Exhibit 10.1
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
THIS REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (the "Agreement") dated as
of July 14, 1998 is made and entered into among @ENTERTAINMENT, INC. (the
"Company"), a Delaware corporation, and XXXXXXX LYNCH, PIERCE, XXXXXX & XXXXX
INCORPORATED ("Xxxxxxx Xxxxx") and X.X. XXXXXX SECURITIES INC. ("X.X. Xxxxxx")
(collectively, the "Initial Purchasers").
This Agreement is made pursuant to the Purchase Agreement
dated July 8, 1998 between the Company and the Initial Purchasers (the "Purchase
Agreement"), which provides for the sale by the Company to the Initial
Purchasers of 252,000 of the Company's Units, each Unit consisting of $1,000
aggregate principal amount at maturity of the Company's 14 1/2% Senior Discount
Notes due 2008 (the "Notes") and four Warrants, each Warrant entitling the
holder thereof to purchase 1.81 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per
share of the Company. 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.
"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 Notes" shall mean 14 1/2% Series B Senior Notes due
2008 of the Company, issued under the Indenture, containing terms identical to
the Notes (except
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that (a) interest thereon shall accrue from the last date on which interest was
paid on the Notes or, if no such interest has been paid, from the date on which
the Notes were issued, (b) the transfer restrictions thereon pertaining to
United States securities laws shall be eliminated and (c) certain provisions
relating to an increase in the stated rate of interest thereon shall be
eliminated), to be offered to Holders of Registrable Notes in exchange for Notes
pursuant to the Exchange Offer.
"Exchange Offer" shall mean the exchange offer by the Company
of Exchange Notes for Registrable Notes pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof.
"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.
"Holders" shall mean the Initial Purchasers, for so long as
they own any Registrable Notes, and each of their successors, assigns and direct
and indirect transferees who become registered owners of Registrable Notes under
the Indenture.
"Indenture" shall mean the Indenture relating to the Notes
dated as of July 14, 1998 between the Company and Bankers Trust Company as
trustee (the "Trustee"), as the same may be amended from time to time in
accordance with the terms thereof.
"Initial Purchasers" shall have the meaning set forth in the
preamble.
"Issue Date" means July 14, 1998.
"Majority Holders" shall mean the Holders of a majority of the
aggregate principal amount at maturity of Registrable Notes outstanding;
provided that whenever the consent or approval of Holders of a specified
percentage of Registrable Notes is required hereunder, Registrable Notes held by
the Company or any of its affiliates (as such term is defined in Rule 405 under
the 0000 Xxx) shall be disregarded in determining whether such consent or
approval was given by the Holders of such required percentage or amount.
"Notes" shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
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"Participating Broker-Dealer" shall have the meaning set forth
in Section 3(f).
"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, 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 Notes 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 Notes" shall mean the Notes; provided, however,
that any Notes shall cease to be Registrable Notes when (i) a Registration
Statement with respect to such Notes shall have been declared effective under
the 1933 Act and such Notes shall have been disposed of pursuant to such
Registration Statement, (ii) such Notes shall have been sold to the public
pursuant to Rule 144(k) (or any similar provision then in force, but not Rule
144A) under the 1933 Act, (iii) such Notes shall have ceased to be outstanding
or (iv) such Notes have been exchanged for Exchange Notes upon consummation of
the Exchange Offer.
"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 United States and local counsel for any
underwriters or Holders in connection with blue sky qualification of any of the
Exchange Notes or Registrable Notes), (iii) all expenses of the Company 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 connection
with the listing, if any, of any of the Registrable Notes 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
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audits or "cold comfort" letters required by or incident to such performance and
compliance, (vii) the fees and expenses of the Trustees, and any escrow agent or
custodian, and (viii) in the case of any Underwritten Offering, any fees and
disbursements of the underwriters customarily required to be paid by issuers or
sellers of securities and the reasonable fees and expenses of any special
experts retained by the Company in connection with any Registration Statement,
but excluding (except as otherwise provided herein) fees of United States,
United Kingdom, Polish and other 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 Notes by a Holder.
"Registration Statement" shall mean any registration statement
of the Company which covers any of the Exchange Notes or Registrable Notes
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.
"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 Notes 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.
"Underwritten Offering" shall mean an underwritten offering of
a minimum of US$15 million aggregate principal amount at maturity of Notes.
