REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
Exhibit 4.3
THIS REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this “Agreement” ) is made and entered into as of December
8, 2010 among CLEARWIRE CORPORATION, a Delaware Corporation (the “Parent” ), CLEARWIRE
COMMUNICATIONS LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company” ), and CLEARWIRE FINANCE,
INC., a Delaware corporation (“Finance Co” and, together with the Company, the “Issuers”), the
entities listed on Schedule 2 to the Purchase Agreement (the “Guarantors”) and X.X. XXXXXX
SECURITIES LLC, as representative (the “Representative”) of the several initial purchasers listed
on Schedule 1 to the Purchase Agreement (as defined below) (the “Initial Purchasers”).
The Issuers, the Parent, the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers are parties to a Purchase
Agreement, dated December 3, 2010 (the “Purchase Agreement” ), which provides for (i) the sale by
the Issuers to the Initial Purchasers of $650,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Issuers’
8.25% Exchangeable Notes due 2040 (the “Firm Notes”), and (ii) the grant of an option by the
Issuers to the Initial Purchasers to purchase up to an additional $100,000,000 principal amount of
the Issuers’ 8.25% Exchangeable Notes due 2040 (the “Additional Notes”). The Firm Notes and the
Additional Notes are hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Notes.”
In order to induce the Initial Purchasers to enter into the Purchase Agreement, each of the
Issuers, the Guarantors and the Parent has agreed to provide to the Initial Purchasers and their
respective direct and indirect transferees the registration rights set forth in this Agreement.
In consideration of the foregoing, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Definitions. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the respective
meanings ascribed to them in the Purchase Agreement. As used in this Agreement, the following
capitalized defined terms shall have the following meanings:
“Advice” shall have the meaning set forth in the last paragraph of Section 3 hereof.
“Affiliate” has the same meaning as given to that term in Rule 405 under the Securities Act or
any successor rule thereunder.
“Automatic Shelf Registration Statement” shall mean a Registration Statement filed by a
Well-Known Seasoned Issuer which shall become effective upon filing thereof pursuant to General
Instruction I.D of Form S-3.
“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday, or a day on which banking
institutions in New York, New York are authorized or required by law or executive order to remain
closed.
“Common Shares” means the shares of common stock of the Parent, par value $0.0001 per share,
deliverable at the Issuers’ option upon exchange of the Notes.
“Company” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement and also includes
the Company’s successors and permitted assigns.
“Closing Time” shall mean the Closing Time as defined in the Purchase Agreement.
“Effective Date” shall mean the date the initial Shelf Registration Statement becomes
effective or, in the case of designation of an Automatic Shelf Registration Statement as the Shelf
Registration Statement, the date a Prospectus is first made available thereunder for use by the
Holders.
“Effectiveness Deadline” shall mean the 180th day following the Issue Date.
“Effectiveness Period” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(iv) hereof.
“Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time,
and the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder.
“Filing Deadline” shall mean the 90th day following the Issue Date.
“Finance Co” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement and also
includes the Finance Co’s successors and permitted assigns.
“FINRA” means the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.
“Holder” shall mean the Initial Purchasers, for so long as the Initial Purchasers own any
Registrable Securities, and the Initial Purchasers’ respective successors, assigns and direct and
indirect transferees who become registered owners of Registrable Securities.
“Indemnified Person” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(c) hereof.
“Indemnifying Person” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(c) hereof.
“Indenture” shall mean the Indenture dated as of December 8, 2010 between the Issuers, the
Guarantors and the Trustee, pursuant to which the Notes are being issued, and in accordance with
which the Common Shares may be issued, as the same may be amended, supplemented, waived or
otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.
“Initial Purchasers” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.
“Inspectors” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(j) hereof.
“Issue Date” shall mean December 8, 2010, the date of original issuance of the Notes.
“Liquidated Damages” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(e) hereof.
“Majority Holders” shall mean the Holders collectively holding a majority of the aggregate
principal amount of outstanding Notes or the number of outstanding Common Shares, as the context
requires.
“Notes” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.
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“Parent” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement and also includes
the Parent’s successors and permitted assigns.
“Person” shall mean an individual, partnership, corporation, trust or unincorporated
organization, limited liability corporation, or a government or agency or political subdivision
thereof.
“Prospectus” shall mean the prospectus included in a Shelf Registration Statement, including
any preliminary prospectus, any issuer “free writing prospectus,” as such term is defined in Rule
433 under the 1933 Act, and any such prospectus as amended or supplemented by any prospectus
supplement, including a prospectus supplement with respect to the terms of the offering of any
portion of the Registrable Securities covered by a Shelf Registration Statement, and by all other
amendments and supplements to a prospectus, including post-effective amendments, and, in each case,
including all documents incorporated by reference therein.
“Purchase Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.
“Questionnaire” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(ii) hereof.
“Records” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(j) hereof.
“Registration Default” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(e) hereof.
“Registrable Securities” shall mean the Common Shares; provided, however, that the Common
Shares shall cease to be Registrable Securities upon the earliest of (l) a Shelf Registration
Statement with respect to such Common Shares for the resale thereof having been declared effective
under the Securities Act and such Common Shares having been disposed of pursuant to such Shelf
Registration Statement, (2) such Common Shares having become eligible to be sold without
restriction as contemplated by Rule 144 under the Securities Act by a Person who is not an
Affiliate of either Issuer or the Parent, or (3) such Common Shares having ceased to be
outstanding.
“Registration Expenses” shall mean any and all expenses incident to performance of or
compliance by the Issuers, the Guarantors and the Parent with this Agreement, including without
limitation: (i) all SEC or FINRA registration and filing fees, (ii) all fees and expenses incurred
in connection with compliance with state securities or blue sky laws (including reasonable fees and
disbursements of one counsel for Holders as a group (which counsel shall be selected by the
Majority Holders and which counsel may also be counsel for the Initial Purchasers) in connection
with blue sky qualification of any of the Registrable Securities) and compliance with the rules of
FINRA, (iii) all expenses of any Persons in preparing or assisting in preparing, word processing,
printing and distributing any Shelf Registration Statement, any Prospectus and any amendments or
supplements thereto, and in preparing or assisting in preparing, printing and distributing any
securities sales agreements and other documents relating to the performance of and compliance with
this Agreement, (iv) all rating agency fees, (v) the reasonable fees and disbursements of the
Trustee and its counsel, (vi) the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Issuers, the
Guarantors, the Parent and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the reasonable fees and
disbursements of one counsel for the Holders (which counsel shall be selected by
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the Majority Holders and which counsel may also be counsel for the Initial Purchasers), (vii)
the fees and disbursements of the independent certified public accountants of the Issuers, the
Guarantors and the Parent, including the expenses of any “comfort” letters required by or incident
to the performance of and compliance with this Agreement, and (viii) the reasonable fees and
expenses of any special experts retained by the Issuers, the Guarantors or the Parent in connection
with the Shelf Registration Statement.
“Representative” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.
“SEC” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time.
“Shelf Registration” shall mean a registration effected pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof.
“Shelf Registration Statement” shall mean a “shelf” registration statement of the Parent
pursuant to the provisions of Section 2(a) hereof which covers Registrable Securities on Form S-3
or, if not then available to the Parent, on another appropriate form under Rule 415 under the
Securities 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 documents incorporated by
reference therein.
“Suspension Period” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(iv).
“Trustee” shall mean the trustee with respect to the Notes under the Indenture.
“Well-Known Seasoned Issuer” shall have the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities
Act.
2. Registration Under the Securities Act.
(a) Shelf Registration.
