the time of the
consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer (i) any Exchange Notes received by
such Holder will be acquired in the ordinary course of business, (ii) such
Holder will have no arrangements or understanding with any person to participate
in the distribution of the Notes or the Exchange Notes within the meaning of the
Securities Act, (iii) such Holder is not an "affiliate", as defined in Rule 405
of the Securities Act, of the Company or, if it is an affiliate, such Holder
will comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the
Securities Act to the extent applicable, (iv) if such Holder is not a
broker-dealer and that it is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in,
the distribution of the Exchange Notes, and (v) if such Holder is a
broker-dealer, that it will receive Exchange Notes for its own account in
exchange for Notes that were acquired as a result of market-making activities or
other trading activities and that it will deliver a prospectus in connection
with any resale of such Exchange Notes.
Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, the Company will ensure
that (i) any Exchange Offer Registration Statement and any amendment thereto and
any prospectus forming part thereof and any supplement thereto will comply in
all material respects with the Securities Act and the rules and regulations
thereunder, (ii) any Exchange Offer
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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 Exchange Offer Registration Statement, and any supplement to such
prospectus, will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit
to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order
to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading.
2. Shelf Registration. If (i) because of any change in law or in
applicable interpretations thereof by the staff of the Commission, the Company
is not permitted to effect a Registered Exchange Offer, as contemplated by
Section 1 hereof, (ii) the Registered Exchange Offer is not consummated within
180 days of the date of this Agreement, (iii) any Initial Purchaser so requests
with respect to the Notes (or the Private Exchange Notes) not eligible to be
exchanged for Exchange Notes in the Registered Exchange Offer and held by it
following consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer or (iv) any Holder
(other than an Exchanging Dealer) is not eligible to participate in the
Registered Exchange Offer or, in the case of any Holder (other than an
Exchanging Dealer) that participates in the Registered Exchange Offer, such
Holder does not receive freely tradeable Exchange Notes on the date of the
exchange, the Company shall take the following actions:
(a) The Company shall, at its cost, as promptly as practicable (but in
no event more than 30 days after so required or requested pursuant to this
Section 2) file with the Commission and thereafter shall use its best
efforts to cause to be declared effective a registration statement (the
"Shelf Registration Statement"; each of it and the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement being referred to herein as a "Registration
Statement") on an appropriate form under the Securities Act relating to the
offer and sale of the Transfer Restricted Notes by the Holders thereof
from time to time in accordance with the methods of distribution set forth
in the Shelf Registration Statement and Rule 415 under the Securities Act
(hereinafter, the "Shelf Registration"); provided, however, that no Holder
(other than an Initial Purchaser) shall be entitled to have the Securities
held by it covered by such Shelf Registration Statement
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unless such Holder agrees in writing to be bound by all the provisions of
this Agreement applicable to such Holder.
(b) The Company shall use its best efforts to keep the Shelf
Registration Statement continuously effective in order to permit the
prospectus included therein to be lawfully delivered by the Holders of the
relevant Securities until the expiration of the holding period with respect
to the Securities set forth in clause (k) of Rule 144 promulgated under the
Securities Act (or for such longer period if extended pursuant to Section
3(j) below) or such shorter period that will terminate when all the
Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement have been sold
pursuant thereto. The Company shall be deemed not to have used its best
efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement effective during the
requisite period if it voluntarily takes any action that would result in
Holders of Securities covered thereby not being able to offer and sell such
Securities during that period, unless such action is required by applicable
law.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement to the
contrary, the Company shall cause the Shelf Registration Statement and the
related prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, as of the
effective date of the Shelf Registration Statement, amendment or
supplement, (i) to comply in all material respects with the applicable
requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the
Commission and (ii) not to contain any untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary
in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading.
