Exhibit 4.4
EXECUTION COPY
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
among
Wheeling Island Gaming, Inc.
as Issuer,
WDRA Food Service, Inc.
and
Wheeling Land Development Corp.
as Guarantors,
and
Banc of America Securities LLC
Xxxxx Fargo Brokerage Services, LLC
Dated as of December 19, 2001
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
This Registration Rights Agreement (this "AGREEMENT") is made
and entered into as of December 19, 2001, by and among Wheeling Island Gaming,
Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "COMPANY"), the companies listed on Schedule A
(each, a "GUARANTOR"), and Banc of America Securities LLC and Xxxxx Fargo
Brokerage Services, LLC (the "INITIAL PURCHASERS"), which have agreed to
purchase the Company's 10 1/8% Senior Notes due December 15, 2009 (the "INITIAL
NOTES") pursuant to the Purchase Agreement (as defined below).
This Agreement is made pursuant to the Purchase Agreement,
dated as of December 12, 2001 (the "Purchase Agreement"), by and among the
Company, the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers (i) for the benefit of the
Initial Purchasers and (ii) for the benefit of the holders from time to time of
the Notes (including the Initial Purchasers). In order to induce the Initial
Purchasers to purchase the Initial Notes, the Company has agreed to provide the
registration rights set forth in this Agreement. The execution and delivery of
this Agreement is a condition to the obligations of the Initial Purchasers set
forth in Section 5(h) of the Purchase Agreement.
The parties hereby agree as follows:
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS
As used in this Agreement, the following capitalized terms
shall have the following meanings:
ADDITIONAL INTEREST PAYMENT DATE: With respect to the Initial
Notes, each Interest Payment Date.
BROKER-DEALER: Any broker or dealer registered under the
Exchange Act.
CLOSING DATE: The date of this Agreement.
COMMISSION: The Securities and Exchange Commission.
CONSUMMATE: An Exchange Offer shall be deemed "Consummated"
for the purposes of this Agreement upon the occurrence of all of the
following: (i) the filing and effectiveness under the Securities Act of
the Exchange Offer Registration Statement relating to the Exchange
Notes to be issued in the Exchange Offer, (ii) the maintenance of such
Registration Statement continuously effective and the keeping of the
Exchange Offer open for a period not less than the minimum period
required pursuant to Section 3(b) hereof, and (iii) the delivery by the
Company to the Registrar under the Indenture of Exchange Notes in the
same aggregate principal amount as the aggregate principal amount of
Initial Notes that were tendered by Holders thereof pursuant to the
Exchange Offer.
EFFECTIVENESS TARGET DATE: As defined in Section 5.
EXCHANGE ACT: The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
EXCHANGE NOTES: The 10 1/8% Senior Notes due December 15,
2009, of the same series under the Indenture as the Initial Notes, to
be issued to Holders in exchange for Transfer Restricted Securities
pursuant to this Agreement.
EXCHANGE OFFER: The registration by the Company under the
Securities Act of the Exchange Notes pursuant to a Registration
Statement pursuant to which the Company offers the Holders of all
outstanding Transfer Restricted Securities the opportunity to exchange
all such outstanding Transfer Restricted Securities held by such
Holders for Exchange Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to
the aggregate principal amount of the Transfer Restricted Securities
tendered in such exchange offer by such Holders.
EXCHANGE OFFER REGISTRATION STATEMENT: The Registration
Statement relating to the Exchange Offer, including the related
Prospectus.
EXEMPT RESALES: The transactions in which the Initial
Purchasers propose to sell the Initial Notes to any of the following:
(i) certain "qualified institutional buyers," as such term is defined
in Rule 144A under the Securities Act; (ii) foreign persons outside the
United States; and (iii) to certain institutional "accredited
investors," as such term is defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) and (7)
of Regulation D under the Securities Act.
HOLDERS: As defined in Section 2(b) hereof.
INDEMNIFIED HOLDER: As defined in Section 8(a) hereof.
INDENTURE: The Indenture, dated as of December 19, 2001, among
the Company, the Guarantors and U.S. Bank N.A., as trustee (the
"TRUSTEE"), pursuant to which the Notes are to be issued, as such
Indenture is amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance
with its terms.
INITIAL PURCHASERS: As defined in the preamble hereto.
INITIAL NOTES: The 10 1/8% Senior Notes due December 15, 2009,
of the same series under the Indenture as the Exchange Notes, for so
long as such securities constitute Transfer Restricted Securities.
INITIAL PLACEMENT: The issuance and sale by the Company of the
Initial Notes to the Initial Purchasers pursuant to the Purchase
Agreement.
INTEREST PAYMENT DATE: As defined in the Indenture and the
Notes.
NASD: National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
NOTES: The Initial Notes and the Exchange Notes.
PERSON: An individual, partnership, corporation, trust or
unincorporated organization, or a government or agency or political
subdivision thereof.
PROSPECTUS: The prospectus included in a Registration
Statement, as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement and
by all other amendments thereto, including post-effective amendments,
and all material incorporated by reference into such Prospectus.
REGISTRATION DEFAULT: As defined in Section 5 hereof.
REGISTRATION STATEMENT: Any registration statement of the
Company relating to (a) an offering of Exchange Notes pursuant to an
Exchange Offer or (b) the registration for resale of
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Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration
Statement, which is filed pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement,
in each case, including the Prospectus included therein, all amendments
and supplements thereto (including post-effective amendments) and all
exhibits and material incorporated by reference therein.
SECURITIES ACT: The Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
SHELF FILING DEADLINE: As defined in Section 4 hereof.
SHELF REGISTRATION STATEMENT: As defined in Section 4 hereof.
TRUST INDENTURE ACT: The Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15
U.S.C. Section 77aaa 77bbbb) as in effect on the date of the Indenture.