2. Registration Under the 1933 Act. (a) Exchange Offer
Registration. To the extent not prohibited by any applicable law or applicable
interpretation of the Staff of the SEC, the Company shall use its best efforts
(A) to file within 60 days after the Issue Date an Exchange Offer Registration
Statement covering the offer by the Company to the Holders to exchange all of
the Registrable Notes for Exchange Notes, (B) to cause such Exchange Offer
Registration Statement to be declared effective by the SEC within 90 days after
the Issue Date, (C) to cause such Registration Statement to remain effective
until the closing of the Exchange
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Offer and (D) to consummate the Exchange Offer within 120 days following the
Issue Date. The Exchange Notes will be issued under the Indenture. As soon as
practicable, but in no event more than one week, after the effectiveness of the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement, the Company shall commence the Exchange
Offer, it being the objective of such Exchange Offer to enable each Holder
(other than Participating Broker-Dealers) eligible and electing to exchange
Registrable Notes for Exchange Notes (assuming that such Holder (i) is not an
affiliate of the Company within the meaning of Rule 405 under the 1933 Act, (ii)
acquires the Exchange Notes in the ordinary course of such Holder's business and
(iii) has no arrangements or understandings with any Person to participate in
the Exchange Offer for the purpose of distributing the Exchange Notes) to trade
such Exchange Notes 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
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 with respect to Notes evidenced by global certificates;
(iv) permit Holders to withdraw tendered Registrable Notes at
any time prior to 5:00 P.M. 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 Notes
delivered for exchange, and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his
election to have such Notes 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 Notes duly tendered and
not validly withdrawn pursuant to the Exchange Offer in accordance with the
terms of the
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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 Notes so accepted for exchange by the Company;
and
(iii) cause the Trustee promptly to authenticate and
deliver Exchange Notes to each Holder of Registrable Notes equal in principal
amount at maturity to the principal amount at maturity of the Registrable
Notes of such Holder so accepted for exchange.
Original issue discount will accrete, if prior to July 15,
2003, and interest will accrue, if on or after July 15, 2003, on each Exchange
Note exchanged for a Registrable Note, in either case from the last date on
which original issue discount accreted or interest was paid, as the case may be,
on the Notes surrendered in exchange therefor. If no interest has been paid on
the Notes, such interest will accrue from July 15, 2003. The Exchange Offer
shall not be subject to any conditions, other than (i) 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, and (ii) the due
tendering of Registrable Notes in accordance with the Exchange Offer. Each
Holder of Registrable Notes (other than Participating Broker-Dealers) who wishes
to exchange such Registrable Notes for Exchange Notes in the Exchange Offer
shall represent that (i) it is not an affiliate (as defined in Rule 405 under
the 0000 Xxx) of the Company, (ii) any Exchange Notes to be received by it will
be acquired in the ordinary course of business and (iii) at the time of the
commencement of the Exchange Offer it has no arrangement with any Person to
participate in the distribution (within the meaning of the 0000 Xxx) of the
Exchange Notes and shall have made such other representations as may be
reasonably necessary under applicable SEC rules, regulations or interpretations
to render the use of Form S-4 or another appropriate form under the 1933 Act
available. To the extent permitted by law, the Company shall inform the Initial
Purchasers of the names and addresses of the Holders to whom the Exchange Offer
is made, and the Initial Purchasers shall have the right to contact such Holders
and otherwise facilitate the tender of Registrable Notes in the Exchange Offer.
