Exhibit 4.3
SOUTHERN POWER COMPANY
6.250% Senior Notes, Series A due July 15, 2012
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
New York, New York
June 18, 2002
Xxxxxx Brothers Inc.
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Barney Inc.
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
As Representatives of the Initial Purchasers
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Southern Power Company, a corporation organized under the laws
of the State of Delaware (the "Company"), proposes to issue and sell, severally
and not jointly, to Xxxxxx Brothers Inc., Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Barney Inc., Barclays
Capital Inc., Commerzbank Capital Markets Corp., Mizuho International plc,
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated, Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. and
Tokyo-Mitsubishi International plc (the "Initial Purchasers"), upon the terms
set forth in a purchase agreement, dated June 13, 2002 (the "Purchase
Agreement"), $575,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 6.250% Senior Notes,
Series A due July 15, 2012 (the "Securities"), relating to the initial placement
of the Securities (the "Initial Placement"). To induce the Initial Purchasers to
enter into the Purchase Agreement and to satisfy a condition of your obligations
thereunder, the Company agrees with you for your benefit and the benefit of the
holders from time to time of the Securities (including the Initial Purchasers)
(each a "Holder" and, together, the "Holders"), as follows:
1. Definitions. Each of the capitalized terms used herein
without definition shall have the meaning set forth in the Purchase Agreement.
As used in this Agreement, the following capitalized defined terms shall have
the following meanings:
"Act" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and
the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
"Affiliate" of any specified Person shall mean any other
Person that, directly or indirectly, is in control of, is controlled by, or is
under common control with, such specified Person. For purposes of this
definition, control of a Person shall mean the power, direct or indirect, to
direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person
whether by contract or otherwise; and the terms "controlling" and "controlled"
shall have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
"Broker-Dealer" shall mean any broker or dealer registered as
such under the Exchange Act.
"Business Day" shall mean any day other than a Saturday, a
Sunday or a legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions or trust
companies are authorized or obligated by law to close in New York City.
"Commission" shall mean the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
"Exchange Act" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated
thereunder.
"Exchange Offer Registration Period" shall mean the 270-day
period following the consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer, exclusive of
any period during which any stop order shall be in effect suspending the
effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement.
"Exchange Offer Registration Statement" shall mean a
registration statement of the Company on an appropriate form under the Act with
respect to the Registered Exchange Offer, all amendments and supplements to such
registration statement, including post-effective amendments thereto, in each
case including the Prospectus contained therein, all exhibits thereto and any
material incorporated by reference therein.
"Exchanging Dealer" shall mean any Holder (which may include
any Initial Purchaser) that is a Broker-Dealer and elects to exchange for New
Securities any Securities that it acquired for its own account as a result of
market-making activities or other trading activities (but not directly from the
Company or any Affiliate of the Company) for New Securities.
"Holder" shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble
hereto.
"Indenture" shall mean the Indenture dated as of June 1, 2002,
between the Company and The Bank of New York, as trustee, as the same may be
amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.
"Initial Placement" shall have the meaning set forth in the
preamble hereto.
"Initial Purchaser" shall have the meaning set forth in the
preamble hereto.
"Majority Holders" shall mean the Holders of a majority of the
aggregate principal amount of Securities registered under a Registration
Statement.
"Managing Underwriters" shall mean the investment banker or
investment bankers and manager or managers that shall administer an underwritten
offering of the Securities offered pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement.
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"New Securities" shall mean debt securities of the Company
issued under the Indenture that are registered under the Act and are identical
in all material respects to the Securities (except that the interest rate
step-up provisions and the transfer restrictions shall be modified or
eliminated, as appropriate).
"Offering Memorandum" shall have the meaning set forth in the
Purchase Agreement.
"Prospectus" shall mean the prospectus included in any
Registration Statement (including, without limitation, a prospectus that
discloses information previously omitted from a prospectus filed as part of an
effective registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A under the Act), as
amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, with respect to the terms
of the offering of any portion of the Securities or the New Securities covered
by such Registration Statement, and all amendments and supplements thereto and
any material incorporated by reference therein.
"Purchase Agreement" shall have the meaning set forth in the
preamble hereto.
"Registered Exchange Offer" shall mean the proposed offer of
the Company to issue and deliver to the Holders of the Securities that are not
prohibited by any law or policy of the Commission from participating in such
offer, in exchange for the Securities, a like aggregate principal amount of the
New Securities.
"Registration Statement" shall mean any Exchange Offer
Registration Statement or Shelf Registration Statement that covers any of the
Securities or the New Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement,
any amendments and supplements to such registration statement, including
post-effective amendments (in each case including the Prospectus contained
therein), all exhibits thereto and any material incorporated by reference
therein.
"Securities" shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble
hereto.
"Shelf Registration" shall mean a registration effected
pursuant to Section 3 hereof.
"Shelf Registration Period" has the meaning set forth in
Section 3(b) hereof.
"Shelf Registration Statement" shall mean a "shelf"
registration statement of the Company pursuant to the provisions of Section 3
hereof which covers some or all of the Securities or New Securities, as
applicable, on an appropriate form under Rule 415 under the Act, or any similar
rule that may be adopted by the Commission, amendments and supplements to such
registration statement, including post-effective amendments, in each case
including the Prospectus contained therein, all exhibits thereto and any
material incorporated by reference therein.
"Transfer Restricted Security" means each Security until: (i)
the date on which that Security has been exchanged by a person other than a
broker-dealer for a freely transferable New Security in the Registered Exchange
Offer; (ii) following the exchange by a Broker-Dealer in the Registered Exchange
Offer of a Security for a New Security, the date on which that New Security is
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sold to a purchaser who receives from that Broker-Dealer on or prior to the date
of that sale a copy of the Prospectus constituting part of the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement; (iii) the date on which that Security has been
effectively registered under the Act and disposed of in accordance with the
Shelf Registration Statement; or (iv) the date on which that Security is
distributed to the public pursuant to Rule 144 under the Act or becomes freely
tradeable pursuant to Rule 144(k) under the Act.