TRANSFER RESTRICTED SECURITIES: Each Note, until the earliest
to occur of (a) the date on which such Note is exchanged in the
Exchange Offer and entitled to be resold to the public by the Holder
thereof without complying with the prospectus delivery requirements of
the Securities Act, (b) the date on which such Note has been
effectively registered under the Securities Act and disposed of in
accordance with a Shelf Registration Statement and (c) the date on
which such Note is distributed to the public pursuant to Rule 144 under
the Securities Act or by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to the "Plan of
Distribution" contemplated by the Exchange Offer Registration Statement
(including delivery of the Prospectus contained therein).
UNDERWRITTEN REGISTRATION or UNDERWRITTEN OFFERING: A
registration in which securities of the Company are sold to an
underwriter for reoffering to the public.
SECTION 2. SECURITIES SUBJECT TO THIS AGREEMENT
(a) TRANSFER RESTRICTED SECURITIES. The securities entitled to the
benefits of this Agreement are the Transfer Restricted Securities.
(b) HOLDERS OF TRANSFER RESTRICTED SECURITIES. A Person is deemed
to be a holder of Transfer Restricted Securities (each, a "Holder") whenever
such Person owns Transfer Restricted Securities.
SECTION 3. REGISTERED EXCHANGE OFFER
(a) Unless the Exchange Offer shall not be permissible under
applicable law or Commission policy (after the procedures set forth in Section
6(a) below have been complied with), the Company and the Guarantors shall (i)
cause to be filed with the Commission as soon as practicable after the Closing
Date, but in no event later than 60 days after the Closing Date, a Registration
Statement under the Securities Act relating to the Exchange Notes and the
Exchange Offer, (ii) use their best efforts to cause such Registration Statement
to become effective at the earliest possible time, but in no event later than
150 days after the Closing Date, (iii) in connection with the foregoing, file
(A) all pre-effective amendments to such Registration Statement as may be
necessary in order to cause such Registration Statement to become effective, (B)
if applicable, a post-effective amendment to such Registration Statement
pursuant to Rule 430A under the Securities Act and (C) cause all necessary
filings in connection with the registration and qualification of the Exchange
Notes to be made under the Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as are necessary
to permit Consummation of the Exchange Offer, and (iv) upon the effectiveness of
such Registration Statement, commence and Consummate the Exchange Offer. The
Exchange Offer shall be on the appropriate form permitting registration of
the Exchange Notes to be
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offered in exchange for the Transfer Restricted Securities and to permit
resales of Notes held by Broker-Dealers as contemplated by Section 3(c) below.
(b) The Company shall cause the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement to be effective continuously and shall keep the Exchange Offer open
for a period of not less than the minimum period required under applicable
federal and state securities laws to Consummate the Exchange Offer; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that in no event shall such period be less than 30 days after the date
notice of the Exchange Offer is mailed to the Holders. The Company shall cause
the Exchange Offer to comply with all applicable federal and state securities
laws. No securities other than the Notes shall be included in the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement. The Company shall use its best efforts to cause the
Exchange Offer to be Consummated on the earliest practicable date after the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement has become effective, but in no event
later than 30 business days after the effectiveness of such Exchange Offer
Registration Statement.
(c) The Company shall indicate in a "Plan of Distribution" section
contained in the Prospectus forming a part of the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement that any Broker-Dealer who holds Initial Notes that are Transfer
Restricted Securities and that were acquired for its own account as a result of
market-making activities or other trading activities (other than Transfer
Restricted Securities acquired directly from the Company), may exchange such
Initial Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer; however, such Broker-Dealer may be
deemed to be an "underwriter" within the meaning of the Securities Act and must,
therefore, deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act
in connection with any resales of the Exchange Notes received by such
Broker-Dealer in the Exchange Offer, which prospectus delivery requirement may
be satisfied by the delivery by such Broker-Dealer of the Prospectus contained
in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement. Such "Plan of Distribution"
section shall also contain all other information with respect to such resales by
Broker-Dealers that the Commission may require in order to permit such resales
pursuant thereto, but such "Plan of Distribution" shall not name any such
Broker-Dealer or disclose the amount of Notes held by any such Broker-Dealer
except to the extent required by the Commission as a result of a change in
policy after the date of this Agreement.
The Company and the Guarantors shall use their best efforts to
keep the Exchange Offer Registration Statement continuously effective,
supplemented and amended as required by the provisions of Section 6(c) below to
the extent necessary to ensure that it is available for resales of Notes
acquired by Broker-Dealers for their own accounts as a result of market-making
activities or other trading activities, and to ensure that it conforms with the
requirements of this Agreement, the Securities Act and the policies, rules and
regulations of the Commission as announced from time to time, for a period
ending on the earlier of (i) 180 days from the date on which the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement is declared effective and (ii) the date on which a
Broker-Dealer is no longer required to deliver a prospectus in connection with
market-making or other trading activities.
The Company shall provide sufficient copies of the latest
version of such Prospectus to Broker-Dealers promptly upon request at any time
during such 180-day (or shorter as provided in the foregoing sentence) period in
order to facilitate such resales.
SECTION 4. SHELF REGISTRATION
(a) SHELF REGISTRATION. If (i) the Company and the Guarantors are
not required to file an Exchange Offer Registration Statement or to consummate
the Exchange Offer because the Exchange Offer is not permitted by applicable law
or Commission policy (after the procedures set forth in Section 6(a) below have
been complied with) or (ii) if any Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities
notifies the Company in writing prior to the 20th day following consummation of
the Exchange Offer that (A) such Holder is prohibited by law or Commission
policy from participating in the Exchange Offer, or
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(B) such Holder may not resell the Exchange Notes acquired by it in the
Exchange Offer to the public without delivering a prospectus and that the
Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is not
appropriate or available for such resales by such Holder, or (C) such Holder
is a Broker-Dealer and holds Notes acquired directly from the Company or one
of its affiliates, then, upon such Holder's request, the Company and the
Guarantors shall
(x) cause to be filed a shelf registration statement pursuant
to Rule 415 under the Securities Act, which may be an amendment to the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement (in either event, the "SHELF
REGISTRATION STATEMENT") on or prior to the earliest to occur of (1)
the 30th day after the date on which the Company determines that it is
not required to file the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, (2) the
30th day after the date on which the Company receives notice from a
Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities as contemplated by clause (ii)
above, and (3) the 60th day after the Closing Date (such earliest date
being the "SHELF FILING DEADLINE"), which Shelf Registration Statement
shall provide for resales of all Transfer Restricted Securities the
Holders of which shall have provided the information required pursuant
to Section 4(b) hereof; and
(y) use their best efforts to cause such Shelf Registration
Statement to be declared effective by the Commission on or before the
150th day after the Closing Date.
