REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT by and among Stratos Global Corporation and the Guarantors listed on Schedule A hereto and RBC Capital Markets Corporation Banc of America Securities LLC CIBC World Markets Corp. Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. Dated as of...
Exhibit 4(c)
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by and among
Stratos Global Corporation
and
the Guarantors listed on Schedule A hereto
and
the Guarantors listed on Schedule A hereto
and
RBC Capital Markets Corporation
Banc of America Securities LLC
CIBC World Markets Corp.
Scotia Capital (USA) Inc.
Banc of America Securities LLC
CIBC World Markets Corp.
Scotia Capital (USA) Inc.
Dated as of February 13, 2006
This Registration Rights Agreement (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of
February 13, 2006, by and among Stratos Global Corporation, a Canadian corporation (the “Company”),
the Guarantors (collectively, the “Guarantors”), and RBC Capital Markets Corporation, Banc of
America Securities LLC, CIBC World Markets Corp. and Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. (collectively, the
“Initial Purchasers”), each of whom has agreed to purchase
the Company’s
97/8% Senior Notes due
2013 (the “Initial Notes”) fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the Guarantors (the
“Guarantees”) pursuant to the Purchase Agreement (as defined below). The Initial Notes and the
Guarantees attached thereto are herein collectively referred to
as the “Initial Securities.”
This Agreement is made pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, dated February 8, 2006 (the
“Purchase Agreement”), 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
Initial Securities, including the Initial Purchasers. In order to induce the Initial Purchasers to
purchase the Initial Securities, 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 6(i) 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:
Broker-Dealer: Any broker or dealer registered under the Exchange Act.
Business Day: Any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or U.S. federal holiday or a day on which
banking institutions or trust companies located in New York, New York are authorized or obligated
to be closed.
Closing
Date: The date of this Agreement.
Commission:
The Securities and Exchange Commission.
Consummate: A registered Exchange Offer shall be deemed “Consummated” for purposes of this
Agreement upon the occurrence of (i) the filing and effectiveness under the Securities Act of the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement relating to the Exchange Securities to be issued in the
Exchange Offer evidencing the same indebtedness as the Initial Securities, (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 Securities in the same
aggregate principal amount as the aggregate principal amount of Initial Securities that were
tendered by Holders thereof pursuant to the Exchange Offer as of the original expiration date of
the Exchange Offer.
Effectiveness Target Date: As defined in Section 5 hereof.
Exchange Act: The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Exchange Offer: The registration by the Company under the Securities Act of the Exchange
Securities 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 Securities in an aggregate
principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Transfer Restricted Securities
tendered in such exchange offer by such Holders and evidencing the same indebtedness as the
Transfer Restricted Securities.
Exchange Offer Registration Statement: The Registration Statement relating to the
Exchange Offer, including the related Prospectus.
Exchange
Securities: The
97/8% Senior Notes due 2013, of the same series under
the Indenture as the Initial Notes and the Guarantees attached thereto, to be issued to
Holders in exchange for and to evidence the same indebtedness as the Transfer Restricted
Securities pursuant to this Agreement.
Holders: As defined in Section 2(b) hereof.
Indemnified Holder: As defined in Section 8(a) hereof.
Indenture: The Indenture, dated as of February 13, 2006, by and among the Company, the
Guarantors and X.X. Xxxxxx Trust Company, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”),
pursuant to which the Securities are to be issued, as such Indenture is amended or supplemented
from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.
Initial Purchasers: As defined in the preamble hereto.
Initial Notes: As defined in the preamble hereto.
Initial Placement: The issuance and sale by the Company of the Initial Securities to the
Initial Purchasers pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.
Initial Securities: As defined in the preamble hereto.
NASD: NASD Inc.
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.
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Registration Statement: Any registration statement of the Company relating to (a) an
offering of Exchange Securities pursuant to an Exchange Offer or (b) the registration for resale of
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: The Initial Securities and/or the Exchange Securities, as applicable.
Securities Act: The Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Shelf Filing Deadline: As defined in Section 4(a) hereof.
Shelf
Registration Statement: As defined in Section 4(a) hereof.
Trust Indenture Act: The Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.