"Trustee" shall mean the trustee with respect to the
Securities under the Indenture.
2. Registered Exchange Offer.
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(a) To the extent not prohibited by any applicable law or
applicable interpretation of the Commission, the Company shall use its
best efforts to consummate the Registered Exchange Offer within 270
days of the date of the original issuance of the Securities (or if such
270th day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day).
(b) Upon the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement, the Company shall promptly commence the Registered Exchange
Offer, it being the objective of such Registered Exchange Offer to
enable each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities electing to
exchange those Transfer Restricted Securities for New Securities
(assuming that such Holder is not an Affiliate of the Company,
acquires the New Securities in the ordinary course of such Holder's
business, has no arrangements with any Person to participate in the
distribution of the New Securities and is not prohibited by any law or
policy of the Commission from participating in the Registered Exchange
Offer ) to trade such New Securities from and after their receipt
without any limitations or restrictions under the Act and without
material restrictions under the securities laws of a substantial
proportion of the several states of the United States.
(c) In connection with the Registered Exchange Offer, the Company
shall:
(i) mail to each Holder a copy of the Prospectus
forming part of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement,
together with an appropriate letter of transmittal and related
documents;
(ii) keep the Registered Exchange Offer open for not
less than 20 Business Days and not more than 30 Business Days
after the date notice thereof is mailed to the Holders (or, in
each case, longer if required by applicable law);
(iii) use its best efforts to keep the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement continuously effective under the Act,
supplemented and amended as required, under the Act to ensure
that it is available for sales of New Securities by Exchanging
Dealers during the Exchange Offer Registration Period;
(iv) utilize the services of a depositary for the
Registered Exchange Offer with an address in the Borough of
Manhattan in New York City, which may be the Trustee or an
Affiliate of the Trustee;
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(v) permit Holders to withdraw tendered Securities at
any time prior to the close of business, New York time, on the
last Business Day on which the Registered Exchange Offer is
open;
(vi) prior to effectiveness of the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement, provide a supplemental letter to the
Commission (A) stating that the Company is conducting the
Registered Exchange Offer in reliance on the position of the
Commission in Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation (pub. avail.
May 13, 1988) and Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx and Co., Inc. (pub. avail.
June 5, 1991); and (B) including a representation that the
Company has not entered into any arrangement or understanding
with any Person to distribute the New Securities to be
received in the Registered Exchange Offer and that, to the
best of the Company's information and belief, each Holder
participating in the Registered Exchange Offer is acquiring
the New Securities in the ordinary course of business and has
no arrangement or understanding with any Person to participate
in the distribution of the New Securities; and
(vii) comply in all material respects with all
applicable laws.
(d) As soon as practicable after the close of the Registered
Exchange Offer, the Company shall:
(i) accept for exchange all Securities tendered and not
validly withdrawn pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer;
(ii) deliver to the Trustee for cancellation in
accordance with Section 4(q) herein all Securities so
accepted for exchange; and
(iii) cause the Trustee promptly to authenticate and
deliver to each Holder of Securities a principal amount of New
Securities equal to the principal amount of the Securities of
such Holder so accepted for exchange.
(e) Each Holder hereby acknowledges and agrees that any Broker-Dealer
and any such Holder using the Registered Exchange Offer to participate in a
distribution of the New Securities (x) could not under Commission policy as
in effect on the date of this Agreement rely on the position of the
Commission in Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx and Co., Inc. (pub. avail. June 5, 1991) and
Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation (pub. avail. May 13, 1988), as
interpreted in the Commission's letter to Shearman & Sterling dated July 2,
1993 and similar no-action letters; and (y) must comply with the
registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Act in connection
with any secondary resale transaction and must 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 under the Act
if the resales are of New Securities obtained by such Holder in exchange
for Securities acquired by such Holder directly from the Company or one of
its Affiliates. Accordingly, each Holder participating in the Registered
Exchange Offer shall be required to represent to the Company that, at the
time of the consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer:
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(i) any New Securities received by such Holder
will be acquired in the ordinary course of business;
(ii) such Holder will have no arrangement or
understanding with any Person to participate in the
distribution of the Securities or the New Securities within
the meaning of the Act;
(iii) such Holder is not an Affiliate of the
Company;
(iv) if that Holder is not a Broker-Dealer, that it
is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, any distribution of
the New Securities; and
(v) if that Holder is a Broker-Dealer, that it will
receive New Securities for its own account in exchange for
Securities that were acquired as a result of market-making
activities or other trading activities and that it will
deliver a Prospectus in connection with any resale of those
New Securities.
(f) Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, the Company will
ensure that (i) any Exchange Offer Registration Statement and any amendment
thereto and any Prospectus forming a part thereof and any supplement
thereto complies in all material respects with the Act and the rules and
regulations thereunder, (ii) any Exchange Offer Registration Statement and
any amendment thereto does not, when it becomes effective, contain an
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein
not misleading and (iii) any Prospectus forming part of any Exchange Offer
Registration Statement, and any supplement to such Prospectus, does not
include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading.
(g) If following the date hereof there has been announced a change in
Commission policy with respect to exchange offers that in the reasonable
opinion of counsel to the Company raises a substantial question as to
whether the Registered Exchange Offer is permitted by applicable federal
law, the Company will seek a no-action letter or other favorable decision
from the Commission allowing the Company to consummate the Registered
Exchange Offer. The Company will pursue the issuance of such a decision to
the Commission staff level. In connection with the foregoing, the Company
will take all such other actions as may be requested by the Commission or
otherwise required in connection with the issuance of such decision,
including without limitation (i) participating in telephonic conferences
with the Commission, (ii) delivering 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 the Registered Exchange Offer
should be permitted and (iii) diligently pursuing a resolution (which need
not be favorable) by the Commission staff.
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3. Shelf Registration.