The Company and the Guarantors shall use their best efforts to keep such Shelf
Registration Statement continuously effective, supplemented and amended as
required by the provisions of Sections 6(b) and (c) hereof to the extent
necessary to ensure that it is available for resales of Notes by the Holders of
Transfer Restricted Securities entitled to the benefit of this Section 4(a), and
to ensure that it conforms with the requirements of this Agreement, the
Securities Act and the policies, rules and regulations of the Commission as
announced from time to time, for a period of at least two years following the
effective date of such Shelf Registration Statement (or shorter period that will
terminate when all the Notes covered by such Shelf Registration Statement have
been sold pursuant to such Shelf Registration Statement).
(b) PROVISION BY HOLDERS OF CERTAIN INFORMATION IN CONNECTION WITH THE
SHELF REGISTRATION STATEMENT. No Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities may
include any of its Transfer Restricted Securities in any Shelf Registration
Statement pursuant to this Agreement unless and until such Holder furnishes to
the Company in writing, within 20 business days after receipt of a request
therefor, such information as the Company may reasonably request for use in
connection with any Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus or preliminary
Prospectus included therein. Each Holder as to which any Shelf Registration
Statement is being effected agrees to furnish promptly to the Company all
information required to be disclosed in order to make the information previously
furnished to the Company by such Holder not materially misleading.
SECTION 5. LIQUIDATED DAMAGES
If (i) any of the Registration Statements required by this
Agreement is not filed with the Commission on or prior to the date specified for
such filing in this Agreement, (ii) any of such Registration Statements has not
been declared effective by the Commission on or prior to the date specified for
such effectiveness in this Agreement (the "EFFECTIVENESS TARGET DATE"), (iii)
the Exchange Offer has not been Consummated within 30 business days after the
Effectiveness Target Date with respect to the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement or (iv) any Registration Statement required by this Agreement is filed
and declared effective but shall thereafter cease to be effective or fail to be
usable for its intended purpose without being succeeded immediately by a
post-effective amendment to such Registration Statement that cures such failure
and that is itself immediately declared effective (each such event referred to
in clauses (i) through (iv), a "REGISTRATION DEFAULT"), the Company and the
Guarantors hereby jointly and severally agree to pay to each Holder of Transfer
Restricted Securities affected thereby
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liquidated damages ("Liquidated Damages") in an amount equal to $.05 per week
per $1,000 in principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities held by such
Holder for each week or portion thereof that the Registration Default
continues for the first 90-day period immediately following the occurrence of
such Registration Default. The amount of the Liquidated Damages shall
increase by an additional $.05 per week per $1,000 in principal amount of
Transfer Restricted Securities with respect to each subsequent 90-day period
until all Registration Defaults have been cured, up to a maximum amount of
Liquidated Damages of $.50 per week per $1,000 in principal amount of
Transfer Restricted Securities. Following the cure of all Registration
Defaults relating to any particular Transfer Restricted Securities, the
Liquidated Damages payable with respect to the Transfer Restricted Securities
as a result of such clause (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv), as applicable, shall
cease.
All obligations of the Company and the Guarantors set forth in
the preceding paragraph that are outstanding with respect to any Transfer
Restricted Security at the time such security ceases to be a Transfer Restricted
Security shall survive until such time as all such obligations with respect to
such Note shall have been satisfied in full.
SECTION 6. REGISTRATION PROCEDURES
(a) EXCHANGE OFFER REGISTRATION STATEMENT. In connection with the
Exchange Offer, the Company and the Guarantors shall comply with all of the
provisions of Section 6(c) below, shall use their best efforts to effect such
exchange to permit the sale of Transfer Restricted Securities being sold in
accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution thereof, and
shall comply with all of the following provisions:
(i) If in the reasonable opinion of counsel to the
Company there is a question as to whether the Exchange Offer is permitted by
applicable law, the Company and the Guarantors hereby agree to seek a no-action
letter or other favorable decision from the Commission allowing the Company and
the Guarantors to Consummate an Exchange Offer for such Initial Notes. The
Company and the Guarantors each hereby agrees to pursue the issuance of such a
decision to the Commission staff level but shall not be required to take
commercially unreasonable action to effect a change of Commission policy. The
Company and the Guarantors each hereby agrees, however, to (A) participate in
telephonic conferences with the Commission, (B) deliver to the Commission staff
an analysis prepared by counsel to the Company setting forth the legal bases, if
any, upon which such counsel has concluded that such an Exchange Offer should be
permitted and (C) diligently pursue a favorable resolution by the Commission
staff of such submission.
(ii) As a condition to its participation in the Exchange
Offer pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, each Holder of Transfer
Restricted Securities shall furnish, upon the request of the Company, prior to
the Consummation thereof, a written representation to the Company (which may be
contained in the letter of transmittal contemplated by the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement) to the effect that (A) it is not an affiliate of the
Company, (B) it is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, and has no
arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in, a distribution
of the Exchange Notes to be issued in the Exchange Offer and (C) it is acquiring
the Exchange Notes in its ordinary course of business. In addition, all such
Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities shall otherwise cooperate in the
Company's preparations for the Exchange Offer. Each Holder hereby acknowledges
and agrees that any Broker-Dealer and any such Holder using the Exchange Offer
to participate in a distribution of the securities to be acquired in the
Exchange Offer (1) could not under Commission policy as in effect on the date of
this Agreement rely on the position of the Commission enunciated in XXXXXX
XXXXXXX AND CO., INC. (available June 5, 1991) and EXXON CAPITAL HOLDINGS
CORPORATION (available May 13, 1988), as interpreted in the Commission's letter
to Shearman & Sterling dated July 2, 1993, and similar no-action letters (which
may include any no-action letter obtained
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pursuant to clause (i) above), and (2) must comply with the registration and
prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act in connection with a
secondary resale transaction and that such a secondary resale transaction
should be covered by an effective registration statement containing the
selling security holder information required by Item 507 or 508, as
applicable, of Regulation S-K if the resales are of Exchange Notes obtained
by such Holder in exchange for Initial Notes acquired by such Holder directly
from the Company.