Transfer Restricted Securities: Means each Initial Security until the earliest of: (i) the
date on which such Initial Security has been exchanged in an Exchange Offer by a person other than
a Broker-Dealer receiving Exchange Securities in the Exchange Offer (a “Participating Broker
Dealer”) for freely transferable Exchange Securities evidencing the same indebtedness as the
Initial Securities, (ii) following the exchange by a Participating Broker-Dealer in the Exchange
Offer of an Initial Security for an Exchange Security, the date on which such Exchange Security is
sold to a purchaser who receives from such Participating Broker-Dealer on or prior to the date of
such sale a copy of the prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement (or such
a prospectus is made available to such Participating Broker-Dealer by the Company pursuant to the
Registration Rights Agreement), (iii) the date on which such Initial Security has been disposed of
in accordance with the Shelf Registration Statement, or (iv) the date on which such Initial
Security is distributed to the public pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act or is saleable
pursuant to Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act.
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) hereof have been complied with),
each of the Company and the Guarantors shall (i) cause to be filed with the Commission
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after the Closing Date a Registration Statement under the Securities Act relating to the
Exchange Securities and the Exchange Offer, (ii) use its reasonable best efforts to cause such
Registration Statement to become effective at the earliest possible time, but in no event later
than 270 days after the Closing Date (or if such 270th day is not a Business Day, the next
succeeding Business Day), (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 Securities to be made under the
state securities or 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 the
Exchange Offer. The Exchange Offer shall be on the appropriate form permitting registration of the
Exchange Securities to be offered in exchange for the Transfer Restricted Securities and to permit
resale of Initial Securities held by Broker-Dealers as contemplated by Section 3(c)
hereof.
(b) The Company and the Guarantors 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 Exchange Securities 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 300 days after the Closing Date (or if such
300th day is not a Business
Day, the next succeeding Business Day).
(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 Securities 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 Securities
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 Securities
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 Initial Securities 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.
Each of the Company and the Guarantors shall use its reasonable best efforts to keep the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement continuously effective, supplemented and amended as
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required by the provisions of Section 6(c) hereof to the extent necessary to ensure that it
is available for resales of Initial Securities 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, except to the extent that the
filing of such Prospectus satisfies the Broker-Dealers’ prospectus delivery obligation in
accordance with Rule 172 under the Act.
SECTION 4. Shelf Registration.
(a) Shelf
Registration. If (i) the Company is 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)
hereof have been complied with), or (ii) with respect to any Holder of Transfer Restricted
Securities (other than by reason of being an affiliate of the Company), (A) such Holder is
prohibited by applicable law or Commission policy from participating in the Exchange Offer, or (B)
such Holder may not resell the Exchange Securities acquired by it in the Exchange Offer to the
public without delivering a prospectus and 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 Initial Securities acquired directly from the Company or one of
its affiliates, then, upon such Holder’s request, the Company and the Guarantors shall cause to be
filed a shelf registration statement pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act on an applicable
form, which may be an amendment to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement (in either event, the
“Shelf Registration Statement”) and use its reasonable best efforts to cause such Shelf
Registration Statement to be declared effective by the Commission on or prior to the later of (A)
270 days after the Closing Date and (B) the earliest to occur of (1) the 90th day after the date on
which the Company determines that it is not required to file the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement, and (2) the 90th day after the date on which the Company receives notice from a Holder
of Transfer Restricted Securities as contemplated by clause (ii) above (such earliest date being
the “Shelf Filing Deadline”), which Shelf Registration Statement shall provide for resales of all
Transfer Restricted Securities in the case of clause (1) above and, in the case of clause (2)
above, resales of Transfer Restricted Securities by the Holders of which shall have provided the
information required pursuant to Section 4(b) hereof.
Each of the Company and the Guarantors shall use its reasonable 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 Initial Securities 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
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announced from time to time, until the earliest of (i) the date when all the Initial Securities
covered by such Shelf Registration Statement can be sold pursuant to Rule 144(k) of the Securities
Act (assuming they are not held by an Affiliate of the Company) and (b) the date on which all of
the Initial Securities covered by such Shelf Registration Statement are disposed of in accordance
therewith.