(b) Shelf Registration. In the event that (i) any changes in
law or the applicable interpretations of the Staff of the SEC do not permit the
Company to effect the Exchange Offer; (ii) for any reason the Exchange Offer is
not consummated within 120 days following the Issue Date; (iii) any Holder of
Notes notifies the Company prior to the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement that (A) due to a change in law or SEC policy it is not
entitled to participate in the Exchange Offer, (B) due to a change in law or SEC
policy it may not resell the Exchange Notes acquired by it in the Exchange Offer
to the public without delivering a prospectus and the Prospectus is not
appropriate or available for
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such resales by such Holder, (C) it is a broker-dealer and owns Registrable
Notes acquired directly from the Company or an affiliate of the Company or (D)
the Majority Holders of Notes that are Registrable Notes may not resell the
Exchange Notes acquired by them in the Exchange Offer to the public without
restriction under the 1933 Act and without restriction under applicable blue sky
or state securities laws, the Company shall, at its cost,
(A) as promptly as practicable, file with the SEC a Shelf
Registration Statement relating to the offer and sale of the
Registrable Notes by the Holders from time to time in accordance with
the methods of distribution elected by the Majority Holders of Notes
that are Registrable Notes 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 within 120 days after
the Issue Date. In the event that the Company is required to file a
Shelf Registration Statement upon the request of any Holder (other
than the Initial Purchasers) not eligible to participate in the
Exchange Offer pursuant to clause (iii) above or upon the request of
any Initial Purchaser pursuant to clause (iii)(C) 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 Notes and a Shelf Registration Statement (which may
be a combined Registration Statement with the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement) with respect to offers and sales of
Registrable Notes held by such Holder or the Initial Purchasers after
completion of the Exchange Offer;
(B) subject to clause d(ii) below, use its best efforts to
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 the Initial
Purchasers pursuant to clause (iii)(C) above) or such shorter period
which will terminate when all of the Registrable Notes covered by the
Shelf Registration Statement have been sold pursuant to the Shelf
Registration Statement; and
(C) notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, use its
best efforts to ensure that (x) any Shelf Registration Statement and
any amendment thereto and any Prospectus forming part thereof and any
supplement thereto comply in all material respects with the 1933 Act
and the rules and regulations thereunder, (y) any Shelf Registration
Statement and any amendment thereto do not, upon effectiveness,
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 (z) any Prospectus forming part
of any Shelf Registration Statement, and any supplement to
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such Prospectus (as amended or supplemented from time to time), do
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 of Notes that are Registrable Notes 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 Notes 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 or the
Initial Purchasers for the reasonable fees and disbursements of one United
States firm or counsel, one United Kingdom firm or counsel and one Polish firm
or counsel designated in writing by the Majority Holders of the Notes to act as
counsel for the Holders of the Registrable Notes 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 Notes
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 Notes covered thereby not
being able to exchange or offer and sell such Registrable Notes 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) The Company may suspend the availability of the Shelf
Registration Statement and the use of the Prospectus for a period not to exceed
an aggregate of 60 days in any four month period or four periods not to exceed
an aggregate of 120 days in any 12 month period if such suspension is effected
in good faith and for valid business reasons (not including avoidance of the
Company's obligations hereunder), including the acquisition or divestiture of
assets, the filing of public reports with the SEC and during the pendency of
material corporate
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developments, so long as the Company promptly complies with the requirements of
Section 3(k) hereof (including compliance with the obligation to prepare a
supplement or amendment to a Registration Statement and related Prospectus if
necessary) promptly after the termination of such suspension.
(iii) 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 Notes 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 Notes pursuant to
such Registration Statement may legally resume.
(e) Increase in Interest Rate. In the event that (i) the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement is not filed with the SEC on or prior to
the 60th calendar day after the Issue Date, (ii) the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement is not declared effective on or prior to the 90th calendar day after
the Issue Date, (iii) the Exchange Offer is not consummated on or prior to the
120th calendar day after the Issue Date or, as the case may be, a Shelf
Registration Statement with respect to the Registrable Notes is not declared
effective on or prior to the 120th day after the Issue Date or (iv) the Exchange
Offer Registration Statement or the Shelf Registration Statement is declared
effective but thereafter ceases to be effective or usable within the applicable
period as provided in this Agreement except pursuant to Section 2(d)(ii) (each
such event referred to in clauses (i) through (iv) above, a "Registration
Default"), the Company shall be required to pay additional interest in cash on
each Interest Payment Date in an amount equal to one-half of one percent (0.5%)
per annum of the Accreted Value of the Notes, with respect to the first 90-day
period following such Registration Default. The amount of such additional
interest will increase by an additional one-half of one percent (0.5%) per annum
for each subsequent 90-day period until such Registration Default has been
cured, up to a maximum of one and one-half percent (1.5%) per annum. Such
additional interest shall cease to accrue when such Registration Default has
been cured. Upon (x) the filing of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement
after the 60-day period described in clause (i) above, (y) the effectiveness of
the Exchange Offer Registration Statement after the 90-day period described in
clause (ii) above or the period during which it ceases to be effective or usable
as described in clause (iv) above or (z) the consummation of the Exchange Offer
after the 120-day period or the effectiveness of a Shelf Registration Statement
after the 120-day period, as the case may be, described in clause (iii) above or
after the period during which such Shelf Registration Statement ceases to be
effective or usable as described in clause (iv)
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above, and provided that none of the conditions set forth in clauses (i), (ii),
(iii) and (iv) above continues to exist, a Registration Default will be deemed
to be cured.