(i) The Parent shall file or cause to be filed (or otherwise designate an existing Shelf
Registration Statement previously filed with the SEC, if applicable, as) a Shelf Registration
Statement providing for the sale by the Holders of all of the Registrable Securities, as promptly
as practicable but in any event on or prior to the Filing Deadline. If the Shelf Registration
Statement is not an Automatic Shelf Registration Statement, the Parent shall use its reasonable
best efforts to have such Shelf Registration Statement declared effective by the SEC as promptly as
practicable after filing thereof, but in any event on or prior to the Effectiveness Deadline. If
the Shelf Registration Statement is an Automatic Shelf Registration Statement, the Parent shall use
its reasonable best efforts to prepare and file a supplement to the Prospectus to cover resales of
the Registrable Securities by the Holders as promptly as practicable after filing thereof, but in
any event on or prior to the Effectiveness Deadline.
(ii) Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, no Holder of Registrable Securities shall be
entitled to include any of its Registrable Securities in any Shelf Registration
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Statement pursuant to this Agreement unless and until such Holder agrees in writing to be
bound by all of the provisions of this Agreement applicable to such Holder and the Holder furnishes
to the Issuers and the Parent a fully completed notice and questionnaire in the form attached
hereto as Appendix A (the “Questionnaire”) and such other information in writing as the
Issuers and the Parent may reasonably request in writing for use in connection with the Shelf
Registration Statement or Prospectus included therein and in any application to be filed with or
under state securities laws. Each of the Issuers and the Parent shall issue a press release
through a reputable national newswire service of its filing (or intention to designate an Automatic
Shelf Registration Statement, if applicable, as) the Shelf Registration Statement and of the
anticipated Effective Date thereof. In order to be named as a selling securityholder in the
Prospectus at the time it is first made available for use, each Holder must furnish the completed
Questionnaire and such other information that the Issuers and the Parent may reasonably request in
writing, if any, to the Issuers and the Parent in writing no later than the tenth Business Day
prior to the anticipated Effective Date as announced in the press release. Each Holder as to which
any Shelf Registration is being effected agrees to furnish to the Issuers and the Parent all
information with respect to such Holder necessary to make the information previously furnished to
the Issuers and the Parent by such Holder not materially misleading.
(iii) From and after the Effective Date, upon receipt of a completed Questionnaire and such
other information that the Issuers and the Parent may reasonably request in writing, if any, each
of the Issuers and the Parent will use its reasonable best efforts to file as promptly as
reasonably practicable but in any event on or prior to the tenth Business Day after receipt of such
information (or, if a Suspension Period is then in effect or initiated within five Business Day
following the date of receipt of such information, the tenth Business Day following the end of such
Suspension Period) either (i) if then permitted by the Securities Act or the rules and regulations
thereunder (or then-current SEC interpretations thereof), a supplement to the Prospectus naming
such Holder as a selling securityholder and containing such other information as necessary to
permit such Holder to deliver the Prospectus to purchasers of the Holder’s Common Shares, or (ii)
if it is not then permitted under the Securities Act or the rules and regulations thereunder (or
then-current SEC interpretations thereof) to name such Holder as a selling securityholder in a
supplement to the Prospectus, a post-effective amendment to the Shelf Registration Statement or an
additional Shelf Registration Statement as necessary for such Holder to be named as a selling
securityholder in the Prospectus contained therein to permit such Holder to deliver the Prospectus
to purchasers of the Holder’s Common Shares (subject, in the case of either clause (i) or clause
(ii), to the Issuers’ and the Parent’s right to suspend use of the Shelf Registration Statement as
described in Section 2(a)(iv) hereof). The Issuers and the Parent shall not be required to file
more than three supplements to the Prospectus, post-effective amendments or additional
Shelf-Registration Statements in any fiscal quarter for all Holders.
(iv) The Parent agrees to use its reasonable best efforts to keep the Shelf Registration
Statement continuously effective and the Prospectus usable for resales until there are no
Registrable Securities outstanding (the “Effectiveness Period” ); provided, however, that for an
aggregate of 45 days or less (whether or not consecutive) in any three-month period, and for an
aggregate of 90 days or less (whether or not consecutive) in any 12-month period, the Issuers and
the Parent shall be permitted, by giving written notice to the Holders of Registrable Securities,
to suspend sales thereof if the Shelf Registration Statement is no longer effective or usable for
resales due to circumstances relating to pending corporate developments, public filings with the
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SEC and similar events, or because the Prospectus contains an untrue statement of a material
fact or omits to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make
statements therein not misleading (any period of suspension hereunder, a “Suspension Period”). The
Issuers and the Parent need not specify the nature of the event giving rise to a suspension in any
notice to Holders of the existence of such a suspension. Each Holder, by its accepting of the
Notes, agrees to hold any such suspension notice in response to a notice of a proposed sale in
confidence. However, if the disclosure giving rise to a Suspension Period relates to a proposed or
pending material business transaction, the disclosure of which the board of directors of the Parent
determines in good faith would be reasonably likely to impede the Parent’s ability to consummate
such transaction, or would otherwise be seriously detrimental to the Parent and its subsidiaries
taken as whole, the Issuers and the Parent may extend the Suspension Period from 45 days to 60 days
in any three-month period or from 90 days to 120 days in any 12-month period. If any Shelf
Registration Statement ceases to be effective or usable for resales by Holders for any reason
(other than by reason of any such Holder’s failure to provide a Questionnaire, in which case the
provisions of Section 2(a)(ii) or 2(a)(iii) hereof shall apply) at any time during the
Effectiveness Period, each of the Issuers and the Parent shall, subject to the proviso above
relating to Suspension Periods, use its reasonable best efforts to promptly cause such Shelf
Registration Statement to become effective under the Securities Act, and in any event shall, within
ten Business Days of such cessation of effectiveness or usability (or if applicable after the end
of the Suspension Period), (i) file with the SEC one or more supplements to the Prospectus,
post-effective amendments or reports under the Exchange Act in a manner reasonably expected to
obtain the withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of such Shelf Registration
Statement, or (ii) file with the SEC an additional Shelf Registration Statement. If a
post-effective amendment or an additional Shelf Registration Statement is filed, Parent shall use
its reasonable best efforts to (A) cause such post-effective amendment or Shelf Registration
Statement to become effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such
filing, but in no event later than 30 days, in the case of a post-effective amendment, and 60 days,
in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, after the date Parent is required to file such
post-effective amendment or new Shelf Registration Statement, and (B) keep such post-effective
amendment or Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective until the end of the Effectiveness
Period.
(v) If the Shelf Registration Statement is not an Automatic Shelf Registration Statement, the
Issuers and the Parent shall not permit any securities other than (i) the Parent’s issued and
outstanding securities currently possessing registration rights and (ii) the Registrable Securities
to be included in the Shelf Registration. The Issuers and the Parent will provide to each Holder
named therein a reasonable number of copies of the Prospectus which is a part of the Shelf
Registration Statement, notify each such Holder of the Effective Date and take such other actions
as are required to permit unrestricted resales of the Registrable Securities by such Holder. Each
of the Issuers and the Parent further agrees to supplement or amend the Shelf Registration
Statement or supplement the Prospectus if and as required by the rules, regulations or instructions
applicable to the registration form used by the Issuers and the Parent for such Shelf Registration
Statement or by the Securities Act or by any other rules and regulations thereunder for shelf
registrations, and each of the Issuers and the Parent agrees to furnish to the Holders of
Registrable Securities copies of any such supplement or amendment promptly after its being used or
filed with the SEC.