(b) SHELF REGISTRATION STATEMENT. In connection with the Shelf
Registration Statement, the Company and the Guarantors shall comply with all the
provisions of Section 6(c) below and shall use their best efforts to effect such
registration to permit the sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities being sold
in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution thereof, and
pursuant thereto the Company will as expeditiously as possible prepare and file
with the Commission a Registration Statement relating to the registration on any
appropriate form under the Securities Act, which form shall be available for the
sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities in accordance with the intended
method or methods of distribution thereof.
(c) GENERAL PROVISIONS. In connection with any Registration
Statement and any Prospectus required by this Agreement to permit the sale or
resale of Transfer Restricted Securities (including, without limitation, any
Registration Statement and the related Prospectus required to permit resales of
Notes by Broker-Dealers), the Company shall:
(i) use its best efforts to keep such Registration
Statement continuously effective and provide all requisite financial statements
(including, if required by the Securities Act or any regulation thereunder,
financial statements of the Guarantors) for the period specified in Section 3 or
4 of this Agreement, as applicable; upon the occurrence of any event that would
cause any such Registration Statement or the Prospectus contained therein (A) to
contain a material misstatement or omission or (B) not to be effective and
usable for resale of Transfer Restricted Securities during the period required
by this Agreement, the Company shall file promptly an appropriate amendment to
such Registration Statement, in the case of clause (A), correcting any such
misstatement or omission, and, in the case of either clause (A) or (B), use its
best efforts to cause such amendment to be declared effective and such
Registration Statement and the related Prospectus to become usable for their
intended purpose(s) as soon as practicable thereafter;
(ii) prepare and file with the Commission such amendments
and post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement as may be necessary
to keep the Registration Statement effective for the applicable period set forth
in Section 3 or 4 hereof, as applicable, or such shorter period as will
terminate when all Transfer Restricted Securities covered by such Registration
Statement have been sold; cause the Prospectus to be supplemented by any
required Prospectus supplement, and as so supplemented to be filed pursuant to
Rule 424 under the Securities Act, and to comply fully with the applicable
provisions of Rules 424 and 430A under the Securities Act in a timely manner;
and comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the
disposition of all securities covered by such Registration Statement during the
applicable period in accordance with the intended method or methods of
distribution by the sellers thereof set forth in such Registration Statement or
supplement to the Prospectus;
(iii) advise the underwriter(s), if any, and selling
Holders promptly and, if requested by such Persons, to confirm such advice in
writing, (A) when the Prospectus or any Prospectus supplement or post-effective
amendment has been filed, and, with respect to any Registration Statement or any
post-effective amendment thereto, when the same has become effective, (B) of any
request by the Commission for amendments to the Registration Statement or
amendments or supplements to the Prospectus or for additional information
relating thereto, (C) of the issuance by the Commission of any
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stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement under
the Securities Act or of the suspension by any state securities commission of
the qualification of the Transfer Restricted Securities for offering or sale
in any jurisdiction, or the initiation of any proceeding for any of the
preceding purposes, and (D) of the existence of any fact or the happening of
any event that makes any statement of a material fact made in the
Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any amendment or supplement thereto,
or any document incorporated by reference therein untrue, or that requires
the making of any additions to or changes in the Registration Statement or
the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein not misleading. If at
any time the Commission shall issue any stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement, or any state securities
commission or other regulatory authority shall issue an order suspending the
qualification or exemption from qualification of the Transfer Restricted
Securities under state securities or Blue Sky laws, the Company and the
Guarantors shall use their best efforts to obtain the withdrawal or lifting
of such order at the earliest possible time;
(iv) furnish without charge to the Initial Purchasers,
each selling Holder named in any Registration Statement, and each of the
underwriter(s), if any, before filing with the Commission, copies of any
Registration Statement or any Prospectus included therein or any amendments or
supplements to any such Registration Statement or Prospectus (including all
documents incorporated by reference after the initial filing of such
Registration Statement), which documents will be subject to the review of such
Holders and underwriter(s) in connection with such sale, if any, for a period of
at least five business days, and the Company will not file any such Registration
Statement or Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to any such Registration
Statement or Prospectus (including all such documents incorporated by reference)
to which the Initial Purchasers, such Holders or the underwriter(s), if any,
shall reasonably object in writing within five business days after the receipt
thereof (such objection to be deemed timely made upon confirmation of telecopy
transmission within such period). The objection of the Initial Purchasers, a
Holder or an underwriter, if any, shall be deemed to be reasonable if such
Registration Statement, amendment, Prospectus or supplement, as applicable, as
proposed to be filed, contains a material misstatement or omission;
(v) promptly prior to the filing of any document that is
to be incorporated by reference into a Registration Statement or Prospectus,
provide copies of such document to each Initial Purchaser, each selling Holder
named in any Registration Statement, and to the underwriter(s), if any, make the
Company's representatives available and representatives of the Guarantors for
discussion of such document and other customary due diligence matters, and
include such information in such document prior to the filing thereof as such
Initial Purchasers, such Holders or underwriter(s), if any, reasonably may
request;
(vi) make available at reasonable times for inspection by
each selling Holder named in any Registration Statement, any managing
underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to such Registration
Statement and any attorney or accountant retained by such Holder or any of the
underwriter(s), all financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents
and properties of the Company and the Guarantors and cause the Company's and the
Guarantors' officers, directors and employees to supply all information
reasonably requested by any such Holder, underwriter, attorney or accountant in
connection with such Registration Statement subsequent to the filing thereof and
prior to its effectiveness;
(vii) if requested by any selling Holders or the
underwriter(s), if any, promptly incorporate in any Registration Statement or
Prospectus, pursuant to a supplement or post-effective amendment if necessary,
such information as such selling Holders and underwriter(s), if any, may
reasonably request to have included therein, including, without limitation,