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(a) If (i) due to any change in law or applicable
interpretations thereof by the Commission's staff, the Company
determines upon the advice of its outside counsel that it is
not permitted to effect the Registered Exchange Offer as
contemplated by Section 2 hereof;
(ii) for any other reason the Registered Exchange
Offer is not consummated within 270 days of the date hereof;
(iii) any Initial Purchaser so requests with respect
to Securities that are not eligible to be exchanged for New
Securities in the Registered Exchange Offer and that are held
by it following consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer;
(iv) any Holder (other than an Exchanging Dealer) is
not eligible to participate in the Registered Exchange Offer
under applicable law or applicable policies of the Commission;
or
(v) any Holder (other than an Exchanging Dealer) that
participates in the Registered Exchange Offer does not receive
freely tradeable New Securities on the date of the exchange
for validly tendered (and not withdrawn) Transfer Restricted
Securities,
the Company shall effect a Shelf Registration Statement in
accordance with subsection (b) below (the date on which any of
the conditions described in the foregoing clauses (i) through
(v) occur, including in the case of clauses (iii), (iv) and
(v) the receipt of the required notice, being a "Trigger
Date"):
(b) (i) To the extent not prohibited by any applicable law
or applicable interpretation of the staff of the Commission, the
Company shall as promptly as practicable (but in no event more
than 50 days after the Trigger Date), prepare and file with the
Commission and thereafter shall use its best efforts to cause to
be declared effective under the Act a Shelf Registration
Statement relating to the offer and sale of the Transfer
Restricted Securities or the New Securities, as applicable, by
the Holders thereof from time to time in accordance with the
methods of distribution elected by such Holders and set forth in
such Shelf Registration Statement; provided, however, that no
Holder (other than an Initial Purchaser) shall be entitled to
have the Transfer Restricted Securities held by it covered by
such Shelf Registration Statement unless such Holder agrees in
writing to be bound by all of the provisions of this Agreement
applicable to such Holder; and provided further, that with
respect to New Securities received by an Initial Purchaser in
exchange for Securities constituting any portion of an unsold
allotment, the Company may, if permitted by current
interpretations by the Commission's staff, file a post-effective
amendment to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement containing
the information required by Item 507 or 508 of Regulation S-K, as
applicable, in satisfaction of its obligations under this
subsection with respect thereto, and any such Exchange Offer
Registration Statement, as so amended, shall be referred to
herein as, and governed by the provisions herein applicable to, a
Shelf Registration Statement.
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(ii) The Company shall use its best efforts to keep
the Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective,
supplemented and amended as required by the Act, in order to
permit the Prospectus forming a part thereof to be usable by
Holders for a period of two years from the date the Shelf
Registration Statement is declared effective by the Commission
(or for such longer period if extended pursuant to Section
4(j)) or such shorter period that will terminate when all the
Securities or New Securities, as applicable, covered by the
Shelf Registration Statement have been sold pursuant to the
Shelf Registration Statement (in any such case, such period
being called the "Shelf Registration Period"). The Company
shall be deemed not to have used its best efforts to keep the
Shelf Registration Statement effective during the requisite
period if it voluntarily takes any action that would result in
Holders of Securities covered thereby not being able to offer
and sell such Securities during that period, unless such
action is required by applicable law.
(iii) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this
Agreement to the contrary, the Company shall cause the Shelf
Registration Statement and the related Prospectus and any
amendment or supplement thereto, as of the effective date of
the Shelf Registration Statement, amendment or supplement, (i)
to comply in all material respects with the applicable
requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations of the
Commission and (ii) not to contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading.
4. Additional Registration Procedures. In connection
with any Shelf Registration Statement and, to the extent applicable, any
Exchange Offer Registration Statement, the following provisions shall apply.
(a) The Company shall:
(i) furnish to you, not less than five Business Days
prior to the filing thereof with the Commission, a copy of any
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Exchange Offer Registration Statement and any Shelf
Registration Statement, and each amendment thereof and each
amendment or supplement, if any, to the Prospectus included
therein and shall not file any such Registration Statement or
amendment thereto or any Prospectus or any supplement thereto
(including any documents incorporated by reference therein
after the initial filing) to which the Initial Purchasers
shall reasonably object in writing, except for any
Registration Statement or amendment thereto or Prospectus or
supplement thereto (a copy of which has been previously
furnished to the Initial Purchasers and their counsel (and, in
the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Holders and
their counsel)) which counsel to the Company has advised the
Company in writing is required to be filed, notwithstanding
any such objection, in order to comply with applicable law;
(ii) include the information set forth in Annex A
hereto on the facing page of the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement, in Annex B hereto in the forepart of the Exchange
Offer Registration Statement in a section setting forth
details of the Exchange Offer, in Annex C hereto in the
underwriting or plan of distribution section of the Prospectus
contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, and in
Annex D hereto in the letter of transmittal delivered pursuant
to the Registered Exchange Offer;
(iii) if requested by an Initial Purchaser, include
the information required by Item 507 or 508 of Regulation S-K,
as applicable, in the Prospectus contained in the Exchange
Offer Registration Statement; and
(iv) in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement,
include the names of the Holders that propose to sell
Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement as
selling security holders.
(b) The Company shall advise you, the Holders of Securities
covered by any Shelf Registration Statement and any Exchanging
Dealer under any Exchange Offer Registration Statement that has
provided in writing to the Company a telephone or facsimile
number and address for notices, and, if requested by you or any
such Holder or Exchanging Dealer, shall confirm such advice in
writing (which notice pursuant to clauses (ii)-(v) hereof shall
be accompanied by an instruction to suspend the use of the
Prospectus until the Company shall have remedied the basis for
such suspension):
(i) when a Registration Statement and any amendment
thereto has been filed with the Commission and when the
Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto
has become effective;
(ii) of any request by the Commission for any amendment
or supplement to the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus or for additional information;
(iii) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop
order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that
purpose;
(iv) of the receipt by the Company of any
notification with respect to the suspension of the
qualification of the securities included therein for sale in
any jurisdiction or the initiation of any proceeding for such
purpose; and
(v) of the happening of any event that requires any
change in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus so
that, as of such date, the statements therein are not
misleading and do not omit to state a material fact required
to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein (in the case of the Prospectus, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made) not misleading.