3. Registration Procedures. In connection with any Shelf Registration
contemplated by Section 2 hereof and, to the extent applicable, any Registered
Exchange Offer contemplated by Section 1 hereof, the following provisions shall
apply:
(a) The Company shall (i) furnish to each Initial Purchaser, prior to
the filing thereof with the Commission, a copy of the Registration
Statement and each amendment thereof and each supplement, if any, to
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the prospectus included therein and, in the event that an Initial Purchaser
(with respect to any portion of an unsold allotment from the original
offering) is participating in the Registered Exchange Offer or the Shelf
Registration Statement, shall use its best efforts to reflect in each such
document, when so filed with the Commission, such comments as such Initial
Purchaser reasonably may propose; (ii) include the information set forth in
Annex A hereto on the cover, in Annex B hereto in the "Exchange Offer
Procedures" section and the "Purpose of the Exchange Offer" section and in
Annex C hereto in the "Plan of Distribution" section of the prospectus
forming a part of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and include the
information set forth in Annex D hereto in the Letter of Transmittal
delivered pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer; (iii) if requested by
an Initial Purchaser, include the information required by Items 507 or 508
of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act, as applicable, in the
prospectus forming a part of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement;
(iv) include within the prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement a section entitled "Plan of Distribution",
reasonably acceptable to the Initial Purchasers, which shall contain a
summary statement of the positions taken or policies made by the staff of
the Commission with respect to the potential "underwriter" status of any
broker-dealer that is the beneficial owner (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act")) of
Exchange Notes received by such broker-dealer in the Registered Exchange
Offer (a "Participating Broker-Dealer"), whether such positions or policies
have been publicly disseminated by the staff of the Commission or such
positions or policies, in the reasonable judgment of the Initial Purchasers
based upon advice of counsel (which may be in-house counsel), represent the
prevailing views of the staff of the Commission; and (v) in the case of a
Shelf Registration Statement, include the names of the Holders who propose
to sell Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement as selling
securityholders.
(b) The Company shall advise (and confirm such advice in writing if
requested by the recipient of the advice) the Initial Purchasers, the
Holders of the Securities and any Participating Broker-Dealer from
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whom the Company has received prior written notice that it will be a
Participating Broker-Dealer in the Registered Exchange Offer (which notice
pursuant to clauses (ii)-(v) hereof shall be accompanied by an instruction
to suspend the use of the prospectus until the requisite changes have been
made):
(i) when the Registration Statement or any amendment thereto has
been filed with the Commission and when the Registration Statement or
any post-effective amendment thereto has become effective;
(ii) of any request by the Commission for amendments or
supplements to the Registration Statement or the prospectus included
therein or for additional information;
(iii) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the
initiation of any proceedings for that purpose;
(iv) of the receipt by the Company or its legal counsel of any
notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of
the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or
threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; and
(v) of the happening of any event that requires the Company to
make changes in the Registration Statement or the prospectus in order
that the Registration Statement or the prospectus does not contain an
untrue statement of a material fact nor omit to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading.
(c) The Company shall make every reasonable effort to obtain the
withdrawal at the earliest possible time of any order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement.
(d) The Company shall furnish to each Holder of Securities included
within the coverage of the Shelf Registration, without charge, at least one
copy of the Shelf Registration Statement and any post-effective
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amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules, and, if the
Holder so requests in writing, all exhibits thereto (including those, if
any, incorporated by reference).
(e) The Company shall deliver to each Exchanging Dealer and each
Initial Purchaser, and to any other Holder who so requests, without charge,
at least one copy of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and any
post-effective amendment thereto, including financial statements and
schedules and, if any Initial Purchaser or any such Holder requests, all
exhibits thereto (including those incorporated by reference).
(f) The Company shall deliver to each Holder of Securities included
within the coverage of the Shelf Registration, without charge, as many
copies of the prospectus (including each preliminary prospectus) included
in the Shelf Registration Statement and any amendment or supplement thereto
as such person may reasonably request. The Company consents, subject to
the provisions of this Agreement, to the use of the prospectus or any
amendment or supplement thereto included in the Shelf Registration
Statement by each of the selling Holders of the Securities in connection
with the offering and sale of the Securities covered by such prospectus or
any such amendment or supplement.
(g) The Company shall deliver to each Initial Purchaser, any
Exchanging Dealer, any Participating Broker-Dealer and such other persons
required to deliver a prospectus following the Registered Exchange Offer,
without charge, as many copies of the final prospectus included in the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement and any amendment or supplement
thereto as such persons may reasonably request. The Company consents,
subject to the provisions of this Agreement, to the use of the prospectus
or any amendment or supplement thereto by any Initial Purchaser, if
necessary, any Participating Broker-Dealer and such other persons required
to deliver a prospectus following the Registered Exchange Offer in
connection with the offering and sale of the Exchange Notes covered by the
prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, included in such
Exchange Offer Registration Statement.