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(b) Listing. The Parent will use reasonable efforts to cause the Common Shares issuable upon
exchange of the Notes to be listed or otherwise eligible for full trading privileges on the
principal national securities exchange (currently the NASDAQ Global Select Market) on which the
Common Shares are then listed, in each case not later than the date on which a Registration
Statement covering such shares becomes effective or such shares are issued by the Parent to a
Holder, whichever is later. The Parent will promptly notify the Holders of, and confirm in
writing, the delisting of the Common Shares by such exchange.
(c) Expenses. The Issuers, the Guarantors and the Parent shall, jointly and severally, pay
all Registration Expenses in connection with any Shelf Registration Statement filed pursuant to
Section 2(a) hereof. The Holders shall bear all discounts or commissions attributable to the sale
of Registrable Securities by the Holders, or any legal fees and expenses of counsel to the Holders
and any broker/dealer or other financial intermediary or agent engaged by Holders and all other
expenses incurred in connection with the performance by the Holders of their obligations under the
terms of this Agreement.
(d) Effective Shelf Registration Statement. If, after the Effective Date the offering of
Registrable Securities pursuant to a Shelf 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 Shelf Registration Statement will be deemed not to have been effective during the
period of such interference, until the offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to such Shelf
Registration Statement may legally resume. Each of the Issuers and the Parent will be deemed not
to have used its reasonable best efforts to cause a Shelf Registration Statement to become, or to
remain, effective during the requisite period if it voluntarily takes any action that would result
in any such Shelf Registration Statement not being declared effective or that would result in the
Holders of Registrable Securities covered thereby not being able to offer and sell such Registrable
Securities during that period, unless such action is required by applicable law or permitted by
Section 2(a)(iv) hereof.
(e) Liquidated Damages. In the event that:
(i) a Shelf Registration Statement is not filed with the SEC or designated as such by the
Parent, as applicable, on or prior to the Filing Deadline, then liquidated damages (“Liquidated
Damages” ) shall accrue on the principal amount of the Notes at a rate equal to 0.25% per annum for
the first 60-day period from the day following such Filing Deadline, and thereafter at a rate per
annum of 0.50% of the principal amount of the Notes;
(ii) (x) a Shelf Registration Statement is not declared effective by the SEC, or (y) if the
Issuers and the Parent shall have designated a previously filed and effective Shelf Registration
Statement as the Shelf Registration Statement for purposes of this Agreement, the Issuers and the
Parent shall not have filed a supplement to the Prospectus to cover resales of the Registrable
Securities by the Holders, in the case of either (x) or (y), on or prior to the Effectiveness
Deadline, then Liquidated Damages shall accrue on the principal amount of the Notes at a rate equal
to 0.25% per annum for the first 60-day period from the day following such Effectiveness Deadline,
and thereafter at a rate per annum of 0.50% of the principal amount of the Notes;
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(iii) following the Effective Date, a Shelf Registration Statement is filed and has become
effective under the Securities Act, but then ceases to be effective (without being succeeded
immediately by an additional Shelf Registration Statement that is filed and immediately becomes
effective) or usable for the offer and sale of the Registrable Securities, other than as a result
of a requirement to file a post-effective amendment or supplement to the Prospectus to make changes
to the information regarding selling securityholders or the plan of distribution provided for
therein, and (1) the Parent does not cure the lapse of effectiveness or usability within ten
Business Days (or, if a Suspension Period is then in effect, within ten Business Days following the
expiration of such Suspension Period), or (2) if any Suspension Period or Periods, when aggregated,
exceed 45 days (or, if applicable, 60 days) in any three-month period or 90 days (or, if
applicable, 120 days) in any 12-month period, then, commencing with the 46th day (or, if
applicable, the 61st day) in such three-month period or the 91st day (or, if applicable, the 121st
day) in such 12-month period, as the case may be, then Liquidated Damages shall accrue on the
principal amount of the Notes at a rate equal to 0.25% per annum for the first 60-day period from
the day following the 45th or 90th day, as the case may be, and thereafter at a rate per annum of
0.50% of the principal amount of the Notes (each of the events described in clauses (i) through
(iii) above, a “Registration Default”);
provided, however, that in no event shall Liquidated Damages accrue at a rate per annum exceeding
0.50% of the principal amount of the Notes; and provided further that Liquidated Damages on the
principal amount of the Notes as a result thereof shall cease to accrue:
(1) upon the filing or designation of a Shelf Registration Statement (in the case of
clause (i) above);
(2) upon the Effective Date (in the case of clause (ii) above); or
(3) upon such time as the Shelf Registration Statement which had ceased to remain
effective or usable for resales again becomes effective and usable for resales (in the case
of clause (iii) above).
Any amounts of Liquidated Damages due pursuant to Section 2(e) will be payable in cash on the
next succeeding interest payment date to Holders on the relevant record dates for the payment of
interest.
Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement, in no event shall Liquidated Damages accrue
to holders of Common Shares issued upon exchange of Notes. If any Note ceases to be outstanding
during any period for which Liquidated Damages are accruing, the Issuers and the Parent will
prorate the Liquidated Damages payable with respect to such Note.
The Issuers shall provide the Trustee prompt written notice of any Registration Default giving
rise to the payment of Liquidated Damages and of the cure of any such Registration Default such
that Liquidated Damages have ceased to accrue.
(f) Specific Enforcement. Without limiting the remedies available to the Holders, each of the
Issuers and the Parent acknowledges that any failure by it to comply with its obligations under
Section 2(a) hereof may result in material irreparable injury to the Holders for which there is no
adequate remedy at law, that it would not be possible to measure damages for
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such injuries precisely and that, in the event of any such failure, any Holder may obtain such
relief as may be required to specifically enforce the Issuers’ and the Parent’s obligations under
Section 2(a) hereof.