(c) The Company shall use its best efforts to obtain the
withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of any
Registration Statement or the qualification of the securities therein
for sale in any jurisdiction at the earliest possible time.
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(d) The Company shall furnish to each Holder of Securities
covered by any Shelf Registration Statement, without charge, at least
one copy of such Shelf Registration Statement and any post-effective
amendment thereto, including any material incorporated therein by
reference, and, if the Holder so requests in writing, all exhibits
thereto (including exhibits incorporated by reference therein).
(e) The Company shall, during the Shelf Registration Period,
deliver to each Holder of Securities covered by any Shelf Registration
Statement, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus (including
each preliminary Prospectus) included in such Shelf Registration
Statement and any amendment or supplement thereto as such Holder may
reasonably request. The Company consents to the use of the Prospectus
or any amendment or supplement thereto by each of the selling Holders
of securities in connection with the offering and sale of the
securities covered by the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement
thereto, included in the Shelf Registration Statement.
(f) The Company shall furnish to each Exchanging Dealer which so
requests, without charge, at least one copy of the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto,
including any material incorporated by reference therein, and, if the
Exchanging Dealer so requests in writing, all exhibits thereto
(including exhibits incorporated by reference therein).
(g) The Company shall promptly deliver to each Initial Purchaser,
each Exchanging Dealer and each other Person required to deliver a
Prospectus during the Exchange Offer Registration Period, without
charge, as many copies of the Prospectus included in such Exchange
Offer Registration Statement and any amendment or supplement thereto
as any such Person may reasonably request. The Company consents to the
use of the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto by any
Initial Purchaser, any Exchanging Dealer and any such other Person
that may be required to deliver a Prospectus following the Registered
Exchange Offer in connection with the offering and sale of the New
Securities covered by the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement
thereto, included in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement.
(h) Prior to the Registered Exchange Offer or any other offering
of Securities pursuant to any Registration Statement, the Company
shall arrange, if necessary, for the qualification of the Securities
or the New Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as
any Holder shall reasonably request and will maintain such
qualification in effect so long as required; provided that in no event
shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any
jurisdiction where it is not then so qualified or to take any action
that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those
arising out of the Initial Placement, the Registered Exchange Offer or
any offering pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement, in any such
jurisdiction where it is not then so subject.
(i) The Company shall cooperate with the Holders of Securities to
facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates
representing New Securities or Securities to be issued or sold
pursuant to any Registration Statement free of any restrictive legends
and in such denominations and registered in such names as Holders may
request.
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(j) Upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by paragraphs
(ii) through (v) of Section 4(b) above during the period in which the
Company is required to maintain an effective Registration Statement,
the Company shall promptly prepare and file a post-effective amendment
to the applicable Registration Statement or an amendment or supplement
to the related Prospectus or any other required document so that, as
thereafter delivered to the Holders or purchasers of the Securities,
the Prospectus will not include an untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading. In such circumstances, the period of effectiveness of
the Exchange Offer Registration Statement provided for in Section 2
and the Shelf Registration Statement provided for in Section 3(b)
shall each be extended by the number of days from and including the
date of the giving of a notice of suspension pursuant to Section 4(b)
to and including the date when the Initial Purchasers, the Holders of
the Securities and any known Exchanging Dealer shall have received
such amended or supplemented Prospectus pursuant to this Section.
(k) Not later than the effective date of any Registration
Statement, the Company shall provide a CUSIP number for the Securities
or the New Securities, as the case may be, registered under such
Registration Statement and provide the Trustee with printed
certificates for such Securities or New Securities, in a form eligible
for deposit with The Depository Trust Company.
(l) The Company will comply with all rules and regulations of the
Commission to the extent and so long as they are applicable to the
Registered Exchange Offer or the Shelf Registration and will make
generally available to its security holders (or otherwise provide in
accordance with Section 11(a) of the Act) an earnings statement
satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act, no later than
45 days after the end of a 12-month period (or 90 days, if such period
is a fiscal year) beginning with the first month of the Company's
first fiscal quarter commencing after the effective date of the
Registration Statement, which statement shall cover such 12-month
period.
(m) The Company shall cause the Indenture to be qualified under
the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, in a timely manner.
(n) The Company may require each Holder of Securities to be sold
pursuant to any Shelf Registration Statement to furnish to the Company
such information regarding the Holder and the distribution of such
Securities as the Company may from time to time reasonably require for
inclusion in such Registration Statement. The Company may exclude from
such Shelf Registration Statement the Securities of any Holder that
unreasonably fails to furnish such information within a reasonable
time after receiving such request and the Company shall be under no
further obligations to such Holder to include such Holder in a Shelf
Registraion Statement. A Holder will not be permitted to sell
Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement unless the
Holder has eturned to the Company a completed and signed notice
electing to be included and furnishing the older's name and other
information required to be included in the related Prospectus. The
Company will send the form of notice and questionnaire to Holders at
least 30 calendar days before the effectiveness of the Shelf
Registration Statement and Holders will have 28 calendar days to
return it.
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(o) In the case of any Shelf Registration Statement, the Company
shall enter into such and take all other appropriate actions
(including if requested an underwriting agreement in customary form)
in order to expedite or facilitate the registration or the disposition
of the Securities, and in connection therewith, if an underwriting
agreement is entered into, cause the same to contain indemnification
provisions and procedures no less favorable than those set forth in
Section 6 (or such other provisions and procedures acceptable to the
Majority Holders and the Managing Underwriters, if any, with respect
to all parties to be indemnified pursuant to Section 6).