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(h) Prior to any public offering of the Securities, pursuant to any
Registration Statement, the Company shall register or qualify or cooperate
with the Holders of the Securities included therein and their respective
counsel in connection with the registration or qualification of the
Securities for offer and sale under the securities or "blue sky" laws of
such states of the United States as any Holder of the Securities reasonably
requests in writing and do any and all other acts or things necessary or
advisable to enable the offer and sale in such jurisdictions of the
Securities covered by such Registration Statement; provided, however, that
the Company shall not be required to (i) qualify generally to do business
in any jurisdiction where it is not then so qualified or (ii) take any
action which would subject it to general service of process or to taxation
in any jurisdiction where it is not then so subject.
(i) The Company shall cooperate with the Holders of the Securities to
facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing
the Securities to be sold pursuant to any Registration Statement free of
any restrictive legends and in such denominations and registered in such
names as the Holders may request a reasonable period of time prior to sales
of the Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement.
(j) Upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by paragraphs
(ii) through (v) of Section 3(b) above during the period for which the
Company is required to maintain an effective Registration Statement, the
Company shall promptly prepare and file a post-effective amendment to the
Registration Statement or a supplement to the related prospectus and any
other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to Holders of the
Notes or purchasers of Securities, the prospectus will not contain an
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein,
in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
If the Company notifies the Initial Purchasers, the Holders of the
Securities and any known Participating Broker-Dealer in accordance with
paragraphs (ii) through (v) of Section 3(b) above to suspend the use of the
prospectus until the requisite changes to the prospectus have been made,
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then the Initial Purchasers, the Holders of the Securities and any such
Participating Broker-Dealers shall suspend use of such prospectus, and the
period of effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement provided for in
Section 2(b) above and the Exchange Offer Registration Statement provided
for in Section 1 above shall each be extended by the number of days from
and including the date of the giving of such notice to and including the
date when the Initial Purchasers, the Holders of the Securities and any
known Participating Broker-Dealer shall have received such amended or
supplemented prospectus pursuant to this Section 3(j).
(k) Not later than the effective date of the applicable Registration
Statement, the Company will provide one CUSIP number for all of the Notes,
the Exchange Notes or the Private Exchange Notes, as the case may be, and
provide the applicable trustee with printed certificates for the Notes, the
Exchange Notes or the Private Exchange Notes, as the case may be, in a form
eligible for deposit with The Depository Trust Company.
(l) The Company will comply with all rules and regulations of the
Commission to the extent and so long as they are applicable to the
Registered Exchange Offer or the Shelf Registration and will make generally
available to its security holders (or otherwise provide in accordance with
Section 11(a) of the Securities Act) an earnings statement (which need not
be audited) satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities
Act, no later than 45 days after the end of a 12-month period (or 90 days,
if such period is a fiscal year) beginning with the first month of the
Company's first fiscal quarter commencing after the effective date of the
Registration Statement, which statement shall cover such 12-month period.
(m) The Company shall cause the Indenture to be qualified under the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, in a timely manner and containing
such changes, if any, as shall be necessary for such qualification. In the
event that such qualification would require the appointment of a new
trustee under the Indenture, the Company shall appoint a new trustee
thereunder pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Indenture.
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(n) Each Holder of Securities to be sold pursuant to the Shelf
Registration Statement shall furnish to the Company such information
regarding the Holder and the distribution of the Securities as the Company
may from time to time reasonably require and request for inclusion in the
Shelf Registration Statement (and shall promptly correct any information
previously furnished if the inclusion of such information in such
Registration Statement would be materially misleading), and the Company may
exclude from such registration the Securities of any Holder that
unreasonably fails to furnish such information within a reasonable time
after receiving such request.
(o) The Company shall enter into such customary agreements (including
if requested an underwriting agreement in customary form) and take all such
other action, if any, as any Holder of the Securities shall reasonably
request in order to facilitate the disposition of the Securities pursuant
to any Shelf Registration. If an underwriting agreement is entered into
pursuant to this paragraph, the Company shall cause any such agreement to
contain indemnification provisions and procedures substantially similar to
those set forth in Section 5 hereof (or such other procedures acceptable to
the Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the
securities registered under the applicable Registration Statement and the
managing underwriters, if any) with respect to all parties to be
indemnified pursuant to Section 5 hereof.
