Registration Rights Agreement by and among Iron Mountain Nova Scotia Funding Company The Guarantors Party Hereto and Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. Banc of America Securities LLC J. P. Morgan Securities Inc. Lehman Brothers Inc....
Exhibit
4.2
by
and among
Iron
Mountain Nova Scotia Funding Company
The
Guarantors Party Hereto
and
This
Registration
Rights Agreement (this “Agreement”)
is
made and entered into as of March
15,
2007,
by and
among Iron
Mountain Nova Scotia Funding Company (the
“Company”),
a
Nova
Scotia unlimited
liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of Iron
Mountain Incorporated,
each of
the guarantors listed on Schedule
I
hereto
(the “Guarantors”)
and each
of the initial purchasers listed on Schedule II
hereto
(collectively, the “Initial
Purchasers”).
The
Initial
Purchasers have
agreed to purchase the Company’s
7½% Senior Notes due
2017
(the “Notes”)
pursuant to the Purchase
Agreement (as
defined below).
This
Agreement
is
made
pursuant to the Purchase
Agreement,
dated
March
9,
2007,
(the
“Purchase
Agreement”),
by
and among the Company, the Guarantors
and the
Initial
Purchasers.
In
order to induce the Initial
Purchasers to
purchase the Notes,
the
Company and the Guarantors
have
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 8(q)
of
the
Purchase
Agreement.
Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meaning
assigned to them in the indenture dated as of December
30,
2002 (the
“Base
Indenture”),
as
supplemented by a sixth supplemental indenture (the “Sixth
Supplemental Indenture”
and,
together with the Base
Indenture,
the
“Indenture”),
dated
March
15,
2007,
by and
among the Company, the Guarantors
and The
Bank
of New York Trust Company, N.A.,
as
trustee
(the
“Trustee”),
relating to the Notes
and
the
Exchange
Notes (as
defined below).
Consummate:
An
Exchange
Offer shall
be
deemed “Consummated” for purposes of this Agreement
upon
the
occurrence of (a)
the
filing and effectiveness under the Securities
Act of
the
Exchange
Offer Registration
Statement relating
to the Exchange
Notes to
be
issued in the Exchange
Offer,
(b)
the
maintenance of such Exchange
Offer Registration
Statement continuously
effective and the keeping of the Exchange
Offer open
for
a period not less than the period required pursuant to Section 3(b)
hereof
and (c)
the
delivery by the Company to the Registrar under the Indenture
of Exchange Notes in
the
same aggregate principal amount as the aggregate principal amount of
Notes
properly
tendered and not subsequently withdrawn by Holders
thereof
pursuant to the Exchange
Offer.
Effectiveness
Deadline:
As
defined in Sections 3(a)
and
4(a)
hereof.
Exchange
Notes:
The
Company’s
7½% Senior Notes due
2017
and the related guarantees to be issued pursuant to the Indenture:
(i)
in
the
Exchange
Offer or
(ii)
as
contemplated by Section 4
hereof.
Exchange
Offer:
The
exchange and issuance by the Company of a principal amount of Exchange
Notes (which
shall be registered pursuant to the Exchange
Offer Registration
Statement)
equal
to the outstanding principal amount of Notes
that
are
properly tendered and not subsequently withdrawn by such Holders
in
connection with such exchange and issuance, and evidencing the same continuing
Indebtedness.
Exchange
Offer
Registration
Statement:
The
Registration
Statement relating
to the Exchange
Offer,
including the related Prospectus.
Prospectus:
The
prospectus included in a Registration
Statement at
the
time such Registration
Statement is
declared effective, 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
Statement:
Any
registration statement of the Company and the Guarantors
relating
to (a)
an
offering of Exchange
Notes pursuant
to an Exchange
Offer or
(b)
the
registration for resale of Transfer-Restricted
Securities pursuant
to the Shelf
Registration
Statement,
in each
case, (i)
that
is
filed pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement
and
(ii)
including
the Prospectus
included
therein, all amendments and supplements thereto (including post-effective
amendments) and all exhibits and material incorporated by reference
therein.
TIA:
The
Trust
Indenture Act of 1939 (15
U.S.C.
Section
77aaa-77bbbb)
as
in
effect on the date of the Indenture.