(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. Additional Interest. If (i) any of the Registration Statements required
to be
filed by the Company pursuant to this Agreement 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”), (ii) 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 (iii) any
Registration Statement required by this Agreement is filed and declared effective but thereafter
ceases to be effective or usable in connection with resales or exchanges of Securities covered
thereby during the periods specified in this Agreement without being succeeded immediately by a
post-effective amendment to such Registration Statement that cures such failure and that is itself
immediately declared effective except as permitted by Section 6(e) (each such event referred to in
clauses (i) through (iii), a “Registration Default”), the Company hereby agrees that he interest
rate borne by the Transfer Restricted Securities shall be increased by 0.25% per annum during the
90-day period immediately following the occurrence of any Registration Default and shall increase
by 0.25% per annum at the end of each subsequent 90-day period, but in no event shall such increase
exceed 1.00% per annum. Following the cure of all Registration Defaults relating to any particular
Transfer Restricted Securities, the interest rate borne by the relevant Transfer Restricted
Securities will be reduced to the original interest rate borne by such Transfer Restricted
Securities; provided, however, that, if after any such reduction in interest rate, a different
Registration Default occurs, the interest rate borne by the relevant Transfer Restricted Securities
shall again be increased pursuant to the foregoing provisions.
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 security shall have been satisfied in full.
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SECTION 6. Registration Procedures.
(a) Exchange Offer Registration Statement. In connection with the Exchange Offer, the
Company and the Guaranlors shall comply with all of the provisions of Section 6(c) hereof, shall
use their reasonable 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, each of the Company and the
Guarantors hereby agrees 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 Securities unless the Commission has announced its intention not to grant no-action
letters of such kind. Each of the Company and the Guarantors 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. Each of the
Company and the Guarantors hereby agrees 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
Securities to be issued in the Exchange Offer and (C) it is acquiring the Exchange
Securities 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 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
Securities obtained by such Holder in exchange for Initial Securities acquired by such
Holder directly from the Company.
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(b) Shelf Registration Statement. In connection with the Shelf Registration Statement,
each of the Company and the Guarantors shall comply with all the provisions of Section 6(c) hereof
and shall use its reasonable 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 in accordance with Section 4.
(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 Initial Securities by Broker-Dealers), each of the Company and the
Guarantors shall in all cases, subject to Section 6(e):
(i) use its reasonable 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 hereof, 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 reasonable 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 applicable 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 he 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 stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement under the Securities Act or of
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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, (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. Subject to Section 6(e), 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, each of the Company and the Guarantors shall use its reasonable best
efforts to obtain the withdrawal or lifting of such order at the earliest possible time;
(iv) furnish without charge to each of the Initial Purchasers, upon request, 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 (other than Form 6-Ks incorporated by reference) will be subject to the review and
comment 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 an Initial Purchaser of Transfer
Restricted Securities covered by such Registration Statement or the underwriter(s), if any, shall
reasonably object in writing within two Business Days after the receipt thereof (such objection to
be deemed timely made upon confirmation of telecopy transmission within such period). The objection
of an Initial Purchaser or 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 that materially changes the disclosure
therein taken as a whole, provide copies of such document to the Initial Purchasers (if they are
selling Holders under the relevant Registration Statement), and to the underwriter(s), if any, make
the Company’s and the Guarantors’ representatives available for discussion of such document and
other customary due diligence matters, and include such information in such document prior to the
filing thereof as the Initial Purchasers or underwriter(s), if any, reasonably may request;
(vi) make available at reasonable times for inspection by the Initial Purchasers, the
managing underwriter(s), if any, participating in any disposition pursuant to such Registration
Statement and any attorney or accountant retained by such Initial Purchasers or any of the
underwriter(s), all financial and other records, pertinent corporate
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documents and properties of each 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
or any post-effective amendment thereto subsequent to the filing thereof and prior to its
effectiveness and to participate in meetings with investors to the extent requested by the managing
underwriter(s), if any;
(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 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 Securities covered thereby or the underwriter(s), if any;
(ix) upon request, furnish to each Initial Purchaser, 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; each of the Company and the
Guarantors hereby consents to the use of the Prospectus and any amendment or supplerient 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) in the case of an Exchange Offer Registration Statement, upon the request of any known
Broker-Dealer required to deliver the Prospectus contained in an Exchange Offer Registration
Statement or in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, upon the request of the underwriters,