(p) In the case of any Shelf Registration, the Company shall (i) make
reasonably available for inspection by the Holders of the Securities, any
underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to the Shelf
Registration Statement and any attorney, accountant or other agent retained
by the Holders of the Securities or any such underwriter all relevant
financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties
of the Company and (ii) cause the Company's officers, directors, employees,
accountants and auditors to supply all relevant information reasonably
requested by the Holders of the Securities or any such underwriter,
attorney, accountant or agent in connection with the Shelf Registration
Statement, in each case as shall be reasonably necessary, in the judgment
of the Holder or
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any such underwriter, attorney, accountant or agent
referred to in this paragraph, to conduct a reasonable investigation within
the meaning of Section 11 of the Securities Act; provided, however, that
the foregoing inspection and information gathering shall be coordinated on
behalf of the Initial Purchasers by you and on behalf of the other parties
by one counsel designated by and on behalf of such other parties as
described in Section 4 hereof and provided, further, that as to any
information that is designated in writing by the Company, in good faith, as
confidential at the time of delivery, such information shall be kept
confidential by the Holders or by any such underwriter, attorney,
accountant or other agent.
(q) In the case of any Shelf Registration, the Company, if requested
by any Holder of Securities covered thereby, shall cause (i) its counsel to
deliver an opinion and updates thereof relating to the Securities in
customary form addressed to such Holders and the managing underwriters, if
any, thereof and dated, in the case of the initial opinion, the effective
date of such Shelf Registration Statement (it being agreed that the matters
to be covered by such opinion shall include such matters as are customarily
included in opinions requested in underwritten offerings of such type;
(ii) its officers to execute and deliver all customary documents and
certificates and updates thereof reasonably requested by any underwriters
of the applicable Securities and (iii) its independent public accountants
to provide to the selling Holders of the applicable Securities and any
underwriter therefor a comfort letter in customary form and covering
matters of the type customarily covered in comfort letters in connection
with primary underwritten offerings, subject to receipt of appropriate
documentation as contemplated, and only if permitted, by Statement of
Auditing Standards No. 72.
(r) In the case of the Registered Exchange Offer, if requested by any
Initial Purchaser or any known Participating Broker-Dealer, the Company
shall cause (i) its counsel to deliver to such Initial Purchaser or such
Participating Broker-Dealer a signed opinion in the form set forth in
Section 6(e) of the Purchase Agreement with such changes as are customary
in connection with the preparation of a Registration Statement and (ii) its
independent public accountants
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to deliver to such Initial Purchaser or such Participating Broker-Dealer a
comfort letter, in customary form, meeting the requirements as to the
substance thereof as set forth in Section 6(a) of the Purchase Agreement,
with appropriate date changes.
(s) If a Registered Exchange Offer or a Private Exchange is to be
consummated, upon delivery of the Notes by Holders to the Company (or to
such other Person as directed by the Company) in exchange for the Exchange
Notes or the Private Exchange Notes, as the case may be, the Company shall
xxxx, or cause to be marked, on the Notes so exchanged that such Notes are
being cancelled in exchange for the Exchange Notes or the Private Exchange
Notes, as the case may be; in no event shall the Notes be marked as paid or
otherwise satisfied.
(t) The Company will use its best efforts to cause the Securities
covered by a Registration Statement to be rated (or to have any existing
rating confirmed) with the appropriate rating agencies, if so requested by
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of Securities covered
by such Registration Statement, or by the managing underwriters, if any.
(u) In the event that any broker-dealer registered under the Exchange
Act shall underwrite any Securities or participate as a member of an
underwriting syndicate or selling group or "assist in the distribution"
(within the meaning of the Rules of Fair Practice and the By-Laws of the
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. ("NASD")) thereof, whether
as a Holder of such Securities or as an underwriter, a placement
or sales agent or a broker or dealer in respect thereof, or otherwise, the
Company shall use its best efforts to assist such broker-dealer in complying
with the requirements of such Rules and By-Laws, including, without
limitation, by (A) if such Rules or By-Laws shall so require, engaging a
"qualified independent underwriter" (as defined in Section 2720 thereof) to
participate in the preparation of the Registration Statement relating to
such Securities, to exercise usual standards of due diligence in respect
thereto and, if any portion of the offering contemplated by such
Registration Statement is an underwritten offering or is made through a
placement
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or sales agent, to recommend the yield of such Securities,
(B) indemnifying any such qualified independent underwriter to the extent
of the indemnification of underwriters provided in Section 5 hereof and
(C) providing such information to such broker-dealer as may be required in
order for such broker-dealer to comply with the requirements of the Rules
of Fair Practice of the NASD.
(v) The Company shall use its best efforts to take all other steps
necessary to effect the registration of the Securities covered by a
Registration Statement contemplated hereby.