information relating to the "Plan of Distribution" of the Transfer Restricted
Securities, information with respect to the principal amount of Transfer
Restricted Securities being sold to such underwriter(s), the purchase price
being paid
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therefor and any other terms of the offering of the Transfer Restricted
Securities to be sold in such offering; and make all required filings of such
Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment as soon as practicable
after the Company is notified of the matters to be incorporated in such
Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment;
(viii) cause the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by
the Registration Statement to be rated with the appropriate rating agencies, if
so requested by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of Notes
covered thereby or the underwriter(s), if any;
(ix) furnish to each selling Holder and each of the
underwriter(s), if any, without charge, at least one copy of the Registration
Statement, as first filed with the Commission, and of each amendment thereto,
including financial statements and schedules, all documents incorporated by
reference therein and all exhibits (including exhibits incorporated therein
by reference);
(x) deliver to each selling Holder and each of the
underwriter(s), if any, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus
(including each preliminary prospectus) and any amendment or supplement thereto
as such Persons reasonably may request; the Company and the Guarantors hereby
consent to the use of the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto by
each of the selling Holders and each of the underwriter(s), if any, in
connection with the offering and the sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities
covered by the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto;
(xi) enter into, and cause the Guarantors to enter into,
such agreements (including an underwriting agreement), and make, and cause the
Guarantors to make, such representations and warranties, and take all such other
actions in connection therewith in order to expedite or facilitate the
disposition of the Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to any Registration
Statement contemplated by this Agreement, all to such extent as may be
reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers or by any Holder of Transfer
Restricted Securities or underwriter in connection with any sale or resale
pursuant to any Registration Statement contemplated by this Agreement; and
whether or not an underwriting agreement is entered into and whether or not the
registration is an Underwritten Registration, the Company and the Guarantors
shall:
(A) furnish to each Initial Purchaser, each selling
Holder and each underwriter, if any, in such substance and scope as
they may reasonably request and as are customarily made by issuers to
underwriters in primary underwritten offerings, upon the date of the
Consummation of the Exchange Offer and, if applicable, the
effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement:
(1) a certificate, dated the date of
Consummation of the Exchange Offer or the date of
effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement, as the case
may be, signed by (y) the President or any Vice President and
(z) a principal financial or accounting officer of each of the
Company and the Guarantors, confirming, as of the date
thereof, the matters set forth in paragraphs (i), (ii) and
(iii) of Section 5(e) of the Purchase Agreement and such other
matters as such parties may reasonably request;
(2) opinions, dated the date of Consummation of
the Exchange Offer or the date of effectiveness of the Shelf
Registration Statement, as the case may be, of counsel for the
Company and the Guarantors, covering the matters set forth in
Section 5(c) of the Purchase Agreement and such other matter
as such parties may reasonably request; and
(3) a customary comfort letter, dated as of the
date of Consummation of the Exchange Offer or the date of
effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement, as the case
may be, from the Company's independent accountants, in the
customary form and
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covering matters of the type customarily covered in comfort
letters by underwriters in connection with primary
underwritten offerings, and affirming the matters set forth in
the comfort letters delivered pursuant to Section 5(a) of the
Purchase Agreement, without exception;
(B) set forth in full or incorporate by reference in the
underwriting agreement, if any, the indemnification provisions and
procedures of Section 8 hereof with respect to all parties to be
indemnified pursuant to said Section; and
(C) deliver such other documents and certificates as may
be reasonably requested by such parties to evidence compliance with
clause (A) above and with any customary conditions contained in the
underwriting agreement or other agreement entered into by the Company
or the Guarantors pursuant to this clause (xi), if any.
If at any time the representations and warranties of the
Company and the Guarantors contemplated in clause (A)(1) above cease to be true
and correct, the Company or the Guarantors shall so advise each Initial
Purchaser and the underwriter(s), if any, and each selling Holder promptly and,
if requested by such Persons, shall confirm such advice in writing;
(xii) prior to any public offering of Transfer
Restricted Securities, cooperate with, and cause the Guarantors to cooperate
with, the selling Holders, the underwriter(s), if any, and their respective
counsel in connection with the registration and qualification of the Transfer
Restricted Securities under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such
jurisdictions as the selling Holders or underwriter(s) may reasonably request
and do any and all other acts or things necessary or advisable to enable the
disposition in such jurisdictions of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered
by the Shelf Registration Statement; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that neither the Company
nor the Guarantors shall be required to register or qualify as a foreign
corporation where it is not then so qualified or to take any action that would
subject it to the service of process in suits or to taxation, other than as to
matters and transactions relating to the Registration Statement, in any
jurisdiction where it is not then so subject;
(xiii) shall issue, upon the request of any Holder
of Initial Notes covered by the Shelf Registration Statement, Exchange Notes,
having an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of
Initial Notes surrendered to the Company by such Holder in exchange therefor or
being sold by such Holder; such Exchange Notes to be registered in the name of
such Holder or in the name of the purchaser(s) of such Notes, as the case may
be; in return, the Initial Notes held by such Holder shall be surrendered to the
Company for cancellation;
(xiv) cooperate with, and cause the Guarantors to
cooperate with, the selling Holders and the underwriter(s), if any, to
facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing
Transfer Restricted Securities to be sold and not bearing any restrictive
legends; and enable such Transfer Restricted Securities to be in such
denominations and registered in such names as the Holders or the underwriter(s),
if any, may request at least two business days prior to any sale of Transfer
Restricted Securities made by such underwriter(s);
(xv) use its best efforts to cause the Transfer
Restricted Securities covered by the Registration Statement to be registered
with or approved by such other governmental agencies or authorities as may be
necessary to enable the seller or sellers thereof or the underwriter(s), if any,
to consummate the disposition of such Transfer Restricted Securities, subject to
the proviso contained in clause (xii) above;