(p) In the case of any Shelf Registration Statement, the Company
shall:
(i) make reasonably available for inspection by the
Holders of Securities to be registered thereunder, any
underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to such
Registration Statement, and any attorney, accountant or other
agent retained by the Holders or any such underwriter all
relevant financial and other records, pertinent corporate
documents and properties of the Company and its subsidiaries;
provided, however, that any information that is designated in
writing by the Company, in good faith, as confidential at the
time of delivery of such information shall be kept
confidential by the Holders or any such underwriter, attorney,
accountant or agent, unless such disclosure is made in
connection with a court proceeding or required by law
(including, without limitation, pursuant to the Act), or such
information becomes available to the public generally or
through a third party without an accompanying obligation of
confidentiality;
(ii) cause the Company's officers, directors and
employees to supply all relevant information reasonably
requested by the Holders or any such underwriter, attorney,
accountant or agent in connection with any such Registration
Statement as is customary for similar due diligence
examinations; provided, however, that any information that is
designated in writing by the Company, in good faith, as
confidential at the time of delivery of such information shall
be kept confidential by the Holders or any such underwriter,
attorney, accountant or agent, unless such disclosure is made
in connection with a court proceeding or required by law
(including, without limitation, pursuant to the Act), or such
information becomes available to the public generally or
through a third party without an accompanying obligation of
confidentiality;
(iii) make such representations and warranties to the
Holders of Securities registered thereunder and the
underwriters, if any, in form, substance and scope as are
customarily made by issuers to underwriters in underwritten
offerings and covering matters including, but not limited to,
those set forth in the Purchase Agreement;
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(iv) obtain opinions of counsel to the Company and
updates thereof (which counsel and opinions (in form, scope
and substance) shall be reasonably satisfactory to the
Managing Underwriters, if any) addressed to each selling
Holder and the underwriters, if any, covering such matters as
are customarily covered in opinions requested in underwritten
offerings and such other matters as may be reasonably
requested by such Holders and underwriters;
(v) obtain "cold comfort" letters and updates thereof
from the independent certified public accountants of the
Company (and, if necessary, any other independent certified
public accountants of any subsidiary of the Company or of any
business acquired by the Company for which financial
statements and financial data are, or are required to be,
included in the Registration Statement), addressed to each
selling Holder of Securities registered thereunder and the
underwriters, if any, in customary form and covering matters
of the type customarily covered in "cold comfort" letters in
connection with primary underwritten offerings; and
(vi) deliver such documents and certificates as may
be reasonably requested by the Majority Holders and the
Managing Underwriters, if any, including those to evidence
compliance with Section 4(k) and with any customary conditions
contained in the underwriting agreement or other agreement
entered into by the Company.
The actions set forth in clauses (i) through (vi) of this
paragraph (p) shall be performed at each closing under any underwriting or
similar agreement as and to the extent required thereunder.
(q) If a Registered Exchange Offer is to be consummated: (i) upon
delivery of the Securities by Holders to the Company (or to such other
Person as directed by the Company) in exchange for the New Securities,
the Company shall xxxx, or caused to be marked, on the Securities so
exchanged that such Securities are being canceled in exchange for the
New Securities (in no event shall the Securities be marked as paid or
otherwise satisfied); and (ii) if requested by any Initial Purchaser
or any known Exchanging Dealer, the Company shall cause (A) its
counsel to deliver to such Initial Purchaser or such Exchanging Dealer
a signed opinion in the form set forth in Section 5 of the Purchase
Agreement with such changes as are customary in connection with the
preparation of a Registration Statement and (ii) its independent
public accountants to deliver to such Initial Purchaser or such
Exchanging Dealer a comfort letter, in customary form, meeting the
requirements as to the substance thereof as set forth in Section 5 of
the Purchase Agreement, with appropriate date changes.
(r) The Company will use its best efforts (i) if the Securities
have been rated prior to the initial sale of such Securities pursuant
to the Purchase Agreement, to confirm such ratings will apply to the
Securities or the New Securities, as the case may be, covered by a
Registration Statement; or (ii) if the Securities were not previously
rated, to cause the Securities covered by a Registration Statement to
be rated with at least one nationally recognized statistical rating
agency, if so requested by Majority Holders with respect to the
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related Registration Statement or by any Managing Underwriters.
(s) In the event that any Broker-Dealer shall underwrite any Securities or
participate as a member of an underwriting syndicate or selling group
or "assist in the distribution" (within the meaning of the Rules of
Fair Practice and the By-Laws of the National Association of Securities
Dealers, Inc.) thereof, whether as a Holder of such Securities or as an
underwriter, a placement or sales agent or a broker or dealer in
respect thereof, or otherwise, the Company will assist such
Broker-Dealer in complying with the requirements of such Rules and
By-Laws, including, without limitation, by:
(i) if such Rules or By-Laws shall so require,
engaging a "qualified independent underwriter" (as defined in
such Rules) to participate in the preparation of the
Registration Statement, to exercise usual standards of due
diligence with respect thereto and, if any portion of the
offering contemplated by such Registration Statement is an
underwritten offering or is made through a placement or sales
agent, to recommend the yield of such Securities;
(ii) indemnifying any such qualified independent
underwriter to the extent of the indemnification of
underwriters provided in Section 6 hereof; and
(iii) providing such information to such
Broker-Dealer as may be required in order for such
Broker-Dealer to comply with the requirements of such Rules.
(t) The Company shall use its best efforts to take all other
steps necessary to effect the registration of the Securities or the
New Securities, as the case may be, covered by a Registration
Statement.
5. Registration Expenses. The Company shall bear all expenses
incurred in connection with the performance of its obligations under Sections 2,
3 and 4 hereof and, in the event of any Shelf Registration Statement, will
reimburse the Holders for the reasonable fees and disbursements of one firm or
counsel designated by the Majority Holders to act as counsel for the Holders in
connection therewith, and, in the case of any Exchange Offer Registration
Statement, will reimburse the Initial Purchasers for the reasonable fees and
disbursements of their counsel incurred in connection with their review of the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement.