3. Registration Procedures. In connection with the obligations of the Issuers and the Parent,
as applicable, with respect to the Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof,
each of the Issuers, the Guarantors and the Parent, as applicable, shall use its reasonable best
efforts to:
(a) prepare and file with the SEC or designate a Shelf Registration Statement as
prescribed by Section 2(a)(i) hereof within the relevant time period specified in Section
2(a)(i) hereof on the appropriate form under the Securities Act, which form shall (i) be
selected by the Parent, (ii) be available for the sale of the Registrable Securities by the
selling Holders thereof, and (iii) comply as to form in all material respects with the
requirements of the applicable form and include or incorporate by reference all financial
statements required by the SEC to be filed therewith; the Parent shall use its reasonable
best efforts to cause such Shelf Registration Statement to become effective and remain
effective and the Prospectus usable for resales in accordance with Section 2 hereof;
(b) prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and post-effective amendments to the
Shelf Registration Statement as may be necessary to keep such Shelf Registration Statement
effective for the Effectiveness Period, and cause each Prospectus to be supplemented, if so
determined by the Parent or requested by the SEC and subject to the provisions of Section
2(a)(iv) hereof, by any required prospectus supplement and as so supplemented to be filed
pursuant to Rule 424 (or any similar provisions then in force) under the Securities Act, and
comply with the provisions of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder applicable to it with respect to the disposition of all
securities covered by a Shelf Registration Statement during the Effectiveness Period in
accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution by the selling Holders
thereof described in this Agreement;
(c) (i) furnish to each Holder of Registrable Securities included in the Shelf
Registration Statement 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 may reasonably request, in order to facilitate the public sale or other
disposition of the Registrable Securities and (ii) consent to the use of the Prospectus or
any amendment or supplement thereto by each of the selling Holders of Registrable Securities
included in the Shelf Registration Statement in connection with the offering and sale of the
Registrable Securities covered by the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto;
(d) register or qualify the Registrable Securities under all applicable state
securities or “blue sky” laws of such jurisdictions by the time the applicable Shelf
Registration Statement has become effective under the Securities Act as any Holder of
Registrable Securities covered by a Shelf Registration Statement shall reasonably request in
writing in advance of such date of effectiveness, and do any and all other acts and things
which may be reasonably necessary or advisable to enable such Holder to
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consummate the disposition in each such jurisdiction of such Registrable Securities
owned by such Holder; provided , however , that the Parent shall not be required to (i)
qualify as a foreign entity or as a dealer in securities in any jurisdiction where it would
not otherwise be required to qualify but for this Section 3(d), (ii) file any general
consent to service of process in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be subject to
such service of process or (iii) subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction if it
is not then so subject;
(e) promptly notify each Holder of Registrable Securities who has properly submitted a
Questionnaire and promptly confirm such notice in writing (i) when a Shelf Registration
Statement has become effective and when any post-effective amendments thereto become
effective, (ii) of the issuance by the SEC or any state securities authority of any stop
order suspending the effectiveness of a Shelf Registration Statement or the qualification of
the Registrable Securities in any jurisdiction described in Section 3(d) hereof or the
initiation of any proceedings for that purpose, (iii) of the happening of any event as a
result of which the Prospectus included in such Registration Statement, as then in effect,
includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact required
to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and (iv) of the reasonable
determination of the Issuers and the Parent that a post-effective amendment to the Shelf
Registration Statement would be appropriate;
(f) obtain the withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of the Shelf
Registration Statement as soon as practicable and in any event as required by Section 2 or 3
herefore, and promptly notify each Holder of the withdrawal of any such order;
(g) furnish to each Holder of Registrable Securities who has properly submitted a
Questionnaire, without charge, at least one conformed copy of the Shelf Registration
Statement relating to such Shelf Registration and any post-effective amendment thereto
(without documents incorporated therein by reference or exhibits thereto, unless requested);
(h) cooperate with the selling Holders of Registrable Securities to facilitate the
timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Registrable Securities to be
sold and not bearing any restrictive legends and registered in such names as the selling
Holders or the underwriters may reasonably request at least two Business Days prior to the
closing of any sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement;
(i) promptly after the occurrence of any event specified in Section 3(e)(ii) or
3(e)(iii) (subject to the grace periods set forth in Section 2(a)(iv)) hereof, prepare a
supplement or post-effective amendment to the Shelf Registration Statement or the related
Prospectus or any document incorporated therein by reference or file any other required
document so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of the Registrable Securities,
such Prospectus will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the
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circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and the Issuers and the
Parent shall 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 Parent has amended or supplemented the Prospectus to correct such
misstatement or omission;
(j) make reasonably available for inspection by a representative of the Holders of the
Registrable Securities, (collectively, the “Inspectors”), at the offices where normally
kept, during the Issuer’s and the Parent’s normal business hours, all financial and other
records, pertinent organizational and operational documents and properties of the Issuers,
the Parent and their respective subsidiaries (collectively, the “Records” ) as shall be
reasonably necessary to enable them to exercise any applicable due diligence
responsibilities, and cause the officers, trustees and employees of the Parent and its
subsidiaries to supply all relevant information in each case reasonably requested by any
such Inspector in connection with such Shelf Registration Statement; records and information
which the Issuers and the Parent, in good faith, to be confidential and any Records and
information which it notifies the Inspectors are confidential shall not be disclosed to any
Inspector except where (i) the release of such Records or information is ordered pursuant to
a subpoena or other order from a court of competent jurisdiction or is necessary in
connection with any action, suit or proceeding or (ii) such Records or information
previously has been made generally available to the public; each selling Holder of such
Registrable Securities will be required to agree in writing that Records and information
obtained by it as a result of such inspections shall be kept confidential and shall not be
used by it as the basis for any market transactions in the securities of the Issuers or the
Parent unless and until such is made generally available to the public through no fault of
an Inspector or a selling Holder; and each selling Holder of such Registrable Securities
will be required to further agree in writing that it will, upon learning that disclosure of
such Records or information is sought in a court of competent jurisdiction, or in connection
with any action, suit or proceeding, give notice to the Issuers and the Parent and allow the
Issuers and the Parent at their expense to undertake appropriate action to prevent
disclosure of the Records and information deemed confidential;
(k) comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the SEC so long as any
provision of this Agreement shall be applicable;
(l) cooperate with each seller of Registrable Securities covered by a Shelf
Registration Statement and their respective counsel in connection with any filings required
to be made with FINRA;
(m) if reasonably requested by any Holder of Registrable Securities covered by a
Registration Statement, promptly incorporate in a prospectus supplement or post-effective
amendment such information with respect to such Holder as such Holder reasonably request to
be included therein and make filings of such prospectus supplement or such post-effective
amendment as required by Section 2 hereof; and
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(n) the Issuers and the Parent may require each seller of Registrable Securities as to
which any registration is being effected to furnish to it such information regarding such
seller as may be required by the staff of the SEC to be included in a Shelf Registration
Statement; the Issuers and the Parent may exclude from such registration the Registrable
Securities of any seller who unreasonably fails to furnish such information within a
reasonable time after receiving such request; and the Issuers and the Parent shall have no
obligation to register under the Securities Act the Registrable Securities of a seller who
so fails to furnish such information.
Each Holder agrees that, upon receipt of a Suspension Period notification pursuant to Section
2(a)(iv) hereof, any notice from the Issuers or the Parent of the occurrence of any event specified
in Section 3(e)(ii), 3(e)(iii), or 3(e)(iv) hereof, such Holder will forthwith discontinue
disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement until such
Holder’s receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section
3(i) hereof or until it is advised in writing (the “Advice”) by the Issuers or the Parent that the
use of the applicable Prospectus may be resumed.
4. Indemnification and Contribution. (a) The Issuers, the Guarantors and the Parent agree,
jointly and severally, to indemnify and hold harmless each Initial Purchaser and each Holder, their
respective affiliates, directors and officers and each Person, if any, who controls any Initial
Purchaser or any Holder within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the
Exchange Act, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including,
without limitation, legal fees and other reasonable expenses incurred in connection with any suit,
action or proceeding or any claim asserted, as such fees and expenses are incurred), joint or
several, that arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of
a material fact contained in any Registration Statement or any Prospectus or any omission or
alleged omission to state therein 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, except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities arise out of, or are
based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in
reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to any Initial Purchaser or any
Holder furnished to the Issuers, the Guarantors or the Parent in writing through the Representative
or any selling Holder expressly for use therein; provided, that with respect to any such untrue
statement in or omission from any preliminary Prospectus, the indemnity agreement contained in this
paragraph (a) shall not inure to the benefit of any Holder to the extent that the sale to the
person asserting any such loss, claim, damage or liability was an initial resale by such Holder and
any such loss, claim, damage or liability of or with respect to such Holder results from the fact
that both (i) a copy of the final Prospectus (excluding any documents incorporated by reference
therein) was not sent or given to such person at or prior to the written confirmation of the sale
of such Common Shares to such person and (ii) the untrue statement in or omission from such
preliminary Prospectus was corrected in the final Prospectus unless, in either case, such failure
to deliver the final Prospectus was a result of non-compliance by the Issuers, the Guarantors or
the Parent with the provisions of Section 2(a).