if any, the Initial Purchasers with Securities registered thereunder, if any, or Holders of a
majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities registered thereunder, each of the
Company and the Guarantors shall:
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(A) in the case of an Underwritten Offering, furnish to each Initial Purchaser (if
a selling Holder), each selling Holder and each underwriter, if any, in such substance and scope as
they may request and as are customarily made by issuers to underwriters in primary underwritten
offerings, upon the date of the Consummation of the Exchange Offer or, if applicable, the
effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement:
(1) certificates, 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 6(e) of the Purchase Agreement or
in paragraphs (i) and (ii) of Section 6(f) of the Purchase Agreement, as applicable, 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 Exhibits A, B, C, D and E of
the Purchase Agreement and such other customary matters as such parties may reasonably
request, and in any event including a statement to the effect that United States counsel
to the Company has participated in conferences with officers and other representatives of
the Company and the Guarantors, representatives of the independent public accountants for
the Company and the Guarantors, representatives of the underwriter(s), if any, and counsel
to the underwriter(s), if any, in connection with the preparation of such Registration
Statement and the related Prospectus and has considered the matters required to be stated
therein and the statements contained therein, although such counsel has not independently
verified the accuracy, completeness or fairness of such statements; and that such counsel
advises that, on the basis of the foregoing, no facts came to such counsel ‘s attention
that caused such counsel to believe that the applicable Registration Statement, at the
time such Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto became effective,
and, in the case of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as of the date of
Consummation, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein
not misleading, or that the Prospectus contained in such Registration Statement as of its
date and, in the case of the opinion dated the date of Consummation of the Exchange Offer,
as of the date of Consummation, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or
omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not
misleading. Without limiting the foregoing, such counsel may state further that such
counsel assumes no responsibility for, and has not independently verified, the accuracy,
completeness or fairness of the
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financial statements, notes and schedules and other financial data included in
any Registration Statement contemplated by this Agreement or the related
Prospectus; and
(3) customary comfort letters, dated the date of effectiveness of the
Shelf Registration Statement, from each of the Company’s and,. If its financial
statements are included therein, Xantic B.V.’s independent accountants, in the
customary form and covering matters of the type customarily requested to be covered
in comfort letters by underwriters in connection with primary underwritten
offerings, and covering or affirming the matters set forth in the comfort letters
delivered pursuant to Section 6(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 Section 6(c)(xi)(A) hereof and with any customary
conditions contained in the underwriting agreement or other agreement entered into by the
Company or any of the Guarantors pursuant to this Section 6(c)(xi), if any.
(xii) prior to any public offering of Transfer Restricted Securities, 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 state securities or
blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as the selling Holders or underwriter(s), if any, may 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 none of the Company or 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 Securities covered by the
Shelf Registration Statement, Exchange Securities having an aggregate principal amount equal to the
aggregate principal amount of Initial Securities surrendered to the Company by such Holder in
exchange therefor and evidencing the same indebtedness as the Initial Securities or being sold by
such Holder; such Exchange Securities to be registered in the name of such Holder or in the name of
the purchaser(s) of such Securities, as the case may be; in return, the Initial Securities held by
such Holder shall be surrendered to the Company for cancellation;
(xiv) 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
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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 Holders or underwriter(s);
(xv) if any fact or event contemplated by Section 6(c)(iii)(D) hereof 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 in order to make the statements therein not misleading;
(xvi) provide a CUSIP number for all Securities not later than the effective date of the
Registration Statement covering such Securities and provide the Trustee under the Indenture with
printed certificates for such Securities which are in a form eligible for deposit with the
Depository Trust Company and take all other action necessary to ensure that all such Securities are
eligible for deposit with the Depository Trust Company;
(xvii) 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;
(xviii) 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 commitment 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;
(xix) 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 the Trustee and the Holders of Securities 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 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;
(xx) cause all Securities covered by the Registration Statement to be listed on each
securities exchange or automated quotation system 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
Securities or the managing underwriter(s), if any; and
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(xxi) 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) 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 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; provided, however, that no such extension which exceeds the period specified
in Section 6(e) shall be taken into account in determining whether Additional Interest is due
pursuant to Section 5 hereof or the amount of such Additional Interest, it being agreed that the
Company’s option to suspend use of a Registration Statement pursuant to this paragraph (except
pursuant to Section 6(e)) shall be treated as a Registration Default for purposes of Section 5
hereof.