6. Indemnification.
(a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each
Holder, any Exchanging Dealer and each person, if any, who
controls any such Holder or Exchanging Dealer within the meaning
of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20(a) of the Exchange Act,
against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint
or several, to which they or any of them may become subject under
the Act, Exchange Act or otherwise, and to reimburse such Holder,
such Exchanging Dealer and such controlling person or persons, if
any, for any legal or other expenses incurred by them in
connection with defending any actions, insofar as such losses,
claims, damages, liabilities or actions arise out of or are based
upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact contained in any Registration Statement or
Prospectus (as amended or supplemented if the Company shall have
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furnished any amendment or supplement thereto), or arise out of
or are based upon 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 actions
arise out of or are based upon any such untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission which
was made in any Registration Statement or Prospectus in reliance
upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to
the Company by the Holders or Exchanging Dealers for use therein
and except that this ndemnity with respect to any Prospectus,
shall not inure to the benefit of any Holder or Exchanging Dealer
(or of any person controlling such Holder or Exchanging Dealer)
on account of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or actions
arising from the sale of the Securities or the New Securities to
any person if a copy of the Prospectus, as the same may then be
amended or supplemented, shall not have been sent or given by or
on behalf of such Holder or Exchanging Dealer to such person with
or prior to the written confirmation of the sale involved and the
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or
alleged omission was corrected in the Prospectus as supplemented
or amended at the time of such confirmation. Each Holder and
Exchanging Dealer agrees, within ten days after the receipt by it
of notice of the commencement of any action in respect of which
indemnity may be sought by it, or by any person controlling it,
from the Company on account of its agreement contained in this
Section 6, to notify the Company in writing of the commencement
thereof but the omission of such Holder or Exchanging Dealer so
to notify the Company of any such action shall not release the
Company from any liability which it may have to such Holder or
Exchanging Dealer or to such controlling person otherwise than on
account of the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 6.
In case any such action shall be brought against a Holder or
Exchanging Dealer or any such person controlling such Holder or
Exchanging Dealer and such Holder or Exchanging Dealer shall
notify the Company of the commencement thereof as above provided,
the Company shall be entitled to participate in (and, to the
extent that it shall wish, including the selection of counsel, to
direct) the defense thereof, at its own expense. In case the
Company elects to direct such defense and select such counsel,
any Holder or Exchanging Dealer or controlling person shall have
the right to employ its own counsel, but, in any such case, the
fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such
Holder or Exchanging Dealer or such controlling person unless the
employment of such counsel has been authorized in writing by the
Company in connection with defending such action. No indemnifying
party shall, without the written consent of the indemnified
party, effect the settlement or compromise of, or consent to the
entry of any judgment with respect to, any pending or threatened
action or claim in respect of which indemnification may be sought
hereunder (whether or not the indemnified party is an actual or
potential party to such action or claim) unless such settlement,
compromise or judgment (i) includes an unconditional release of
the indemnified party from all liability arising out of such
action or claim and (ii) does not include any statement as to, or
an admission of, fault, culpability or a failure to act, by or on
behalf of any indemnified party. In no event shall any
indemnifying party have any liability or responsibility in
respect of the settlement or compromise of, or consent to the
entry of any judgment with respect to, any pending or threatened
action or claim effected without its prior written consent.
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(b) Each Holder and Exchanging Dealer agrees severally and
not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and each
of the Company's directors and officers and each person, if any,
who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the
Act or Section 20(a) of the Exchange Act to the same extent and
upon the same terms as the indemnity agreement of the Company set
forth in Section 6(a) hereof, but only with respect to alleged
untrue statements or omissions made in any Registration Statement
or Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with information
furnished in writing to the Company by such Holder or Exchanging
Dealer for use therein.
(c) The agreements contained in this Section 6 shall survive
the sale of the Securities or New Securities pursuant to a
Registration Statement and shall remain in full force and effect,
regardless of any termination or cancellation of this Agreement
or any investigation made by or on behalf of any indemnified
party.
7. Additional Interest Under Certain Circumstances.
(a) Additional interest (the "Additional Interest") with
respect to the Securities will be assessed as follows if any of
the following events occurs (each event identified in clauses (i)
through (v) below, an "Additional Interest Event"):
(i) If all Transfer Restricted Securities properly tendered
to the Company have not been exchanged for New Securities on or
prior to the 270th day following the date of the original
issuance of the Securities; or
(ii) If the Shelf Registration Statement has not been
declared effective on or prior to the 270th day following the
date of the original issuance of the Securities; or
(iii) If, after the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is
declared effective, such Exchange Offer Registration Statement
thereafter ceases to be effective or usable at any time during
the required period specified within this Agreement; or
(iv) Whether or not the Registered Exchange Offer is
consummated, any required Shelf Registration Statement is not filed as
promptly as practicable, and in any event within 50 days, following the
Trigger Event giving rise to the requirement to file a Shelf
Registration Statement in accordance with this Agreement; or
(v) If, after any Shelf Registration Statement is
declared effective, (A) such Shelf Registration Statement thereafter
ceases to be effective during the Shelf Registration Period; or (B)
such Shelf Registration Statement or the related Prospectus ceases to
be usable in connection with resales of Transfer Restricted Securities
during the Shelf Registration Period (except as permitted in paragraph
(b) of this Section 7) because either (1) any event occurs as a result
of which the related Prospectus forming part of such Shelf Registration
Statement would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit
to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in
the light of the circumstances under which they were made not
misleading, or (2) it shall be necessary to amend such Shelf
Registration Statement, or supplement the related Prospectus, to comply
with the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder.
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Additional Interest shall accrue on the Transfer
Restricted Securities over and above the interest set forth in the
title of the Securities at a rate of 0.50% per annum from and including
the date on which any such Additional Interest Event shall occur to,
but excluding, the date on which all such Additional Interest Events
have been cured or, if earlier, the date on which the Securities may
first be resold in reliance on Rule 144(k). Such Additional Interest
shall be payable in accordance with Section 7(c). In the event that
more than one of the aforementioned Additional Interest Event occurs at
the same time, the maximum increase in the interest rate applicable to
the Securities shall be 0.50% per annum.