(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 Notes by the selling
Holders thereof and (iii) shall comply as to form in all material
respects with the non-financial statement requirements of the
applicable form and (except with respect to the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement) 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 pursuant to Rule 424 under the 1933 Act; and
comply with the provisions of the 1933 Act with respect to the
disposition of all Notes 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 Notes, at least five days prior to filing, that
a Shelf Registration Statement with respect to the Registrable Notes
is being filed and advising such Holders that the distribution of
Registrable Notes will be made in accordance with the method elected
by the Majority
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Holders of Notes that are Registrable Notes; and (ii) furnish to each
Holder of Registrable Notes, to counsel for the Initial Purchasers,
to counsel for the Holders and to each underwriter of an Underwritten
Offering of Registrable Notes, 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 Notes; and
(iii) subject to the last paragraph of this Section 3, hereby consent
to the use of the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto
by each of the selling Holders of Registrable Notes in connection
with the offering and sale of the Registrable Notes covered by the
Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto;
(d) use its best efforts to register or qualify the
Registrable Notes under all applicable state securities or "blue sky"
laws of such jurisdictions as any Holder of Registrable Notes covered
by a Registration Statement and each underwriter of an Underwritten
Offering of Registrable Notes 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 Notes 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
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 Notes and U.S. 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 Notes covered
thereby, the representations and warranties of the Company contained
in any underwriting agreement, securities sales agreement or other
similar agreement, if any,
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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 Notes for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation
or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose, (vi) of the
suspension of the availability of the Shelf Registration Statement
and the use of the Prospectus pursuant to Section 2(d)(ii) hereof or
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 Notes for Exchange Notes for the resale of such
Exchange Notes, (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) include in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement a
statement that any broker-dealer which holds Registrable Notes
acquired for its own account as a result of market-making activities
or other trading activities (a "Participating Broker-Dealer"), and
who receives Exchange Notes for Registrable Notes 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 Notes, (iv) subject to the last
paragraph of this 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 Notes 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 Notes. If the
undersigned is a broker-dealer that will receive Exchange
Notes for its own account in exchange for Registrable
Notes, it represents that the Registrable Notes to be
exchanged for Exchange Notes were acquired by it as a
result of market-making activities or other trading
activities and acknowledges
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that it will deliver a Prospectus meeting the requirements
of the 1933 Act in connection with any resale of such
Exchange Notes 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.";
and (y) a statement to the effect that by a broker-dealer making the
acknowledgment described in subclause (x) and by delivering a Prospectus in
connection with the exchange of Registrable Notes, the broker-dealer will not be
deemed to admit that it is an underwriter within the meaning of the 1933 Act;
and
(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 it
elects 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 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 or such shorter period which
will terminate when the Participating Broker-Dealers have completed all resales
subject to applicable prospectus-delivery requirements; 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) hereof, 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) in the case of an Exchange Offer or a Shelf Registration,
furnish U.S. counsel for the Initial Purchasers 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;
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(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 prompt 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 Notes, 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 Notes to facilitate the timely preparation and
delivery of certificates representing Registrable Notes to be sold and not
bearing any restrictive legends pertaining to U.S. securities laws; and cause
such Registrable Notes 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 Notes;
(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 Notes, 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 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 CUSIP numbers for all Exchange Notes, or
Registrable Notes, 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 Notes or the Registrable Notes, as the case may be, in a form
eligible for deposit with the Depositary;
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(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 Notes, or Registrable Notes, as the case may be,
(ii) cooperate with the Trustees 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 Trustees 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 other customary and appropriate
actions (including those reasonably requested by the Majority Holders of
Registrable Notes, if applicable) in order to expedite or facilitate the
disposition of such Registrable Notes 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 Notes 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 Holders of a majority in principal amount at maturity of
the Registrable Notes being sold) 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 and such other matters 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 letter addressed to the selling Holders of Registrable
Notes, 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
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agent for the selling Holders for the purpose of soliciting purchases
of Registrable Notes, which agreement shall be in form, substance and
scope customary for similar offerings;
(v) if an underwriting agreement is entered into in the case
of an Underwritten Offering, 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 all other parties to be
indemnified pursuant to said Section; and
(vi) deliver such documents and certificates as 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 Notes 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 Notes and any
underwriters participating in any disposition pursuant to a Shelf Registration
Statement and any U.S. 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; provided that any such records, documents, properties