(e) If the Company and the Guarantors are required to file a Shelf Registration Statement with
respect to any Securities or in connection with the use of any Exchange Offer Registration
Statement by Participating Broker-Dealers, the Company and the Guarantors will be entitled to delay
such filing or, if they have filed such registration statement, from time to time to require
Holders or Participating Broker-Dealers to delay or discontinue the sale or other disposition of
Securities pursuant to that Shelf Registration Statement or Exchange Offer Registration Statement
for a reasonable period of time not to exceed 45 consecutive days with no more than two such delays
in filing or delays or suspension of effectiveness in any calendar year.
SECTION 7. Registration Expenses.
(a) All expenses incident to the Company’s and the Guarantors’ performance of or
compliance with this Agreement will be borne by the Company and the Guarantors, jointly and
severally, regardless of whether a Registration Statement becomes effective, including, without
limitation: (i) all registration and filing fees and expenses (including filings made by any
Initial Purchaser 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 securities or blue sky laws; (iii) all expenses of printing (including printing certificates
for the Exchange
Securities to be issued in the Exchange Offer and printing of Prospectuses), messenger and
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delivery services and telephone; (iv) all fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company,
the Guarantors and, subject to Section 7(b) hereof, the Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities;
(v) all application and filing fees in connection with listing the Exchange Securities on a
securities exchange or automated quotation system pursuant to the requirements thereof; and (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).
Each of the Company and the Guarantors 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 or the Guarantors.
(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 and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, 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
LLP 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.
SECTION 8. Indemnification.
(a) The Company 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 (x) any untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement (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, and
(y) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any 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, in light
of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except insofar as such losses,
claims, damages, liabilities or expenses are caused by an untrue
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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 or any of the Guarantors 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, however, that the failure to give such notice shall not
relieve any of the Company or the Guarantors of its obligations pursuant to this Agreement, to the
extent it is not prejudiced by such failure. 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). In case any such action is
brought against any Holder and such Holder seeks or intends to seek indemnity from the Company or a
Guarantor, the Company will be entitled to participate in and, to the extent that it shall elect by
written notice delivered to such Holder promptly after receiving the aforesaid notice from such
Holder, to assume the defense thereof with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Holder;
provided, however, if the defendants in any such action include (i) the Company or a Guarantor and
(ii) such Holder, and such Holder shall have reasonably concluded that a conflict may arise between
the positions of the Company or a Guarantor and such Holder in conducting the defense of any such
action or that there may be legal defenses available to it which are different from or additional
to those available to the Company or a Guarantor, such Holder shall have the right to select
separate counsel to assume such legal defenses and to otherwise participate in the defense of such
action on behalf of such Holder. Upon receipt of notice from the Company to such Holder of the
Company’s election so to assume the defense of such action and approval by such Holder of counsel,
the Company and the Guarantors will not be liable to such Holder under this Section 8 for any legal
or other expenses subsequently incurred by such Holder in connection with the defense thereof
unless (i) such Holder shall have employed separate counsel in accordance with the proviso to the
next preceding sentence (it being understood, however, that the Company and the Guarantors shall
not be liable for the expenses of more than one separate counsel (together with local counsel),
approved by such Holder, representing such Holder) or (ii) the Company shall not have employed
counsel satisfactory to such Holder to represent such Holder within a reasonable time after notice
of commencement of the action, in each of which cases the fees and expenses of counsel shall be at
the expense of the Company and the Guarantors. The Company and the Guarantors under this Section 8
shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without the Company’s or a
Guarantor’s written consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for
the plaintiff, the Company and the Guarantors agree to indemnify the
Holder against any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense by reason of such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the
foregoing sentence, if at any time a Holder shall have requested the Company or a Guarantor
reimburse such Holder for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by this Section 8, the
Company and the Guarantors agree that they, jointly and severally, shall be liable for any
settlement of any proceeding effected without the Company’s or a Guarantor’s written consent if (i)
such settlement is entered into more than 30 days after receipt by the Company or a Guarantor of
the aforesaid request and (ii) the Company or such Guarantor
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shall not have reimbursed such Holder in accordance with such request prior to the date of such
settlement. Neither the Company nor a Guarantor shall, without the prior written consent of a
Holder, effect any settlement, compromise or consent to the entry of judgment in any pending or
threatened action, suit or proceeding in respect of which such Holder is or could have been a party
and indemnity was or could have been sought hereunder by such Holder, unless such settlement,
compromise or consent (i) includes an unconditional release of such Holder from all liability on
claims that are the subject matter of such action, suit or proceeding and (ii) does not include any
statements as to or any findings of fault, culpability or failure to act by or on behalf of such
Holder.