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(xvi) if any fact or event contemplated by clause
(c)(iii)(D) above shall exist or have occurred, prepare a supplement or
post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or related Prospectus or
any document incorporated therein by reference or file any other required
document so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of Transfer
Restricted Securities, the Prospectus will not contain an untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading;
(xvii) provide a CUSIP number for all Transfer
Restricted Securities not later than the effective date of the Registration
Statement and provide the Trustee under the Indenture with printed certificates
for the Transfer Restricted Securities which are in a form eligible for deposit
with the Depositary Trust Company;
(xviii) 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 (including any "qualified independent
underwriter") that is required to be retained in accordance with the rules and
regulations of the NASD, and use its best efforts to cause such Registration
Statement to become effective and approved by such governmental agencies or
authorities as may be necessary to enable the Holders selling Transfer
Restricted Securities to consummate the disposition of such Transfer Restricted
Securities;
(xix) otherwise use its best efforts to comply
with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission, and make generally
available to its security holders, as soon as practicable, a consolidated
earnings statement meeting the requirements of Rule 158 (which need not be
audited) for the twelve-month period (A) commencing at the end of any fiscal
quarter in which Transfer Restricted Securities are sold to underwriters in a
firm or best efforts Underwritten Offering or (B) if not sold to underwriters in
such an offering, beginning with the first month of the Company's first fiscal
quarter commencing after the effective date of the Registration Statement;
(xx) cause the Indenture to be qualified under
the Trust Indenture Act not later than the effective date of the first
Registration Statement required by this Agreement, and, in connection therewith,
cooperate with, and cause the Guarantors to cooperate with, the Trustee and the
Holders of Notes to effect such changes to the Indenture as may be required for
such Indenture to be so qualified in accordance with the terms of the Trust
Indenture Act; and to execute, and cause the Guarantors to execute, and use its
best efforts to cause the Trustee to execute, all documents that may be required
to effect such changes and all other forms and documents required to be filed
with the Commission to enable such Indenture to be so qualified in a timely
manner;
(xxi) cause all Transfer Restricted Securities
covered by the Registration Statement to be listed on each securities exchange
on which similar securities issued by the Company are then listed if requested
by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of Initial Notes or
the managing underwriter(s), if any; and
(xxii) provide promptly to each Holder upon request
each document filed with the Commission pursuant to the requirements of Section
13 and Section 15 of the Exchange Act.
(d) RESTRICTIONS ON HOLDERS. Each Holder agrees by acquisition of
a Transfer Restricted Security that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company
of the existence of any fact of the kind described in Section 6(c)(iii)(D)
hereof, such Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of Transfer
Restricted Securities pursuant to the applicable Registration Statement until
such Holder's receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus
contemplated by Section 6(c)(xvi) hereof, or until it is advised in writing (the
"ADVICE") by the Company that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed, and has
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received copies of any additional or supplemental filings that are incorporated
by reference in the Prospectus. If so directed by the Company, each Holder will
deliver to the Company (at the Company's expense) all copies, other than
permanent file copies then in such Holder's possession, of the Prospectus
covering such Transfer Restricted Securities that was current at the time of
receipt of such notice. In the event the Company shall give any such notice, the
time period regarding the effectiveness of such Registration Statement set forth
in Section 3 or 4 hereof, as applicable, shall be extended by the number of days
during the period from and including the date of the giving of such notice
pursuant to Section 6(c)(iii)(D) hereof to and including the date when each
selling Holder covered by such Registration Statement shall have received the
copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section
6(c)(xvi) hereof or shall have received the Advice; however, no such extension
shall be taken into account in determining whether any Liquidated Damages are
due pursuant to Section 5 hereof or the amount of such Liquidated Damages, it
being agreed that the Company's option to suspend use of a Registration
Statement pursuant to this paragraph shall be treated as a Registration Default
for purposes of Section 5.
SECTION 7. REGISTRATION EXPENSES
(a) All expenses incident to the Company's or the Guarantors'
performance of or compliance with this Agreement will be borne by the Company or
the Guarantors, regardless of whether a Registration Statement becomes
effective, including without limitation: (i) all registration and filing fees
and expenses (including filings made by the Initial Purchasers or Holder with
the NASD (and, if applicable, the fees and expenses of any "qualified
independent underwriter" and its counsel that may be required by the rules and
regulations of the NASD)); (ii) all fees and expenses of compliance with federal
securities and state Blue Sky or securities laws; (iii) all expenses of printing
(including printing certificates for the Exchange Notes to be issued in the
Exchange Offer and printing of Prospectuses), messenger and delivery services
and telephone; (iv) all fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company, the
Guarantors and, subject to Section 7(b) below, the Holders of Transfer
Restricted Securities; (v) all application and filing fees in connection with
listing the Exchange Notes on a national securities exchange or automated
quotation system pursuant to the requirements thereof; (vi) all fees and
disbursements of independent certified public accountants of the Company and the
Guarantors (including the expenses of any special audit and comfort letters
required by or incident to such performance); (vii) all rating agency fees, if
any; and (viii) all fees and expenses relating to the qualification of the
Indenture under the applicable securities laws.
The Company will, in any event, bear its internal expenses
(including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of its officers and
employees performing legal or accounting duties), the expenses of any annual
audit and the fees and expenses of any Person, including special experts,
retained by the Company.
(b) In connection with any Registration Statement required by this
Agreement (including, without limitation, the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement and the Shelf Registration Statement), the Company will reimburse the
Initial Purchasers and the Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities being
tendered in the Exchange Offer and/or resold pursuant to the "Plan of
Distribution" contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or
registered pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement, as applicable, for the
reasonable fees and disbursements of not more than one counsel, who shall be
Shearman & Sterling or such other counsel as may be chosen by the Holders of a
majority in principal amount of the Transfer Restricted Securities for whose
benefit such Registration Statement is being prepared.