4. Registration Expenses. The Company shall bear all fees and
expenses incurred in connection with the performance of its obligations under
Sections 1 through 3 hereof (including the reasonable fees and expenses of
Cravath, Swaine & Xxxxx, counsel for the Initial Purchasers, incurred in
connection with the Registered Exchange Offer), whether or not the Registered
Exchange Offer or a Shelf Registration is filed or becomes effective, and, in
the event of a Shelf Registration, shall bear, or reimburse the Holders of the
Securities covered thereby for, the reasonable fees and disbursements of one
firm of counsel designated by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of
the Securities covered thereby to act as counsel for the Holders of the
Securities in connection therewith.
5. Indemnification. (a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold
harmless (i) each Holder of the Securities, any Participating Broker-Dealer and
each person, if any, who controls such Holder or such Participating
Broker-Dealer within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act,
(ii) each of their respective officers and directors and (iii) each other
person, if any, who controls any such person within the meaning of Section 15 of
the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act (such persons being referred to
collectively as the "Indemnified Parties") from and against any losses, claims,
damages or liabilities, joint or several, or any actions in respect thereof
(including, but not limited to, any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or
actions relating to purchases and sales of the Securities) to which each
Indemnified Party may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act
or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or actions
arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement
of a material
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fact contained in a Registration Statement or prospectus or in any
amendment 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 not misleading, and
shall reimburse, as incurred, the Indemnified Parties for any legal or other
expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or
defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action in respect thereof;
provided, however, that (i) the Company shall not be liable in any such case to
the extent that such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based
upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged
omission made in a Registration Statement or prospectus or in any amendment or
supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus relating to a Shelf
Registration in reliance upon and in conformity with written information
pertaining to such Holder and furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such
Holder specifically for inclusion therein and (ii) the Company shall not be
liable to any Indemnified Party pursuant to this section with respect to the
Registration Statement or prospectus to the extent that any such loss, claim,
damage or liability of such Indemnified Party results solely from an untrue
statement of a material fact contained in, or the omission of a material fact
from, the Registration Statement or prospectus, which untrue statement or
omission was corrected in an amended or supplemented Registration Statement or
prospectus if the Company had previously furnished copies thereof to such
Indemnified Party and delivery of a prospectus was required by the Act and if
the person alleging such loss, claim, damage or liability was not sent or given,
at or prior to the written confirmation of the sale to such person, a copy of
the amended or supplemented Registration Statement or prospectus; provided
further, however, that this indemnity agreement will be in addition to any
liability which the Company may otherwise have to such Indemnified Party.
(b) Each Holder of the Securities covered by a Registration Statement,
severally and not jointly, will indemnify and hold harmless (i) the Company and
each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the
Securities Act or the Exchange Act, (ii) each of their respective directors,
(iii) each of their respective officers who signs such Registration Statement
and (iv) each other person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning
of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act to the same extent as
the foregoing indemnity
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from the Company to each such Holder, but only insofar as any losses, claims,
damages, liabilities or actions arise out of or are based upon any untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in a
Registration Statement or prospectus or in any amendment or supplement
thereto or in any preliminary prospectus relating to a Shelf Registration, or
arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state
therein a material fact necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading in each case to the extent that the untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in reliance upon
and in conformity with written information pertaining to such Holder and
furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such Holder specifically for
inclusion therein; and, subject to the limitation set forth immediately
preceding this clause, shall reimburse, as incurred, the Company for any
legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company or any such
controlling person in connection with investigating or defending any loss,
claim, damage, liability or action in respect thereof. This indemnity
agreement will be in addition to any liability which such Holder may
otherwise have to the Company or any of its controlling persons.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section
5 of notice of the commencement of any action or proceeding (including a
governmental investigation), 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 of the commencement thereof; but the omission so
to notify the indemnifying party (i) will not relieve it from liability under
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. In case any such action is brought against any indemnified party, and it
notifies the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying
party will be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it may
wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume
the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified
party (who shall not, except with the consent of the indemnified party, be
counsel to the indemnifying party), and after notice from
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the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume
the defense thereof the indemnifying party will not be liable to such
indemnified party under this Section 5 for any legal or other expenses, other
than reasonable costs of investigation, subsequently incurred by such
indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof. No indemnifying
party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party,
effect any settlement of any pending or threatened action in respect of which
any indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have
been sought hereunder by such indemnified party unless such settlement
includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all
liability on any claims that are the subject matter of such action. No
indemnifying party shall be liable for any settlement of any such action
effected without its written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld), but if settled with its written consent or if there be a final
judgment for the plaintiff in any such action, the indemnifying party agrees
to indemnify and hold harmless any indemnified party from and against any
loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment.