(b) Each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities agrees, severally and not jointly, to
indemnify and hold harmless the Company, the Guarantors and their respective directors, officers of
the Company and the Guarantors who sign a Registration Statement, and any Person controlling
(within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) the
Company or any of the Guarantors, 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 by such Holder
expressly for use in any Registration Statement. In case any action or proceeding shall be brought
against the Company, the Guarantors or their respective 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 the Company and the
Guarantors, and the Company, the Guarantors, their respective directors and officers and such
controlling person shall have the rights and duties given to each Holder by the preceding
paragraph.
(c) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 8 is unavailable to an indemnified
party under Section 8(a) or (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 and the Guarantors shall be deemed to be equal to the total gross proceeds to the Company
and the Guarantors from the Initial Placement), the amount of Additional Interest 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 the Holders, 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 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 any of the
Guarantors, on the one hand, or the Indemnified Holders, on the other hand, and the parties’
relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct
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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) hereof, 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 Securities 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 1 l(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any 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
Securities held by each of the Holders hereunder and not joint.
SECTION 9. Rule 144A. Each of the Company and the Guarantors hereby agrees with each Holder,
for so long as any Transfer Restricted Securities remain outstanding and the Company is not subject
to Section 13 or 15(d) under the Exchange Act or exempt therefrom pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b)
thereunder, to make available to any Holder or beneficial owner of Transfer Restricted Securities
in connection with any sale thereof and any prospective purchaser, upon their request, 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 under the Securities Act.
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(s)
and managing underwriter(s) that will administer such offering will be selected by the Holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Transfer Restricted
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Securities included in such offering; provided, however, that such investment banker(s) and
managing underwriter(s) must be reasonably satisfactory to the Company.
SECTION 12. Miscellaneous.
(a) Remedies. Each of the Company and the Guarantors 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 agree to waive the defense in any action for specific
performance that a remedy at law would be adequate.
(b) No Inconsistent Agreements. Each of the Company and the Guarantors will not 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 any of the Guarantors has previously 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 or any
of the Guarantors, securities under
any agreement in effect on the date hereof.
(c) 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 (i) in the case of Section 5 hereof and this Section 12(c)(i), obtained the
written consent of Holders of all outstanding Transfer Restricted Securities and (ii) in the case
of all other provisions hereof, obtained the written consent of Holders of a majority of the
outstanding principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities (excluding any Transfer Restricted
Securities held by the Company or its Affiliates). 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, however, 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 with respect
to which such amendment, qualification, supplement, waiver, consent or departure is to be
effective.
(d) 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:
Stratos Global Corporation
0000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000
0000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000
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Telecopier No.: (000) 000-0000
Attention: General Counsel
Attention: General Counsel
With a copy to:
Steptoe & Xxxxxxx LLP
0000 Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, XX
Xxxxxxxxxx, X.X. 00000
Telecopier No.: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
0000 Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, XX
Xxxxxxxxxx, X.X. 00000
Telecopier No.: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
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.
(e) 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.
(f) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the
parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an
original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
(g) Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and
shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
(h) Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
(i) Severability. In the event that any one or more of the provisions contained herein,
or the application thereof in any circumstance, is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the
validity, legality and enforceability of any such provision in every other respect and of the
remaining provisions contained herein shall not be affected or impaired thereby.
(j) 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
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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.
STRATOS GLOBAL CORPORATION |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx | |||
Title: | Treasurer | |||
By: | /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Assistant Corporate Secretary | |||
GUARANTORS:
STRATOS CANADA INC.
STRATOS WIRELESS INC.
STRATOS FUNDING COMPANY
STRATOS HOLDINGS (CYPRUS) LIMITED
STRATOS FINANCE (IRELAND) LIMITED
STRATOS LFC S.A.