and such information that is designated in writing by the Company, in good
faith, as confidential at the time of delivery of such records, documents,
properties or information shall be kept confidential by any such representative,
underwriter, special counsel or accountant and shall be used only in connection
with such Registration Statement, unless such information has become available
(not in violation of this agreement) to the public generally or through a third
party without an accompanying
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obligation of confidentiality, and except that such representative, underwriter,
special counsel or accountant shall have no liability, and shall not be in
breach of this provision, if disclosure of such confidential information is made
in connection with a court proceeding or required by law, and the Company shall
be entitled to request that such representative, underwriter, special counsel or
accountant sign a confidentiality agreement to the foregoing effect;
(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 a copy of such document to the Initial Purchasers, and
make such changes in any such document prior to the filing thereof as the
Initial Purchasers or their U.S. 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 Notes, to the
Initial Purchasers, to U.S. counsel on behalf of the Holders and to the
underwriter or underwriters of an Underwritten Offering of Registrable Notes, if
any, and make such changes in any such document prior to the filing thereof as
the Holders of Registrable Notes, the Initial Purchasers on behalf of such
Holders, the Initial Purchasers' counsel and any underwriter may reasonably
request; and (iii) cause the representatives of the Company to be available for
discussion of such document as shall be reasonably requested by the Holders of
Registrable Notes, the Initial Purchasers on behalf of such Holders or any
underwriter and shall not at any time make any filing of any such document of
which such Holders, the Initial Purchasers on behalf of such Holders, the
Initial Purchasers' U.S. counsel or any underwriter shall not have previously
been advised and furnished a copy or to which such Holders, the Initial
Purchasers on behalf of such Holders, the Initial Purchasers' counsel or any
underwriter shall reasonably object;
(q) in the case of a Shelf Registration, use its best efforts
to cause all Registrable Notes 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 of such class of Registrable Notes or by the underwriter or
underwriters of an Underwritten Offering of such Registrable Notes, if any;
(r) in the case of a Shelf Registration, use its best efforts
to cause the Registrable Notes to be rated with the appropriate rating agencies,
if so requested by the Majority Holders of any class of Registrable Notes or by
the underwriter or
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underwriters of an Underwritten Offering of Registrable Notes, if any, unless
the Registrable Notes 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 U.S. 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 Notes to furnish to the Company such
information regarding such Holder and the proposed distribution by such Holder
of such Registrable Notes 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 Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of
Registrable Notes 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 Notes current at the time of receipt of such notice.
If the Company shall give any such notice to suspend the disposition of
Registrable Notes 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.
4. Underwritten Registrations. If any of the Registrable Notes
covered by any Shelf Registration are to be sold in an Underwritten Offering,
the investment banker or
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investment bankers and manager or managers that will manage the offering will be
selected by the Majority Holders of such class of Registrable Notes included in
such offering and shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company.
No Holder of Registrable Notes may participate in any
underwritten registration hereunder unless such Holder (a) agrees to sell such
Holder's Registrable Notes 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) The Company shall
indemnify and hold harmless the Initial Purchasers, each Holder, including
Participating Broker-Dealers, each underwriter who participates in an offering
of Registrable Notes, their respective affiliates, and the respective directors,
officers, employees, agents and each Person, if any, who controls any of such
parties within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the
1934 Act as follows:
(i) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and
expense whatsoever, as incurred, arising out of any untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any
Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto) pursuant to which
Exchange Notes or Registrable Notes were registered under the 1933 Act,
including all documents incorporated therein by reference, or the
omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact required to
be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading or arising out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact contained in any Prospectus (or any
amendment or supplement thereto) or the omission or alleged omission
therefrom of a material fact necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading;
(ii) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and
expense whatsoever, as incurred, to the extent of the aggregate amount
paid in settlement of any litigation, or any investigation or
proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened,
or of any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or
omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission; provided
that (subject to Section 5(d) below) any such settlement is effected
with the written consent of the Company; and
(iii) against any and all expense whatsoever, as incurred
(including the fees and disbursements of United States and Polish
counsel chosen by any indemnified
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party), reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending
against any litigation, or investigation or proceeding by any
governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened in connection
with, or any claim whatsoever based upon, any such untrue statement or
omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission, to the
extent that any such expense is not paid under subparagraph (i) or (ii)
of this Section 5(a);
provided, however, that this indemnity does not apply to any loss, liability,
claim, damage or expense to the extent (A) arising out of an untrue statement or
omission or alleged untrue statement or omission (i) made in or omitted from a
preliminary Prospectus or registration statement and corrected or cured in a
subsequent Prospectus or registration statement or any amendment or supplement
thereto, (ii) made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished
to the Company by the Initial Purchasers, any Holder, including Participating
Broker-Dealers, or any underwriter expressly for use in the Registration
Statement (or any amendment thereto) or the Prospectus (or any amendment or
supplement thereto), or (B) resulting from the use of the Prospectus during a