(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 5 is
unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under
subsections (a) or (b) above, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to
the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of the losses,
claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to in
subsection (a) or (b) above (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect
the relative benefits received by the indemnifying party or parties on the one
hand and the indemnified party on the other from the exchange of the Notes,
pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer, or (ii) if the allocation provided by
the foregoing clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion
as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in
clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the indemnifying party or
parties on the one hand and the indemnified party on the other in connection
with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages
or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) as well as any other relevant
equitable considerations. The relative fault of the parties shall be determined
by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a
material fact relates to information supplied by the Company
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on the one hand or such Holder or such other indemnified person, as the case
may be, on the other, and the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to
information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.
The amount paid by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims,
damages or liabilities referred to in the first sentence of this subsection
(d) shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably
incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or
defending any action or claim which is the subject of this subsection (d).
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5(d), the Holders of the
Securities shall not be required to contribute any amount in excess of the
amount by which the net proceeds received by such Holders from the sale of
the Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement exceeds the amount of
damages which such Holders have 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. For purposes
of this paragraph (d), each person, if any, who controls such indemnified
party within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act shall have
the same rights to contribution as such indemnified party and each person, if
any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act or the
Exchange Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company.
(e) The agreements contained in this Section 5 shall survive the sale
of the Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement and shall remain in full
force and effect, regardless of any termination or cancellation of this
Agreement or any investigation made by or on behalf of any indemnified party.
6. Additional Interest Under Certain Circumstances. (a) Additional
cash interest (the "Additional Interest") with respect to the Securities shall
be assessed as follows if any of the following events occur (each such event in
clauses (i) through (iii) below a "Registration Default"):
(i) If by May 12, 1997, neither the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement nor a Shelf Registration Statement has been filed with the
Commission;
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(ii) If by September 8, 1997, neither the Registered Exchange Offer is
consummated nor, if required in lieu thereof, the Shelf Registration
Statement is declared effective by the Commission; or
(iii) If after either the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or
the Shelf Registration Statement is declared effective (A) such
Registration Statement thereafter ceases to be effective; or (B) such
Registration Statement or the related prospectus ceases to be usable
(except as permitted in paragraph (b)) in connection with resales of
Transfer Restricted Notes during the periods specified herein because
either (1) any event occurs as a result of which the related prospectus
forming part of such Registration Statement would include any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary
to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under
which they were made not misleading, or (2) it shall be necessary to amend
such Registration Statement or supplement the related prospectus, to comply
with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules
thereunder.
Additional Interest shall accrue on the Notes (over and above the interest set
forth in the title of the Notes) from and including the date on which any such
Registration Default shall occur to but excluding the date on which all such
Registration Defaults have been cured, at a rate of 0.50% per annum, increasing
by 0.50% per annum on the 90th day during which such Registration Default
remains uncured and on every 90th day thereafter during the continuation of any
Registration Default and accruing to but excluding the date on which all
Registration Defaults have been cured; provided, that Additional Interest shall
not exceed 2.0% per annum.
(b) A Registration Default referred to in Section 6(a)(iii)(B) shall
be deemed not to have occurred and be continuing in relation to a Shelf
Registration Statement or the related prospectus if (i) such Registration
Default has occurred solely as a result of (x) the filing of a post-effective
amendment to such Shelf Registration Statement to incorporate annual audited
financial information with respect to the Company where such post-effective
amendment is not yet effective and needs to be declared effective to permit
Holders to use the related prospectus or (y) other material events with respect
to the
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Company that would need to be described in such Shelf Registration
Statement or the related prospectus and (ii) in the case of clause (y), the
Company is proceeding promptly and in good faith to amend or supplement such
Shelf Registration Statement and related prospectus to describe such events;
provided, however, that in any case if such Registration Default occurs for a
continuous period in excess of 30 days, Additional Interest shall be payable in
accordance with the above paragraph from the day following such 30 day period
until the date on which such Registration Default is cured.
(c) Any Additional Interest accruing on the Notes will be payable in
cash on the regular interest payment dates with respect to the Notes to the
holders of record on the applicable record date. The amount of Additional
Interest will be determined by multiplying the applicable Additional Interest
rate by the principal amount of the Notes, multiplied by a fraction, the
numerator of which is the number of days such Additional Interest rate was
applicable during such period (determined on the basis of a 360-day year
comprised of twelve 30-day months), and the denominator of which is 360.