(b) Each Holder agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Issuers,
the Guarantors, the Parent, each Initial Purchaser and the other selling Holders, their
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respective affiliates, the partners of the Issuers, the Guarantors or the Parent, each officer
of the Parent who signed the Registration Statement and each Person, if any, who controls the
Issuers, the Guarantors or the Parent, any Initial Purchaser and any other selling Holder within
the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act to the same
extent as the indemnity set forth in paragraph (a) above, but only with respect to any losses,
claims, damages or liabilities that arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or
omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any
information relating to such Holder furnished to the Issuers, the Guarantors or the Parent in
writing by such Holder expressly for use in any Registration Statement and any Prospectus.
(c) If any suit, action, proceeding (including any governmental or regulatory investigation),
claim or demand shall be brought or asserted against any Person in respect of which indemnification
may be sought pursuant to either paragraph (a) or (b) above, such Person (the “Indemnified Person”)
shall promptly notify the Person against whom such indemnification may be sought (the “Indemnifying
Person”) in writing; provided that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve
it from any liability that it may have under this Section 4 except to the extent that it has been
materially prejudiced (through the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses) by such failure;
and provided, further , that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it
from any liability that it may have to an Indemnified Person otherwise than under this Section 4.
If any such proceeding shall be brought or asserted against an Indemnified Person and it shall have
notified the Indemnifying Person thereof, the Indemnifying Person shall retain counsel reasonably
satisfactory to the Indemnified Person to represent the Indemnified Person and any others entitled
to indemnification pursuant to this Section 4 that the Indemnifying Person may designate in such
proceeding and shall pay the fees and expenses of such counsel related to such proceeding, as
incurred. In any such proceeding, any Indemnified Person shall have the right to retain its own
counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified
Person unless (i) the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person shall have mutually agreed to
the contrary; (ii) the Indemnifying Person has failed within a reasonable time to retain counsel
reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person; (iii) the Indemnified Person shall have
reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it that are different from or in
addition to those available to the Indemnifying Person; or (iv) the named parties in any such
proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the Indemnifying Person and the
Indemnified Person and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate
due to actual or potential differing interests between them. It is understood and agreed that the
Indemnifying Person shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceeding in the same
jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to
any local counsel) for all Indemnified Persons, and that all such fees and expenses shall be
reimbursed as they are incurred. Any such separate firm (x) for any Initial Purchaser, its
affiliates, directors and officers and any control Persons of such Initial Purchaser shall be
designated in writing by such Initial Purchaser, (y) for any Holder, its affiliates, directors and
officers and any control Persons of such Holder shall be designated in writing by the Majority
Holders and (z) in all other cases shall be designated in writing by the Issuers or the Parent.
The Indemnifying Person shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without
its written consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the
plaintiff, the Indemnifying Person agrees to indemnify each Indemnified Person from and against any
loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. The Indemnified Person shall notify
the
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Indemnifying Person promptly upon any such settlement or final judgment. Notwithstanding the
foregoing sentence, if at any time an Indemnified Person shall have requested that an Indemnifying
Person reimburse the Indemnified Person for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by this
paragraph, the Indemnifying Person shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected
without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 30 days after receipt
by the Indemnifying Person of such request and (ii) the Indemnifying Person shall not have
reimbursed the Indemnified Person in accordance with such request prior to the date of such
settlement. No Indemnifying Person shall, without the written consent of the Indemnified Person,
effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified
Person is or could have been a party and indemnification could have been sought hereunder by such
Indemnified Person, unless such settlement (A) includes an unconditional release of such
Indemnified Person, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Person, from
all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding and (B) does not include any
statement as to or any admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any
Indemnified Person.
(d) If the indemnification provided for in paragraphs (a) and (b) above is unavailable to an
Indemnified Person or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities
referred to therein, then each Indemnifying Person under such paragraph, in lieu of indemnifying
such Indemnified Person thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such
Indemnified Person as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (i) in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Issuers or the
Guarantors from the offering of the Notes, on the one hand, and by the Holders from receiving Notes
or Common Shares (including Common Shares registered under the Securities Act), on the other hand,
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)
but also the relative fault of the Issuers, the Guarantors or the Parent on the one hand and the
Holders on the other in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses,
claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The
relative fault of the Issuers, the Guarantors or the Parent on the one hand and the Holders on the
other shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates
to information supplied by the Issuers, the Guarantors, the Parent or by the Holders and the
parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent
such statement or omission.
(e) The Issuers, the Guarantors, the Parent, the Initial Purchasers and the Holders agree that
it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 4 were determined by
pro rata allocation (even if the Holders were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any
other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to
in paragraph (d) above. The amount paid or payable by an Indemnified Person as a result of the
losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred to in paragraph (d) above shall be deemed to
include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses incurred by such
Indemnified Person in connection with any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of
this Section 4, in no event shall a Holder be required to contribute any amount in excess of the
amount by which the total price at which the Common Shares sold by such Holder exceeds the amount
of any damages that such Holder has otherwise
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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.
(f) The remedies provided for in this Section 4 are not exclusive and shall not limit any
rights or remedies that may otherwise be available to any Indemnified Person at law or in equity.
(g) The indemnity and contribution provisions contained in this Section 4 shall remain
operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i) any termination of this Agreement, (ii)
any investigation made by or on behalf of any Initial Purchaser or any Holder, their respective
affiliates or any Person controlling any Initial Purchaser or any Holder, or by or on behalf of the
Issuers, the Guarantors or the Parent, its affiliates or the officers or directors of or any Person
controlling the Issuers, the Guarantors or the Parent, (iii) acceptance of any of Common Shares and
(iv) any sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement.
5. Underwritten Registration; Participation Therein. In no event will the method of
distribution of the Registrable Securities take the form of an underwritten offering without the
prior written consent of the Parent. No Holder may participate in an underwritten registration
hereunder unless such Holder (a) agrees to sell such Holder’s Registrable Securities on the basis
provided in the underwriting arrangement approved by the Persons entitled hereunder to approve such
arrangements and (b) completes and executes all reasonable questionnaires, powers of attorney,
indemnities, underwriting agreements, lockup letters and other documents reasonably required under
the terms of such underwriting arrangements.
6. Selection of Underwriters. The Holders of Registrable Securities covered by the Shelf
Registration Statement who desire to do so may sell the Common Shares covered by such Shelf
Registration in an underwritten offering, subject to the provisions of Sections 3(1) and 5 hereof.
In any such underwritten offering, the underwriter or underwriters and manager or managers that
will administer the offering will be selected by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal
amount or number, as the context requires, of the Registrable Securities included in such offering;
provided, however, that such underwriters and managers must be reasonably satisfactory to the
Issuers and the Parent.
7. Miscellaneous.
(a) No Inconsistent Agreements. None of the Issuers, the Guarantors nor the Parent has
entered into, and will not enter into, any agreement that is inconsistent with the rights granted
to the Holders of Registrable Securities in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the
provisions hereof. The rights granted to the Holders hereunder do not in any way conflict with and
are not inconsistent with the rights granted to the holders of the Issuers’ or the Parent’s other
issued and outstanding securities under any such agreements.