(b) An Additional Interest Event referred to in Section 7(a)(v)
is deemed not to be continuing in relation to a Shelf Registration
Statement or the related Prospectus if (i) that Additional Interest
Event has occurred solely as a result of (x) the filing of a
post-effective amendment to such Shelf Registration Statement to
incorporate annual audited financial information with respect to the
Company, when such post-effective amendment is not yet effective and
needs to be declared effective to permit Holders to use the related
Prospectus or (y) the occurrence of other material events or
developments with respect to the Company or its Affiliates that would
need to be described in such Shelf Registration Statement or the
related Prospectus, and (ii) in the case of clause (y), the Company is
proceeding promptly and in good faith to amend or supplement such
Shelf Registration Statement and related Prospectus to describe those
events or, in the case of material developments that the Company
determines in good faith must remain confidential for business
reasons, the Company is proceeding promptly and in good faith to take
such steps as are necessary so that those developments need no longer
remain confidential, but in any case, if any Additional Interest Event
(including any referred to in clause (x) or (y), above) continues for
a period in excess of 45 days, Additional Interest will be payable in
accordance with the above paragraph from the day following the last
day of that 45-day period until the date on which that Additional
Interest Event is cured or, if earlier, the date on which the
Securities may first be resold in reliance on Rule 144(k).
(c) Any Additional Interest payable will be payable on the
regular interest payment dates with respect to the Securities, in the
same manner as the manner in which regular interest is payable. The
amount of Additional Interest for any period will be determined by
multiplying the applicable Additional Interest rate by the principal
amount of the Securities, multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of
which is the number of days that Additional Interest rate was
applicable during that period (determined on the basis of a 360-day
year comprised of twelve 30-day months), and the denominator of which
is 360.
8. Rules 144 and 144A. The Company shall use its best efforts to
file the reports required to be filed by it under the Act and the
Exchange Act in a timely manner. If at any time the Company is not
required to file those reports, it will, upon the request of any
Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities, make publicly available
other information so long as is necessary to permit sales of
Securities pursuant to Rules 144 and 144A and otherwise as required by
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the Indenture. The Company covenants that it will take such further
action as any Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities may reasonably
request, all to the extent required from time to time to enable that
Holder to sell Transfer Restricted Securities without registration
under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions
provided by Rules 144 and 144A (including the requirements of Rule
144A(d)(4)). Upon request by an Initial Purchaser, the Company will
provide a copy of this Agreement to prospective purchasers of
Securities identified in writing to the Company by that Initial
Purchaser. Upon the request of any Holder of Transfer Restricted
Securities, the Company shall deliver to that Holder a written
statement as to whether it has complied with these requirements.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section 8 requires the
Company to register any of its securities under the Exchange Act.
9. Underwritten Registrations.
(a) If any of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by any
Shelf Registration Statement are to be sold in an underwritten
offering, the Managing Underwriters shall be selected by the Majority
Holders.
(b) No Person may participate in any underwritten offering
pursuant to any Shelf Registration Statement, unless such Person (i)
agrees to sell such Person's Transfer Restricted Securities, as the
case may be, on the basis reasonably provided in any underwriting
arrangements approved by the Persons entitled hereunder to approve
such arrangements; and (ii) completes and executes all questionnaires,
powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements and other
documents reasonably required under the terms of such underwriting
arrangements.
10. No Inconsistent Agreements. The Company has not, as of the
date hereof, entered into, nor shall it, on or after the date hereof,
enter into, any agreement with respect to its securities that is
inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders herein or
otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof.
11. Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement,
including the provisions of this Section 9, may not be amended,
qualified, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to
departures from the provisions hereof may not be given, unless the
Company has obtained the written consent of the Majority Holders (or,
after the consummation of any Registered Exchange Offer in accordance
with Section 2 hereof, of New Securities); provided that, with respect
to any matter that directly or indirectly affects the rights of any
Initial Purchaser hereunder, the Company shall obtain the written
consent of each such Initial Purchaser against which such amendment,
qualification, supplement, waiver or consent is to be effective.
Notwithstanding the foregoing (except the foregoing proviso), a waiver
or consent to departure from the provisions hereof with respect to a
matter that relates exclusively to the rights of Holders whose
Securities or New Securities, as the case may be, are being sold
pursuant to a Registration Statement and that does not directly or
indirectly affect the rights of other Holders may be given by the
Majority Holders, determined on the basis of Securities or New
Securities, as the case may be, being sold rather than registered
under such Registration Statement.
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12. Notices. All notices and other communications provided for or
permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand-delivery,
first-class mail, telex, telecopier or air courier guaranteeing
overnight delivery:
(a) if to a Holder, at the most current address given by such
holder to the Company in accordance with the provisions of this
Section, which address initially is, with respect to each Holder, the
address of such Holder maintained by the Registrar under the
Indenture, with a copy in like manner to: (i) Xxxxxx Brothers Inc.,
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Xxxx Xxxxx;
(ii) Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx Inc., 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx
Xxxx 00000, Attention: Xxxxx X. Gold and (iii) Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx LLP,
0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention:
Xxxxx X. X'Xxxxx;
(b) if to you, initially at the respective addresses set forth in
the Purchase Agreement; and
(c) if to the Company, initially at its address set forth in the
Purchase Agreement.
All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have
been duly given when received.
The Initial Purchasers or the Company by notice to the other
parties may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices
or communications.
13. Successors. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of
and be binding upon the successors and assigns of each of the parties,
including, without the need for an express assignment or any consent by the
Company thereto, subsequent Holders of Securities and the New Securities. The
Company hereby agrees to extend the benefits of this Agreement to any Holder of
Securities and the New Securities, and any such Holder may specifically enforce
the provisions of this Agreement as if an original party hereto.