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SECTION 8. INDEMNIFICATION
(a) The Company agrees and the Guarantors, jointly and severally,
agree to indemnify and hold harmless (i) each Holder and (ii) each Person, if
any, who controls (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or
Section 20 of the Exchange Act) any Holder (any of the persons referred to in
this clause (ii) being hereinafter referred to as a "controlling person") and
(iii) the respective officers, directors, partners, employees, representatives
and agents of any Holder or any controlling person (any person referred to in
clause (i), (ii) or (iii) may hereinafter be referred to as an "INDEMNIFIED
HOLDER"), to the fullest extent lawful, from and against any and all losses,
claims, damages, liabilities, judgments, actions and expenses (including without
limitation and as incurred, reimbursement of all reasonable costs of
investigating, preparing, pursuing, settling, compromising, paying or defending
any claim or action, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental
agency or body, commenced or threatened, including the reasonable fees and
expenses of counsel to any Indemnified Holder), joint or several, directly or
indirectly caused by, related to, based upon, arising out of or in connection
with any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
contained in any Registration Statement or Prospectus (or any amendment or
supplement thereto), or any omission or alleged omission to state therein a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading, except insofar as such losses, claims, damages,
liabilities or expenses are caused by an untrue statement or omission or alleged
untrue statement or omission that is made in reliance upon and in conformity
with information relating to any of the Holders furnished in writing to the
Company by any of the Holders expressly for use therein. This indemnity
agreement shall be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise
have.
In case any action or proceeding (including any governmental
or regulatory investigation or proceeding) shall be brought or asserted against
any of the Indemnified Holders with respect to which indemnity may be sought
against the Company or the Guarantors, such Indemnified Holder (or the
Indemnified Holder controlled by such controlling person) shall promptly notify
the Company and the Guarantors in writing (PROVIDED, that the failure to give
such notice shall not relieve the Company or the Guarantors of their respective
obligations pursuant to this Agreement). Such Indemnified Holder shall have the
right to employ its own counsel in any such action and the fees and expenses of
such counsel shall be paid, as incurred, by the Company and the Guarantors
(regardless of whether it is ultimately determined that an Indemnified Holder is
not entitled to indemnification hereunder). The Company and the Guarantors shall
not, in connection with any one such action or proceeding or separate but
substantially similar or related actions or proceedings in the same jurisdiction
arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances, be liable for the
reasonable fees and expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys (in
addition to any local counsel) at any time for such Indemnified Holders, which
firm shall be designated by the Holders. The Company shall be liable for any
settlement of any such action or proceeding effected with the Company's prior
written consent, which consent shall not be withheld unreasonably, and the
Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless any Indemnified Holder from and
against any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense by reason of any
settlement of any action effected with the written consent of the Company. The
Company shall not, without the prior written consent of each Indemnified Holder,
settle or compromise or consent to the entry of judgment in or otherwise seek to
terminate any pending or threatened action, claim, litigation or proceeding in
respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder
(whether or not any Indemnified Holder is a party thereto), unless such
settlement, compromise, consent or termination includes an unconditional release
of each Indemnified Holder from all liability arising out of such action, claim,
litigation or proceeding.
(b) Each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities agrees,
severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and the
Guarantors and their respective directors and officers of the Company who sign a
Registration Statement, and any person controlling (within the meaning of
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Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) the Company,
and the respective officers, directors, partners, employees, representatives and
agents of each such person, to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from
the Company and the Guarantors to each of the Indemnified Holders, but only with
respect to claims and actions based on information relating to such Holder
furnished in writing to the Company by such Holder expressly for use in any
Registration Statement. In case any action or proceeding shall be brought
against the Company or its directors or officers or any such controlling person
in respect of which indemnity may be sought against a Holder of Transfer
Restricted Securities, such Holder shall have the rights and duties given to the
Company and the Company or its directors or officers or such controlling person
shall have the rights and duties given to each Holder by the preceding
paragraph. In no event shall the liability of any selling Holder hereunder be
greater in amount than the dollar amount of the proceeds received by such Holder
upon the sale of the Securities giving rise to such indemnification obligation.
(c) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 8 is
unavailable to an indemnified party under Section 8(a) or Section 8(b) hereof
(other than by reason of exceptions provided in those Sections) in respect of
any losses, claims, damages, liabilities, judgments, actions or expenses
referred to therein, then each applicable indemnifying party, in lieu of
indemnifying such indemnified party, shall contribute to the amount paid or
payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages,
liabilities or expenses in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the
relative benefits received by the Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand,
and the Holders, on the other hand, from the Initial Placement (which in the
case of the Company shall be deemed to be equal to the total gross proceeds from
the Initial Placement as set forth on the cover page of the Offering
Memorandum), the amount of Liquidated Damages which did not become payable as a
result of the filing of the Registration Statement resulting in such losses,
claims, damages, liabilities, judgments actions or expenses, and such
Registration Statement, or if such allocation is not permitted by applicable
law, the relative fault of the Company and the Guarantors on the one hand, and
of the Indemnified Holder, on the other hand, in connection with the statements
or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or
expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative
fault of the Company and the Guarantors on the one hand and of the Indemnified
Holder on the other shall be determined by reference to, among other things,
whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the
omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information
supplied by the Company or by the Indemnified Holder and the parties' relative
intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent
such statement or omission. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of
the losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses referred to above shall be
deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in the second paragraph
of Section 8(a), any legal or other fees or expenses reasonably incurred by such
party in connection with investigating or defending any action or claim.