(b) Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement, including the provisions of
this sentence, may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or
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consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given, unless the Issuers and the
Parent have obtained the written consent of Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount or
number, as the context requires, of the outstanding Registrable Securities affected by such
amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or departure; provided that no amendment, modification
or supplement or waiver or consent to the departure with respect to the provisions of Section 4
hereof shall be effective as against any Holder of Registrable Securities unless consented to in
writing by such Holder of Registrable Securities. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, (i) this
Agreement may be amended, without the consent of any Holder of Registrable Securities, by written
agreement signed by the Issuers, the Parent and the Initial Purchasers, to cure any ambiguity,
correct or supplement any provision of this Agreement that may be inconsistent with any other
provision of this Agreement or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions
arising under this Agreement which shall not be inconsistent with other provisions of this
Agreement, (ii) this Agreement may be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers and consents
to departures from the provisions hereof may be given, by written agreement signed by the Issuers,
the Parent and the Initial Purchasers to the extent that any such amendment, modification,
supplement, waiver or consent is, in their reasonable judgment, necessary or appropriate to comply
with applicable law (including any interpretation of the Staff of the SEC) or any change therein
and (iii) to the extent any provision of this Agreement relates to the Initial Purchasers, such
provision may be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from such
provisions may be given, by written agreement signed by the Initial Purchasers, the Issuers and the
Parent.
(c) 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 courier
guaranteeing overnight delivery (i) if to a Holder, at the most current address given by such
Holder to the Issuers or the Parent by means of a notice given in accordance with the provisions of
this Section 7(d), which address initially is, with respect to the Initial Purchasers, the address
set forth in the Purchase Agreement; and (ii) if to the Issuers, the Parent and the Guarantors,
initially at the Issuers’ 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 7(d).
All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given: at the time
delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five Business Days after being deposited in the mail,
postage prepaid, if mailed; when receipt is acknowledged, if telecopied; and on the next Business
Day, if timely delivered to an air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery.
(d) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon
the successors, assigns and transferees of the Initial Purchasers, including, without limitation
and without the need for an express assignment, subsequent Holders; provided , however , that
nothing herein shall be deemed to permit any assignment, transfer or other disposition of
Registrable Securities in violation of the terms of the Purchase Agreement, the indenture relating
to the Notes or the charter of the Parent. If any transferee of any Holder shall acquire
Registrable Securities, in any manner, whether by operation of law or otherwise, such Registrable
Securities shall be held subject to all of the terms of this Agreement, and by taking and holding
such Registrable Securities, such Person shall be conclusively deemed to have
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agreed to be bound by and to perform all of the terms and provisions of this Agreement and
such Person shall be entitled to receive the benefits hereof.
(e) Third Party Beneficiaries. Each Holder shall be a third party beneficiary of the
agreements made hereunder among the Issuers, the Guarantors, the Parent and the Initial Purchasers,
and the Initial Purchasers shall have the right to enforce such agreements directly to the extent
it deems such enforcement necessary or advisable to protect its rights or the rights of Holders
hereunder.
(f) 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.
(g) Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall
not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
(h) GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE BEEN MADE IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
THE VALIDITY AND INTERPRETATION OF THIS AGREEMENT, AND THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET FORTH HEREIN,
SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT
GIVING EFFECT TO ANY PROVISIONS RELATING TO CONFLICTS OF LAWS. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES
TO SUBMIT TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK IN ANY SUIT, ACTION
OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE MATTERS CONTEMPLATED
HEREBY, IRREVOCABLY WANES ANY DEFENSE OF LACK OF PERSONAL JURISDICTION AND IRREVOCABLY AGREES THAT
ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN ANY SUCH
COURT. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY WANES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT IT MAY EFFECTIVELY DO
SO UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, ANY OBJECTION WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF
SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN ANY SUCH COURT AND ANY CLAIM THAT ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION
OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN ANY SUCH COURT HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM.
(i) 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.
(j) Registrable Securities Held by the Parent or its Affiliates. Whenever the consent or
approval of Holders of a specified percentage of Registrable Securities is required hereunder,
Registrable Securities held by the Parent or any of its Affiliates shall not be counted in
determining whether such consent or approval was given by the Holders of such required percentage.
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(k) No Other Obligation to Register. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this
Agreement, the Issuers and the Parent shall have no obligation to the Holders to register the
Registrable Securities under the Securities Act.
(l) Entire Agreement. This Agreement is intended by the parties as a final expression of
their agreement and intended to be the complete and exclusive statement of the agreement and
understanding of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter contained herein. There are
no restrictions, promises, representations, warranties or undertakings, other than those set forth
or referred to herein, with respect to such subject matter. This Agreement supersedes all prior
agreements and understandings between the parties with respect to such subject matter.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written
above.
Very truly yours, CLEARWIRE CORPORATION |
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By: | /s/ Hope X. Xxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Hope X. Xxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Senior Vice President, Finance & Treasurer | |||
CLEARWIRE COMMUNICATIONS LLC |
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By: | /s/ Hope X. Xxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Hope X. Xxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Senior Vice President, Finance & Treasurer | |||
CLEARWIRE FINANCE, INC. |
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By: | /s/ Hope X. Xxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Hope X. Xxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Senior Vice President, Finance & Treasurer |
[Signature
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GUARANTORS: CLEARWIRE LEGACY LLC and CLEARWIRE XOHM LLC |
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By: | Clearwire Communications, LLC, as manager | |||
By: | /s/ Hope X. Xxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Hope X. Xxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Senior Vice President, Finance & Treasurer | |||
CLEAR WIRELESS, LLC, CLEARWIRE
SPECTRUM HOLDINGS III LLC,
CLEARWIRE US LLC and CLEAR
MANAGEMENT SERVICES LLC |