(d) "Transfer Restricted Notes" means each Security until (i) the date
on which such Security has been exchanged by a person other than a broker-dealer
for a freely transferrable Exchange Note in the Registered Exchange Offer, (ii)
following the exchange by a broker-dealer in the Registered Exchange Offer of
such Security for an Exchange Note, the date on which such Exchange Note is sold
to a purchaser who receives from such broker-dealer on or prior to the date of
such sale a copy of the prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement, (iii) the date on which such Security has been effectively registered
under the Securities Act and disposed of in accordance with the Shelf
Registration Statement or (iv) the date on which such Security is distributed to
the public pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act or is saleable pursuant
to Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act.
7. Rules 144 and 144A. The Company shall use its best efforts to
file the reports required to be filed by it under the Securities Act and the
Exchange Act in a timely manner and, if at any time the Company is not required
to file such reports, it will, upon the request of any Holder of Transfer
Restricted Notes, make publicly available other information so long as necessary
to permit sales of their
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securities pursuant to Rules 144 and 144A. The Company covenants that it
will take such further action as any Holder of Transfer Restricted Notes may
reasonably request, all to the extent required from time to time to enable
such Holder to sell Transfer Restricted Notes without registration under the
Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by Rules 144
and 144A (including the requirements of Rule 144A(d)(4)). The Company will
provide a copy of this Agreement to prospective purchasers of Notes
identified to the Company by the Initial Purchasers upon request. Upon the
request of any Holder of Transfer Restricted Notes, the Company shall deliver
to such Holder a written statement as to whether it has complied with such
requirements. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section 7 shall
be deemed to require the Company to register any of its securities pursuant
to the Exchange Act.
8. Underwritten Registrations. If any of the Transfer Restricted
Notes 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 administer the offering ("Managing Underwriters") will be selected by
the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of such Transfer
Restricted Notes to be included in such offering.
No person may participate in any underwritten registration hereunder
unless such person (i) agrees to sell such person's Transfer Restricted Notes on
the basis reasonably provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by the
persons entitled hereunder to approve such arrangements and (ii) completes and
executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting
agreements and other documents reasonably required under the terms of such
underwriting arrangements.
9. Miscellaneous.
(a) Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement may not
be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from
the provisions hereof may not be given, except by the Company and with the
written consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Securities affected by such amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or
consents.
(b) Notices. All notices and other communications provided for or
permitted hereunder shall be
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made in writing by hand delivery, first-class mail, facsimile transmission,
or air courier which guarantees overnight delivery:
(1) if to a Holder of the Securities, at the most current address
given by such Holder to the Company in accordance with the provisions of
this Section 9(b), which address initially is, with respect to each Holder,
the address of such Holder to which confirmation of the sale of the Notes
to such Holder was first sent by the Initial Purchasers, with a copy in
like manner to you as follows:
Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation
Eleven Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Fax No.: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Transactions Advisory Group
with a copy to:
Cravath, Swaine & Xxxxx
Worldwide Plaza
000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Fax No.: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
(2) if to the Initial Purchasers, at the addresses specified in
Section 9(b)(1);
(3) if to the Company, at its address as follows:
Xxxxxxxxx Semiconductor Corporation
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Mail Stop 00-00
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Fax No: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Esq.
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with a copy to:
Dechert Price & Xxxxxx
4000 Xxxx Atlantic Tower
0000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxx 00000
Fax No: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Esq.
All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly
given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; three business
days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when receipt
is acknowledged by recipient's facsimile machine operator, if sent by facsimile
transmission; and on the day delivered, if sent by overnight air courier
guaranteeing next day delivery.
(c) No Inconsistent Agreements. The Company has not, as of the date
hereof, entered into, nor shall it, on or after the date hereof, enter into, any
agreement with respect to its securities that is inconsistent with the rights
granted to the Holders herein or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof.
(d) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon the
successors and assigns of each of the parties.
(e) 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.
(f) Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of
reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
(g) Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD
TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS.
(h) Severability. If 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
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provision in every other respect and of the remaining provisions contained
herein shall not be affected or impaired thereby.
(i) Securities Held by the Company. Whenever the consent or approval
of Holders of a specified percentage of principal amount of Securities is
required hereunder, Securities held by the Company or its affiliates (other than
subsequent Holders of Securities if such subsequent Holders are deemed to be
affiliates solely by reason of their holdings of such Securities) shall not be
counted in determining whether such consent or approval was given by the Holders
of such required percentage.
(j) Agreements of the Guarantor. All agreements of the Guarantor
shall be effective following the date it becomes a party hereto.