STRATOS INVESTMENTS B. V.
STRATOS NEW ZEALAND LIMITED
STRATOS NZ HOLDINGS LIMITED
STRATOS AERONAUTICAL LIMITED
STRATOS GLOBAL HOLDINGS LIMITED
STRATOS GLOBAL LIMITED
STRATOS SERVICES LIMITED
STRATOS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
STRATOS FINANCIAL, LLC
STRATOS FINANCING LUX, LLC
STRATOS FUNDING LLC
STRATOS FUNDING LP
STRATOS GOVERNMENT SERVICES, INC.
STRATOS HOLDINGS, INC.
STRATOS MOBILE NETWORKS, INC.
STRATOS MOBILE NETWORKS (USA), L.L.C.
STRATOS OFFSHORE SERVICES COMPANY
STRATOS WIRELESS INC.
STRATOS FUNDING COMPANY
STRATOS HOLDINGS (CYPRUS) LIMITED
STRATOS FINANCE (IRELAND) LIMITED
STRATOS LFC S.A.
STRATOS INVESTMENTS B. V.
STRATOS NEW ZEALAND LIMITED
STRATOS NZ HOLDINGS LIMITED
STRATOS AERONAUTICAL LIMITED
STRATOS GLOBAL HOLDINGS LIMITED
STRATOS GLOBAL LIMITED
STRATOS SERVICES LIMITED
STRATOS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
STRATOS FINANCIAL, LLC
STRATOS FINANCING LUX, LLC
STRATOS FUNDING LLC
STRATOS FUNDING LP
STRATOS GOVERNMENT SERVICES, INC.
STRATOS HOLDINGS, INC.
STRATOS MOBILE NETWORKS, INC.
STRATOS MOBILE NETWORKS (USA), L.L.C.
STRATOS OFFSHORE SERVICES COMPANY
By: | /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | ||
Name: | Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | ||
Title: | Authorized Signatory |
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the following party has also executed this Registration Rights Agreement as of
the date first written above.
SIGNED,
SEALED AND DELIVERED by
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the duly authorised attorney of
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STRATOS FINANCE (IRELAND) LIMITED
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in the presence of:
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/s/
Xxxx Xxx Xxxx |
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Iris Bar. Haim |
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301. 000 Xxxxxx Xx. Xxxxxxx |
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XX MHS 101 canada |
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The foregoing Registration Rights Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the
date first above written:
RBC CAPITAL MARKETS CORPORATION
BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC
CIBC WORLD MARKETS CORP.
SCOTIA CAPITAL (USA) INC.
BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC
CIBC WORLD MARKETS CORP.
SCOTIA CAPITAL (USA) INC.
By: RBC Capital Markets Corporation
By: /s/
[ILLEGIBLE]
Managing Director
Managing Director
SCHEDULE A
List of Guarantors |
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Guarantor |
Jurisdiction |
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Stratos Canada Inc.
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Canada | |
Stratos Wireless Inc.
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Canada | |
Stratos Funding Company
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Nova Scotia, Canada | |
Stratos Holdings (Cyprus) Limited
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Cyprus | |
Stratos Finance (Ireland) Limited
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Ireland | |
Stratos LFC S.A.
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Luxembourg | |
Stratos Investments B.V.
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The Netherlands | |
Stratos New Zealand Limited
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New Zealand | |
Stratos NZ Holdings Limited
|
New Zealand | |
Stratos Aeronautical Limited
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United Kingdom | |
Stratos Global Holdings Limited
|
United Kingdom | |
Stratos Global Limited
|
United Kingdom | |
Stratos Services Limited
|
United Kingdom | |
Stratos Communications, Inc.
|
United States (Delaware) | |
Stratos Financial, LLC
|
United States (Delaware) | |
Stratos Financing LUX, LLC
|
United States (Delaware) | |
Stratos Funding LLC
|
United States (Delaware) | |
Stratos Funding LP
|
United States (Delaware) | |
Stratos Government Services, Inc.
|
United States (Delaware) | |
Stratos Holdings, Inc.
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United States (Delaware) | |
Stratos Mobile Networks, Inc.
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United States (Delaware) | |
Stratos Mobile Networks (USA), L.L.C.
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United States (Delaware) | |
Stratos Offshore Services Company
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United States (Delaware) |