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By: | Clearwire Communications, LLC, as member | |||
By: | /s/ Hope X. Xxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Hope X. Xxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Senior Vice President, Finance & Treasurer | |||
CLEAR GLOBAL SERVICES LLC and
CLEAR PARTNER
HOLDINGS LLC |
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By: | Clear Wireless LLC, as member | |||
By: | /s/ Hope X. Xxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Hope X. Xxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Senior Vice President, Finance & Treasurer | |||
BILLING LEGACY LLC, CLEARWIRE
TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES,
LLC, CLEARMEDIA, LLC, FIXED
WIRELESS HOLDINGS, LLC,
CLEARWIRE SPECTRUM HOLDINGS II
LLC and CLEARWIRE SPECTRUM
HOLDINGS LLC |
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By: | Clearwire Legacy LLC, as member | |||
By: | /s/ Hope X. Xxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Hope X. Xxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Senior Vice President, Finance & Treasurer |
[Signature
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WINBEAM LLC |
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By: | Clearwire US LLC, as member | |||
By: | /s/ Hope X. Xxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Hope X. Xxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Senior Vice President, Finance & Treasurer | |||
AMERICAN TELECASTING DEVELOPMENT, LLC, AMERICAN TELECASTING OF ANCHORAGE, LLC, AMERICAN TELECASTING OF BEND, LLC, FRESNO MMDS ASSOCIATES, LLC, AMERICAN TELECASTING OF COLUMBUS, LLC, AMERICAN TELECASTING OF DENVER, LLC, AMERICAN TELECASTING OF FORT XXXXX, LLC, AMERICAN TELECASTING OF FT. XXXXXXX, LLC, AMERICAN TELECASTING OF GREEN BAY, LLC, AMERICAN TELECASTING OF LANSING, LLC, AMERICAN TELECASTING OF LINCOLN, LLC, AMERICAN TELECASTING LITTLE ROCK, LLC, AMERICAN TELECASTING OF LOUISVILLE, LLC, AMERICAN TELECASTING OF MEDFORD, LLC, AMERICAN TELECASTING OF MICHIANA, LLC, AMERICAN TELECASTING OF MONTEREY, LLC, AMERICAN TELECASTING OF XXXXXXX, LLC, AMERICAN TELECASTING OF SANTA XXXXXXX, LLC, AMERICAN TELECASTING OF SEATTLE, LLC, AMERICAN TELECASTING OF SHERIDAN, LLC, AMERICAN TELECASTING OF YUBA CITY, LLC, ATI OF SANTA XXXX, LLC, ATI SUB, LLC, NSAC, LLC, XXXX WIRELESS HOLDINGS, LLC, PCTV GOLD II, LLC, PCTV OF SALT LAKE CITY, LLC, PCTV SUB, LLC, PEOPLE’S CHOICE TV OF ALBUQUERQUE, LLC, PEOPLE’S |
[Signature
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CHOICE TV OF HOUSTON, LLC, PEOPLE’S CHOICE TV OF ST. LOUIS, LLC, SPEEDCHOICE OF DETROIT, LLC, SPEEDCHOICE OF PHOENIX, LLC, ATL MDS, LLC, BAY AREA CABLEVISION, LLC, BROADCAST CABLE, LLC, SCC X, LLC, SPRINT (BAY AREA), LLC, TDI ACQUISITION SUB, LLC, TRANSWORLD TELECOM II, LLC, WAVEPATH SUB, LLC, WBS OF AMERICA, LLC, WBS OF SACRAMENTO, LLC, WBSY LICENSING, LLC, WBSFP LICENSING, LLC, WCOF, LLC, WIRELESS BROADBAND SERVICES OF AMERICA, LLC and KENNEWICK LICENSING, LLC |
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By: | Clearwire XOHM LLC, as manager | |||
By: | /s/ Hope X. Xxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Hope X. Xxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Senior Vice President, Finance & Treasurer |
[Signature
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CONFIRMED AND ACCEPTED, as of the date first above written:
X.X. XXXXXX SECURITIES LLC,
On behalf of itself and as the Representative of
the several Initial Purchasers listed on Schedule 1 to the Purchase Agreement
the several Initial Purchasers listed on Schedule 1 to the Purchase Agreement
By: |
/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxx X. Xxxx | |||
Title: | Managing Director |
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Appendix A
Form of Selling Securityholder Notice and Questionnaire
The undersigned beneficial holder of 8.25% Exchangeable Notes due 2040 (the “Notes”) of Clearwire
Communications LLC (the “Company”) and Clearwire Finance, Inc. (“Finance Co” and, together with the
Company, the “Issuers”) or common stock par value $0.0001 of Clearwire Corporation (“Parent”),
issuable on exchange of the Notes (the “Registrable Securities”), understands that Parent has filed
or intends to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission a registration statement (the “Shelf
Registration Statement”) for the registration and resale under Rule 415 of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, of the Registrable Securities in accordance with the terms of the Registration
Rights Agreement, dated as of December 8, 2010 (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), among the
Issuers, Parent, the guarantors party thereto (the “Guarantors”) and the Initial Purchasers named
therein. A copy of the Registration Rights Agreement is available from Parent upon request at the
address set forth below. All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning
ascribed thereto in the Registration Rights Agreement.
Each beneficial owner of Registrable Securities is entitled to the benefits of the Registration
Rights Agreement. In order to sell or otherwise dispose of any Registrable Securities pursuant to
the Shelf Registration Statement, a beneficial owner of Registrable Securities generally will be
required to be named as a Selling Securityholder (as defined below) in the related prospectus,
deliver a prospectus to purchasers of Registrable Securities and be bound by those provisions of
the Registration Rights Agreement applicable to such beneficial owner (including certain
indemnification provisions as described below). Beneficial owners are encouraged to complete,
exe-cute and deliver this Questionnaire prior to the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration
Statement so that such beneficial owners may be named as Selling Securityholders in the related
prospectus at the time of effectiveness. Any beneficial owner of Registrable Securities wishing to
include its Registrable Securities must deliver to Parent a properly completed and signed
Questionnaire.
Certain legal consequences arise from being named as Selling Securityholders in the Shelf
Registration Statement and the related prospectus. Accordingly, holders and beneficial owners of
Registrable Securities are advised to consult their own securities law counsel regarding the
con-sequences of being named or not being named as a Selling Securityholder in the Shelf
Registration Statement and the related prospectus.
Notice
The undersigned beneficial owner (the “Selling Securityholder”) of Registrable Securities hereby
gives notice to the Issuers and Parent of its intention to sell or otherwise dispose of Registrable
Securities beneficially owned by it and listed below in Item 3(b) pursuant to the Shelf
Registration Statement at some point. The undersigned, by signing and returning this Notice and
Questionnaire, understands that it will be bound by the terms and conditions of this Notice and
Questionnaire and the Registration Rights Agreement.
Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, the undersigned has agreed to indemnify and hold
harmless the Issuers, Parent, the Guarantors, each Initial Purchaser and the other selling Holders,
their respective affiliates, the partners of the Issuers, the Guarantors or the Parent, each
officer of the Parent who signed the Registration Statement and each Person, if any, who controls
the Issuers, the Guarantors or the Parent, any Initial Purchaser and any other selling Holder
within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), from and against some losses arising in
connection with statements concerning the undersigned made in the Registration Statement or the
related prospectus in reliance upon the information provided in this Questionnaire.
The undersigned hereby provides the following information to the Issuers and Parent and represents
and warrants that such information is accurate and complete:
Questionnaire
1. | (a) | Full Legal Name of Selling Securityholder: | |
(b) | Full Legal Name of Registered Holder (if not the same as (a) above) through which Registrable Securities listed in Item (3) below are held: | ||
(c) | Full Legal Name of DTC Participant (if applicable and if not the same as (b) above) through which Registrable Securities listed in Item (3) below are held: |
2. | Address for Notices to Selling Securityholder: | |
Telephone: | ||
Fax: | ||
Email address: | ||
Contact Person: | ||
3. | Beneficial Ownership of Registrable Securities: |
Except as set forth below in this Item (3), the undersigned Selling Securityholder does not
beneficially own any Registrable Securities.