The Company, the Guarantors and each Holder of Transfer
Restricted Securities agree that it would not be just and equitable if
contribution pursuant to this Section 8(c) were determined by pro rata
allocation (even if the Holders were treated as one entity for such purpose) or
by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable
considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph. The amount
paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims,
damages, liabilities or expenses referred to in the immediately preceding
paragraph shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth
above, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party
in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Xxxxxxx 0, xxxx of the Holders (and its
related Indemnified Holders) shall be required to contribute, in the aggregate,
any amount in excess of the amount by which the total discount received by such
Holder with respect to the Initial Notes exceeds the amount of any damages which
such Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or
alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of
fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the
Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any
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person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Holders'
obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 8(c) are several in
proportion to the respective principal amount of Initial Notes held by each
of the Holders hereunder and not joint.
SECTION 9. RULE 144A
The Company and the Guarantors each hereby agrees with each
Holder, for so long as any Transfer Restricted Securities remain outstanding, to
make available to any Holder or beneficial owner of Transfer Restricted
Securities in connection with any sale thereof and any prospective purchaser of
such Transfer Restricted Securities from such Holder or beneficial owner, the
information required by Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act in order to
permit resales of such Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to Rule 144A.
SECTION 10. PARTICIPATION IN UNDERWRITTEN REGISTRATIONS
No Holder may participate in any Underwritten Registration
hereunder unless such Holder (a) agrees to sell such Holder's Transfer
Restricted Securities on the basis provided in any underwriting arrangements
approved by the Persons entitled hereunder to approve such arrangements and (b)
completes and executes all reasonable questionnaires, powers of attorney,
indemnities, underwriting agreements, lock-up letters and other documents
required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements.
SECTION 11. SELECTION OF UNDERWRITERS
The Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the
Shelf Registration Statement who desire to do so may sell such Transfer
Restricted Securities in an Underwritten Offering. In any such Underwritten
Offering, the investment banker or investment bankers and manager or managers
that will administer the offering will be selected by the Holders of a majority
in aggregate principal amount of the Transfer Restricted Securities included in
such offering; PROVIDED, that such investment bankers and managers must be
reasonably satisfactory to the Company.
SECTION 12. MISCELLANEOUS
(a) REMEDIES. The Company and the Guarantors each hereby agrees
that monetary damages would not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred
by reason of a breach by it of the provisions of this Agreement and hereby
agrees to waive the defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy
at law would be adequate.
(b) NO INCONSISTENT AGREEMENTS. The Company will not, and will
cause the Guarantors not to, on or after the date of this Agreement enter into
any agreement with respect to its securities that is inconsistent with the
rights granted to the Holders in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the
provisions hereof. Neither the Company nor the Guarantors have entered into any
agreement granting any registration rights with respect to its securities to any
Person. The rights granted to the Holders hereunder do not in any way conflict
with and are not inconsistent with the rights granted to the holders of the
Company's securities under any agreement in effect on the date hereof.
(c) ADJUSTMENTS AFFECTING THE NOTES. The Company will not take any
action, or permit any change to occur, with respect to the Notes that would
materially and adversely affect the ability of the Holders to Consummate any
Exchange Offer.
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(d) AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS. The provisions of this Agreement may
not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to or
departures from the provisions hereof may not be given unless the Company has
obtained the written consent of Holders of a majority of the outstanding
principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, a waiver or consent to departure from the provisions hereof that
relates exclusively to the rights of Holders whose securities are being tendered
pursuant to the Exchange Offer and that does not affect directly or indirectly
the rights of other Holders whose securities are not being tendered pursuant to
such Exchange Offer may be given by the Holders of a majority of the outstanding
principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities being tendered or registered;
PROVIDED that, with respect to any matter that directly or indirectly affects
the rights of the Initial Purchasers hereunder, the Company shall obtain the
written consent of the Initial Purchasers with respect to which such amendment,
qualification, supplement, waiver, consent or departure is to be effective.
(e) NOTICES. All notices and other communications provided for or
permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand-delivery, first-class mail
(registered or certified, return receipt requested), telex, telecopier, or air
courier guaranteeing overnight delivery:
(i) if to a Holder, at the address set forth on the
records of the Registrar under the Indenture, with a copy to the Registrar under
the Indenture; and
(ii) if to the Company:
Wheeling Island Gaming, Inc.
00 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx or General Counsel
With a copy to:
Proskauer Rose LLP
0000 Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have
been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five
business days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed;
when answered back, if telexed; when receipt acknowledged, if telecopied; and on
the next business day, if timely delivered to an air courier guaranteeing
overnight delivery.
Copies of all such notices, demands or other communications
shall be concurrently delivered by the Person giving the same to the Trustee at
the address specified in the Indenture.
(f) SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. This Agreement shall inure to the
benefit of and be binding upon the successors and assigns of each of the
parties, including without limitation and without the need for an express
assignment, subsequent Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that this Agreement shall not inure to the benefit of or be binding
upon a successor or assign of a Holder unless and to the extent such successor
or assign acquired Transfer Restricted Securities from such Holder.
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(g) COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which
when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken
together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
(h) HEADINGS. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience
of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
(i) GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
(j) SEVERABILITY. In the event that any one or more of the
provisions contained herein, or the application thereof in any circumstance, is
held invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and
enforceability of any such provision in every other respect and of the remaining
provisions contained herein shall not be affected or impaired thereby.
(k) ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement is intended by the parties as
a final expression of their agreement and intended to be a complete and
exclusive statement of the agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in
respect of the subject matter contained herein. There are no restrictions,
promises, warranties or undertakings, other than those set forth or referred to
herein with respect to the registration rights granted by the Company with
respect to the Transfer Restricted Securities. This Agreement supersedes all
prior agreements and understandings between the parties with respect to such
subject matter.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement
as of the date first written above.
WHEELING ISLAND GAMING, INC.
By:
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Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: President
WDRA FOOD SERVICE, INC.
By:
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Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: President
WHEELING LAND DEVELOPMENT CORP.
By:
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
Title: President
The foregoing Registration Rights Agreement is
hereby confirmed and accepted as of the date
first above written.
BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC
XXXXX FARGO BROKERAGE SERVICES, LLC
By: BANK OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC
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Name:
Title:
SCHEDULE A
GUARANTORS
WDRA Food Service, Inc.
Wheeling Land Development Corp.