14. Counterparts. This agreement may be in signed
counterparts, each of which shall an original and all of which together shall
constitute one and the same agreement.
15. Headings. The headings used herein are for
convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
16. Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to
contracts made and to be performed in the State of New York.
17. Severability. In the event that any one of more of the
provisions contained herein, or the application thereof in any circumstances, is
held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect for any reason, the
validity, legality and enforceability of any such provision in every other
respect and of the remaining provisions hereof shall not be in any way impaired
or affected thereby, it being intended that all of the rights and privileges of
the parties shall be enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law.
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18. Securities Held by the Company, etc. Whenever the consent
or approval of Holders of a specified percentage of principal amount of
Securities or New Securities is required hereunder, Securities or New
Securities, as applicable, held by the Company or its Affiliates (other than
subsequent Holders of Securities or New Securities if such subsequent Holders
are deemed to be Affiliates solely by reason of their holdings of such
Securities or New Securities) shall not be counted in determining whether such
consent or approval was given by the Holders of such required percentage.
19. Specific Performance. Without limiting the remedies
available to the Holders, the Company acknowledges that any failure by it to
comply with its obligations under Sections 2 or 3 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 such failure precisely and
that, in the event of any such failure, any Holder may obtain such relief as is
necessary to enforce specifically the obligations of the Company.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of
our agreement, please sign and return to us the enclosed duplicate hereof,
whereupon this letter and your acceptance shall represent a building agreement
among the Company and the several Initial Purchasers.
Very truly yours,
SOUTHERN POWER COMPANY
By: __________________________
Name:
Title:
The foregoing Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the date first
above written.
XXXXXX BROTHERS INC.
By: __________________________
Name:
Title:
XXXXXXX XXXXX BARNEY INC.
By: __________________________
Name:
Title:
For themselves and the other several Initial Purchasers named in Schedule I to
the Purchase Agreement.
ANNEX A
Each Broker-Dealer that receives New Securities for its own
account pursuant to the Exchange Offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a
prospectus in connection with any resale of such New Securities. The Letter of
Transmittal states that by so acknowledging and by delivering a prospectus, a
Broker-Dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an "underwriter" within the
meaning of the Act. This Prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from
time to time, may be used by a Broker-Dealer in connection with resales of New
Securities received in exchange for Securities where such Securities were
acquired by such Broker-Dealer as a result of market-making activities or other
trading activities. The Company has agreed that, during the Exchange Offer
Registration Period, it will make this Prospectus available to any Broker-Dealer
for use in connection with any such resale. See "Plan of Distribution".
ANNEX B
Each Broker-Dealer that receives New Securities for its own
account in exchange for Securities, where such Securities were acquired by such
Broker-Dealer as a result of market-making activities or other trading
activities, must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection
with any resale of such New Securities. See "Plan of Distribution".
ANNEX C
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
Each Broker-Dealer that receives New Securities for its own
account pursuant to the Exchange Offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a
prospectus in connection with any resale of such New Securities. This
Prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, may be used
by a Broker-Dealer in connection with resales of New Securities received in
exchange for Securities where such Securities were acquired as a result of
market-making activities or other trading activities. The Company has agreed
that, during the Exchange Offer Registration Period, it will make this
Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, available to any Broker-Dealer for use
in connection with any such resale. In addition, until __________, 20___, all
dealers effecting transactions in the New Securities may be required to deliver
a prospectus.1
The Company will not receive any proceeds from any sale of New
Securities by Broker-Dealers. New Securities received by Broker-Dealers for
their own accounts pursuant to the Exchange Offer may be sold from time to time
in one or more transactions in the over-the-counter market, in negotiated
transactions, through the writing of options on the New Securities or a
combination of such methods of resale, at market prices prevailing at the time
of resale, at prices related to such prevailing market prices or negotiated
prices. Any such resale may be made directly to purchasers or to or through
brokers or dealers who may receive compensation in the form of commissions or
concessions from any such Broker-Dealer and/or the purchasers of any such New
Securities. Any Broker-Dealer that resells New Securities that were received by
it for its own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer and any broker or dealer
that participates in a distribution of such New Securities may be deemed to be
an "underwriter" within the meaning of the Act and any profit on any such resale
of New Securities and any commissions or concessions received by any such Person
may be deemed to be underwriting compensation under the Act. The Letter of
Transmittal states that by acknowledging that it will deliver and by delivering
a prospectus, a Broker-Dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an
"underwriter" within the meaning of the Act.
During the Exchange Offer Registration Period, the Company
will promptly send additional copies of this Prospectus and any amendment or
supplement to this Prospectus to any Broker-Dealer that requests such documents
in the Letter of Transmittal. The Company has agreed to pay all expenses
incident to the Exchange Offer (including the expenses of one counsel for the
holder of the Securities) other than commissions or concessions of any broker or
dealer and will indemnify the holders of the Securities (including any
Broker-Dealers) against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the
Act.
_____________________
1 In addition, the legend required by Item 502(b) of Regulation S-K will appear
on the back cover page of the Exchange Offer Prospectus.
ANNEX D
Rider A
CHECK HERE IF YOU ARE A BROKER-DEALER AND WISH TO RECEIVE 10 ADDITIONAL COPIES
OF THE PROSPECTUS AND 10 COPIES OF ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS THERETO.
Name:
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Address:
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Rider B
If the undersigned is not a Broker-Dealer, the undersigned represents that it
acquired the New Securities in the ordinary course of its business, it is not
engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, a distribution of New Securities
and it has no arrangements or understandings with any Person to participate in a
distribution of the New Securities. If the undersigned is a Broker-Dealer that
will receive New Securities for its own account in exchange for Securities, it
represents that the Securities to be exchange for New Securities were acquired
by it as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities and
acknowledges that it will deliver a Prospectus in connection with any resale of
such New Securities; however, by so acknowledging and by delivering a
Prospectus, the undersigned will not be deemed to admit that it is an
"underwriter" within the meaning of the Act.