(a) | Number of shares of Registrable Securities (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) beneficially owned: | ||
(b) | Number of shares of the Registrable Securities which the undersigned wishes to be included in the Shelf Registration Statement: | ||
4. | Beneficial Ownership of other Clearwire Corporation securities owned by the Selling Securityholder: | |
Except as set forth below in this Item (4), the undersigned is not the beneficial or registered owner of any securities of Clearwire Corporation other than the Registrable Securities listed above in Item (3). |
(a) | Type and amount of other securities beneficially owned by the Selling Securityholder: | ||
(b) | CUSP No(s). of such other securities beneficially owned: | ||
5. | Relationship with Clearwire Corporation: |
(a) | Have you or any of your affiliates, officers, directors or principal equity holders (owners of 5% or more of the equity securities of the Selling Securityholder) held any position or office or have you had any other material relationship with Clearwire Corporation (or its predecessors or affiliates) within the past three years? | ||
o Yes. | |||
o No. | |||
(b) | If so, please state the nature and duration of your relationship with Clearwire Corporation: | ||
6. | (a) | Broker-Dealer Status |
Is the Selling Securityholder a broker-dealer registered pursuant to Section 15 of the Exchange Act? | |||
o Yes. | |||
o No. | |||
Note that we will be required to identify any registered broker-dealer as an underwriter in the prospectus. If so, please answer the remaining questions in this section. | |||
If the Selling Securityholder is a registered broker-dealer, please indicate whether the Selling Securityholder purchased its Registrable Securities for investment or acquired them as transaction-based compensation for investment banking or similar services. | |||
If the Selling Securityholder is a registered broker-dealer and received its Registrable Securities other than as transaction-based compensation, Parent is required to identify you as an underwriter in the Shelf Registration Statement and related prospectus. | |||
(b) | Affiliation with Broker-Dealers: | ||
Is the Selling Securityholder an affiliate of a registered broker-dealer? For purposes of this Item 5(b), an “affiliate” of a specified person or entity means a person or entity that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by, or is under common control with, the person or entity specified. | |||
o Yes. | |||
o No. | |||
If so, please answer the remaining questions in this section. |
(i) | Please describe the affiliation between the Selling Securityholder and any registered broker-dealers: | ||
(ii) | If the Notes were purchased by the Selling Securityholder other than in the ordinary course of business, please describe the circumstances: |
(iii) | If the Selling Securityholder, at the time of its purchase of Registrable Securities, has had any agreements or understandings, directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute the Registrable Securities, please describe such agreements or understandings: | ||
Note that if the Selling Securityholder is an affiliate of a broker-dealer and did not purchase its notes in the ordinary course of business or at the time of the purchase had any agreements or understandings, directly or indirectly, to distribute the securities, we must identify the Selling Securityholder as an underwriter in the prospectus. |
7. | Nature of Beneficial Holding. The purpose of this question is to identify the ultimate natural person(s) or publicly held entity that exercise(s) sole or shared voting or disparities power over the Registrable Securities. |
(a) | Is the Selling Securityholder a natural person? | ||
o Yes. | |||
o No. | |||
(b) | Is the Selling Securityholder required to file, or is it a wholly owned subsidiary of a company that is required to file, periodic and other reports (for example, Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K) with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act? | ||
o Yes. | |||
o No. | |||
(c) | State whether the Selling Securityholder is an investment company, or a subsidiary of an investment company, registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended: | ||
o Yes. | |||
o No. | |||
(d) | If a subsidiary, please identify the publicly held parent entity: | ||
If you answered “No” to questions (a), (b) and (c) above, please identify the controlling per-son(s) of the Selling Securityholder (the “Controlling Entity”). If the Controlling Entity is not a natural person or a publicly held entity, please identify each controlling person(s) of such Controlling Entity. This process should be repeated until you reach natural persons or a publicly held entity that exercise sole or shared voting or disparities power over the Registrable Securities: |
*** PLEASE NOTE THAT THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION REQUIRES THAT THESE NATURAL PERSONS BE
NAMED IN THE PROSPECTUS ***
If you need more space for this response, please attach additional sheets of paper. Please be sure
to indicate your name and the number of the item being responded to on each such additional sheet
of paper, and to sign each such additional sheet of paper before attaching it to this
Questionnaire. Please note that you may be asked to answer additional questions depending on your
responses to the above questions.
8. | Plan of Distribution: | |
Except as set forth below, the undersigned (including its donees or pledgees) intends to distribute the Registrable Securities listed above in Item (3) pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement only as follows (if at all): such Registrable Securities may be sold from time to time directly by the undersigned or alternatively through underwriters, broker-dealers or agents. If the Registrable Securities are sold through underwriters, broker-dealers or agents, the Selling Securityholder will be responsible for underwriting discounts or commissions or agent’s commissions. Such Registrable Securities may be sold in one or more transactions at fixed prices, at prevailing market prices at the time of sale, at varying prices determined at the time of sale, or at negotiated prices. Such sales may be effected in transactions (which may involve crosses or block transactions) (i) on any national securities exchange or quotation service on which the Registrable Securities may be listed or quoted at the time of sale, (ii) in the over-the-counter market, (iii) in transactions otherwise than on such exchanges or services or in the over-the-counter market or (iv) through the writing of options. The Selling Securityholder may pledge or grant a security interest in some or all of the Registrable Securities owned by it and, if it defaults in the performance of its secured obligations, the pledgees or secured parties may offer and sell the Registrable Securities from time to time pursuant to the prospectus. The Selling Securityholder also may transfer and donate shares in other circumstances in which case the transferees, donees, pledgees or other successors in interest will be the selling Securityholder for purposes of the prospectus. | ||
State any exceptions here: | ||
Note: | In no event may such method(s) of distribution take the form of an underwritten offering of the Registrable Securities without the prior agreement of Clearwire Corporation. |
By returning this Questionnaire, the selling securityholder will be deemed to be aware of the
foregoing interpretation.
9. | Securities Received From Named Selling Securityholder: |
Did the Selling Securityholder receive its Registrable Securities listed above in Item 3 as a
transferee from selling securityholder(s) previously identified in the Shelf Registration
Statement?
o Yes. | ||
o No. | ||
If so, please answer the remaining questions in this section. |
(i) | Did the Selling Securityholder receive such Registrable Securities listed above in Item (3) from the named selling securityholder(s) prior to the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement? | ||
o Yes. | |||
o No. |
Identify below the name(s) of the selling securityholder(s) from whom the Selling Securityholder received the Registrable Securities listed above in Item (3) and the date on which such securities were received. |
The undersigned acknowledges that it understands its obligation to comply with the provisions of
the Exchange Act and the rules thereunder relating to stock manipulation, particularly Regulation M
thereunder (or any successor rules or regulations), in connection with any offering of Registrable
Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement. The undersigned agrees that neither it nor
any person acting on its behalf will engage in any transaction in violation of such pro-visions.
The Selling Securityholder hereby acknowledges its obligations under the Registration Rights
Agreement to indemnify and hold harmless certain persons set forth therein.
Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, the Issuers, Parent and the Guarantors have agreed
under certain circumstances to indemnify the Selling Securityholders against certain liabilities.
In accordance with the undersigned’s obligation under the Registration Rights Agreement to provide
such information as may be required by law for inclusion in the Shelf Registration Statement, the
undersigned agrees to provide any additional information the Issuers and Parent may reasonably
request and to promptly notify the Issuers and Parent of any inaccuracies or changes in the
information provided that may occur at any time while the Shelf Registration Statement remains
effective. All notices hereunder and pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement shall be made in
writing by hand-delivery, first-class mail, or air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery as
follows:
To the Issuers and Parent:
Clearwire Corporation
0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Legal Department
0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Legal Department
In the event any Selling Securityholder transfers all or any portion of the Registrable Securities
listed in Item 3 above after the date on which such information is provided to the Issuers and
Parent, the Selling Securityholder will notify the transferee(s) at the time of transfer of its
rights and obligations under this Questionnaire and the Registration Rights Agreement.
By signing this Questionnaire, the undersigned consents to the disclosure of the in-formation
contained herein in its answers to items (1) through (7) above and the inclusion of such
information in the Shelf Registration Statement, the related prospectus and any state securities or
Blue Sky applications. The undersigned understands that such information will be relied upon by the
Issuers and Parent without independent investigation or inquiry in connection with the preparation
or amendment of the Shelf Registration Statement, the related prospectus and any state securities
or Blue Sky applications.
Once this Questionnaire is executed by the Selling Securityholder and received by the Issuers and
Parent, the terms of this Questionnaire and the representations and warranties contained herein
shall be binding on, shall inure to the benefit of, and shall be enforceable by the respective
successors, heirs, personal representatives and assigns of the Issuers and Parent and the Selling
Securityholder with respect to the Registrable Securities beneficially owned by such Selling
Securityholder and listed in Item (3) above. This Questionnaire shall be governed by, and construed
in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York without regard to the conflicts-of-laws
provisions thereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, by authority duly given, has caused this Questionnaire to be
executed and delivered either in person or by its authorized agent.
Dated:
Beneficial Owner: |
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By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
Please return the completed and executed notice and questionnaire to:
Clearwire Corporation
0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Legal Department
0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Legal Department