period when the use of the Prospectus has been suspended in accordance with
Section 2(d)(ii) or Section 3(e)(vi) hereof, provided, in each case, that
Holders received prior notice of such suspension;
(b) Each Holder agrees, severally and not jointly, to
indemnify and hold harmless the Company, the Initial Purchasers, each
underwriter who participates in an offering of Registrable Notes and the other
selling Holders and each of their respective directors and officers (including
each officer of the Company who signed the Registration Statement) and each
Person, if any, who controls the Company, the Initial Purchasers, any
underwriter or any other selling Holder within the meaning of Section 15 of the
1933 Act, against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense
described in the indemnity contained in Section 5(a) hereof, as incurred, but
only with respect to untrue statements or omissions, or alleged untrue
statements or omissions, made in the Registration Statement (or any amendment
thereto) or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) in reliance
upon and in conformity with information furnished to the Company by such Holder,
as the case may be, expressly for use in the Registration Statement (or any
amendment thereto), or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto);
(c) Each indemnified party shall give notice as promptly as
reasonably practicable to each indemnifying party of any action commenced
against it in respect of which indemnity may be sought hereunder, but failure to
so notify an indemnifying party shall not relieve such indemnifying party from
any liability hereunder to the extent it is not materially prejudiced as a
result thereof and in any event shall not relieve it from any liability which it
may have otherwise than on account of this indemnity agreement. An indemnifying
party may participate at its own expense in the defense of any such action;
provided, however, that
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counsel to the indemnifying party shall not (except with the consent of the
indemnified party) also be counsel to the indemnified party. In no event shall
the indemnifying parties be liable for fees and expenses of more than one
counsel, in addition to any local counsel, separate from their own counsel for
all indemnified parties in connection with any one action or separate but
similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same
general allegations or circumstances. No indemnifying party shall, without the
prior written consent of the indemnified parties, settle or compromise or
consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any litigation, or any
investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or
threatened, or any claim whatsoever in respect of which indemnification or
contribution could be sought under this Section 5 hereof (whether or not the
indemnified parties are actual or potential parties thereof), unless such
settlement, compromise or consent (i) includes an unconditional release of each
indemnified party from all liability arising out of such litigation,
investigation, proceeding or claim and (ii) does not include a statement as to
or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any
indemnified party;
(d) If at any time an indemnified party shall have requested
an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for reasonable fees and
expenses of counsel for which they are entitled to indemnification hereunder,
such indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of the
nature contemplated by Section 5(a)(ii) hereof effected without its written
consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 45 days after receipt
by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request, (ii) such indemnifying
party shall have received notice of the terms of such settlement at least 30
days prior to such settlement being entered into and (iii) such indemnifying
party shall not have reimbursed such indemnified party for such reasonable fees
and expenses of counsel in accordance with such request prior to the date of
such settlement;
(e) If the indemnification provided for in any of the
indemnity provisions set forth in this Section 5 is for any reason unavailable
to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any
losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses referred to therein, then each
indemnifying party shall contribute to the aggregate amount of such losses,
liabilities, claims, damages and expenses incurred by such indemnified party, as
incurred, (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative
benefits received by the Company on the one hand, the Initial Purchasers on
another hand, and the Holders on another hand, from the offering of the Exchange
Notes or Registrable Notes included in such offering or (ii) if the allocation
provided by 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 Company on the one hand, the
Initial Purchasers on another hand, and the Holders on another hand, in
connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses,
liabilities, claims, damages or expenses, as well as any other relevant
equitable considerations. The relative fault of the Company on the one hand, the
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Initial Purchasers on another hand, and the Holders on another hand shall be
determined by reference to, among other things, whether any such untrue or
alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to
state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company, the
Initial Purchasers or the Holders and the parties' relative intent, knowledge,
access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or
omission. The Company, the Initial Purchasers and the Holders of the Registrable
Notes agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to
this Section 5 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Holders were
treated as one entity for such purpose) or by another method of allocation which
does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in
Section 5. The aggregate amount of losses, liabilities, claims, damages and
expenses incurred by an indemnified party and referred to above in this Section
5 shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by
such indemnified party in investigating, preparing or defending against any
litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by an governmental agency or
body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any 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 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, if any, who controls an Initial Purchaser or a Holder within the
meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act shall have
the same rights to contribution as such Initial Purchaser or Holder, and each
director of the Company, each officer of the Company who signed the Registration
Statement, and each Person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning
of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act shall have the same
rights to contribution as the Company. The parties hereto agree that any
underwriting discount or commission or reimbursement of fees paid to the Initial
Purchasers pursuant to the Purchase Agreement shall not be deemed to be a
benefit received by the Initial Purchasers in connection with the offering of
the Exchange Notes or Registrable Notes included in such offering.