Notwithstanding this section, this Agreement will be binding as between the
Company and the Initial Purchasers as of and following the date hereof.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our
agreement, please sign and return to CSFBC a counterpart hereof, whereupon this
Agreement will become a binding agreement among the Company and the several
Initial Purchasers in accordance with its terms.
Very truly yours,
XXXXXXXXX SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
By:______________________
Name:
Title:
FSC SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
By:______________________
Name:
Title:
The foregoing Registration
Rights Agreement is hereby confirmed
and accepted as of the date first
above written.
CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON CORPORATION
BT SECURITIES CORPORATION
CIBC WOOD GUNDY SECURITIES CORP.
by: CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON CORPORATION
By:_____________________________
Name:
Title:
ANNEX A
Each broker-dealer that receives Exchange Notes for its own account
pursuant to the Exchange Offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a
prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange Notes. The Letter of
Transmittal states that by so acknowledging and by delivering a prospectus, a
broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an "underwriter" within the
meaning of the Securities Act. This Prospectus, as it may be amended or
supplemented from time to time, may be used by a broker-dealer in connection
with resales of Exchange Notes received in exchange for Notes where such Notes
were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making activities or
other trading activities. The Company has agreed that, for a period of 180 days
after the Expiration Date (as defined herein), it will make this Prospectus
available to any broker-dealer for use in connection with any such resale. See
"Plan of Distribution."
ANNEX B
Each broker-dealer that receives Exchange Notes for its own account in
exchange for Notes, where such Notes were acquired by such broker-dealer as a
result of market-making activities or other trading activities, must acknowledge
that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange
Notes. See "Plan of Distribution."
ANNEX C
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
Each broker-dealer that receives Exchange Notes for its own account
pursuant to the Exchange Offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a
prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange Notes. This
Prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, may be used
by a broker-dealer in connection with resales of Exchange Notes received in
exchange for Existing Notes where such Existing Notes were acquired as a result
of market-making activities or other trading activities. The Company has agreed
that, for a period of 180 days after the Expiration Date, it will make this
prospectus, as amended or supplemented, available to any broker-dealer for use
in connection with any such resale. In addition, until , 199
, all dealers effecting transactions in the Exchange Notes may be required to
deliver a prospectus.*
The Company will not receive any proceeds from any sale of Exchange
Notes by broker-dealers. Exchange Notes received by broker-dealers for their
own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer may be sold from time to time in one
or more transactions in the over-the-counter market, in negotiated transactions,
through the writing of options on the Exchange Notes or a combination of such
methods of resale, at market prices prevailing at the time of resale, at prices
related to such prevailing market prices or negotiated prices. Any such resale
may be made directly to purchasers or to or through brokers or dealers who may
receive compensation in the form of commissions or concessions from any such
broker-dealer or the purchasers of any such Exchange Notes. Any broker-dealer
that resells Exchange Notes that were received by it for its own account
pursuant to the Exchange Offer and any broker or dealer that participates in a
distribution of such Exchange Notes may be deemed to be an "underwriter" within
the meaning of the Securities Act and any profit on any such resale of Exchange
Notes and any commission or concessions received by any such persons may be
deemed to be underwriting compensation under the Securities Act. The Letter of
Transmittal states that, by acknowledging that it will deliver and by delivering
a prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that
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* In addition, the legend required by Item 502(e) of Regulation S-K will
appear on the back cover page of the Exchange Offer prospectus.
it is an "underwriter" within the meaning of the Securities Act.
For a period of 180 days after the Expiration Date the Company will
promptly send additional copies of this Prospectus and any amendment or
supplement to this Prospectus to any broker-dealer that requests such documents
in the Letter of Transmittal. The Company has agreed to pay all expenses
incident to the Exchange Offer (including the expenses of one counsel for the
Holders of the Notes) other than commissions or concessions of any brokers or
dealers and will indemnify the Holders of the Securities (including any
broker-dealers) against certain liabilities, including
liabilities under the Securities Act.
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ANNEX D
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/____/ CHECK HERE IF YOU ARE A BROKER-DEALER AND WISH TO
RECEIVE 10 ADDITIONAL COPIES OF THE PROSPECTUS AND
10 COPIES OF ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS THERETO.
Name: ____________________________________________
Address: _________________________________________
_________________________________________
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
Notes. If the undersigned is a broker-dealer that will receive Exchange Notes
for its own account in exchange for Notes that were acquired as a result of
market-making activities or other trading activities, it acknowledges that it
will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange Notes;
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 Securities Act.