6. Miscellaneous. (a) Rule 144 and Rule 144A. For so long as
the Company is subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15 of the
1934 Act, the Company covenants that it will file or furnish the reports
required to be filed or furnished 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, that if it ceases to be so required to file or furnish such reports,
it will upon the request of any Holder of Registrable Notes (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 it
will take such further action as any Holder of Registrable Notes may reasonably
request, and (iii) take such further action that is reasonable in the
circumstances, in each case, to the extent required from time to time to enable
such Holder to
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sell its Registrable Notes 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 1993 Act, as
such Rule may be amended from time to time, or (z) any similar rules or
regulations hereafter adopted by the SEC.
(b) No Inconsistent Agreements. The Company has not entered
into and the Company on or after the date of this Agreement will not enter into
any agreement which is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders of
Registrable Notes 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 at maturity of the
outstanding Registrable Notes 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 Notes unless consented to in writing by such Holder.
(d) Notices. All notices and other communications provided for
or permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand-delivery, registered
first-class mail, telex, telecopier, or any air courier (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 the Initial Purchasers, the address set
forth in the Purchase Agreement; 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; at the
time received, if mailed or sent by air courier; when answered back, if telexed;
and when receipt is acknowledged, by recipient's telecopy operator, if
telecopied.
Copies of all such notices, demands, or other communications
shall be concurrently delivered by the Person giving the same to the Trustees,
at the addresses specified in the Indenture.
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(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
Notes in violation of the terms hereof or of the Purchase Agreement or the
Indenture. If any transferee of any Holder shall acquire Registrable Notes, in
any manner, whether by operation of law or otherwise, such Registrable Notes
shall be held subject to all of the terms of this Agreement, and by taking and
holding such Registrable Notes, 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 Initial Purchasers shall be
third party beneficiaries to the agreements made hereunder between the Company,
on the one hand, and the Holders, on the other hand, and shall have the right to
enforce such agreements directly to the extent they deem such enforcement
necessary or advisable to protect their rights or the rights of Holders
hereunder. Other than the foregoing sentence, nothing expressed or mentioned in
this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any person, firm or
corporation, other than the Initial Purchasers, the Holders, including
Participating Broker- Dealers, each underwriter who participates in an offering
of Registrable Notes, their respective affiliates, and the Company and their
respective successors and the controlling persons and directors, officers,
employees, and agents referred to in Section 5 and their heirs and legal
representatives, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in
respect of this Agreement or any provision herein contained. This Agreement and
all conditions and provisions hereof are intended to be for the sole benefit of
the Initial Purchasers, the Holders and the Company and the other persons
referenced by the preceding sentence and their heirs and legal representatives,
and for the benefit of no other person, firm or corporation.
(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, UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA.
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(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.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement
as of the date first written above.
@ENTERTAINMENT, INC.
By:
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Name:
Title:
Confirmed and accepted as of
the date first above
written:
XXXXXXX XXXXX & CO.
XXXXXXX LYNCH, PIERCE, XXXXXX & XXXXX INCORPORATED
By:
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Name:
Title:
X.X. XXXXXX SECURITIES INC.
By:
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Name:
Title:
EXECUTION VERSION
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Registration Rights Agreement
Dated as of July 14, 1998
among
@Entertainment, Inc.
and
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Co.
Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx
Incorporated
and
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc.
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