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Transfer-Restricted
Securities:
Each
(A)
Note,
until
the earliest to occur of (i)
the
date
on which such Note
is
exchanged in the Exchange
Offer for
an
Exchange
Note by
a
person other than a Broker-Dealer, (ii)
the
date
on which such Note
has
been
disposed of in accordance with a Shelf
Registration
Statement
or
(iii) the
date
on which such Note
is
distributed to the public pursuant to Rule
144
under
the
Securities
Act and
each
(B)
Exchange
Note held
by a
Broker-Dealer
until
the
date on which such Exchange
Note is
disposed of by a Broker-Dealer
to
a
Purchaser who receives from such Broker-Dealer a copy of the Prospectus
contained
in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement.
A
Person
is
deemed to be a holder of Transfer-Restricted
Securities (each,
a
“Holder”)
whenever such Person owns Transfer-Restricted
Securities.
(a)
Unless the Exchange
Offer shall
not
be permitted by applicable law (after the procedures set forth in Section
6(a)(i)
below
have been complied with) or Commission
policy,
the Company and the Guarantors
shall
(i)
cause
the
Exchange
Offer Registration
Statement to
be
filed with the Commission
on
or
prior to 90 days (or if such 90th day is not a business day, then the next
succeeding business day) after the Closing
Date (such
day
being the “Filing
Deadline”);
(ii)
use
all
commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Exchange
Offer Registration
Statement to
be
declared effective by the Commission
on
or
prior to 180 days (or if such 180th day is not a business day, then the next
succeeding business day) after the Closing
Date (such
day
being the “Effectiveness
Deadline”);
(iii)
in
connection with the foregoing, (A)
file
all
pre-effective amendments to such Exchange
Offer Registration
Statement as
may be
reasonably necessary in order to cause the Exchange
Offer Registration
Statement to
be
declared effective, (B)
file,
if
applicable, a post-effective amendment to such Exchange Offer Registration
Statement pursuant
to Rule
430A
under
the
Securities
Act and
(C)
cause
all
reasonably necessary filings, if any, in connection with the registration and
qualification of the Exchange
Notes to
be
made under the Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as are necessary to permit
Consummation
of
the
Exchange
Offer;
provided
that
the
Company and the Guarantors
shall
not
be required to qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it
is
not then so qualified or to take any action which would subject it to general
service of process or taxation in any jurisdiction where it is not then so
subject; and (iv)
as
soon
as practicable following the effectiveness of such Exchange
Offer Registration
Statement,
commence and Consummate
the
Exchange
Offer.
The
Exchange
Offer shall
be
on the appropriate form permitting (i)
registration
of the Exchange
Notes to
be
offered in exchange for the Notes
that
are
Transfer-Restricted
Securities and
(ii)
resales
of Exchange
Notes by
Broker-Dealers
that
tendered into the Exchange
Offer Notes
that
such
Broker-Dealer
acquired
for its own account as a result of market making activities or other trading
activities (other than Notes
acquired
directly from the Company or any of its Affiliates) as contemplated by Section
3(c)
below.
(b)
The Company and the Guarantors
shall
use all commercially reasonable efforts to 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
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no
event
shall such period be less than 20 business days. The Company and the Guarantors
shall
cause the Exchange
Offer to
comply
with all applicable federal and state securities laws. No securities other
than
the Exchange
Notes shall
be
included in the Exchange
Offer Registration
Statement.
The
Company and the Guarantors
shall
use all commercially reasonable 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 45 business days thereafter, or
longer, if required by the federal securities laws (the last day of such period
being the “Consummation
Deadline”).
(c)
The
Company shall include a “Plan
of
Distribution”
section
in the Prospectus
contained
in the Exchange
Offer Registration
Statement and
indicate therein that any Broker-Dealer
who
holds
Transfer-Restricted
Securities that
were
acquired for the account of such Broker-Dealer
as
a
result of market-making activities or other trading activities (other than
Notes
acquired
directly from the Company or any Affiliate of the Company), may exchange such
Transfer-Restricted
Securities pursuant
to the Exchange
Offer.
Such
“Plan
of
Distribution”
section
shall also contain all other information with respect to such sales by such
Broker-Dealers
that
the
Commission
may
require in order to permit such sales pursuant thereto, but such “Plan
of
Distribution”
shall
not name any such Broker-Dealer
or
disclose the amount of Transfer-Restricted
Securities held
by
any such Broker-Dealer,
except
to the extent required by the Commission
as
a
result of a change in policy, rules or regulations after the date of this
Agreement.
Because
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 its initial sale of any Exchange
Notes received
by such Broker-Dealer
in
the
Exchange
Offer,
the
Company and the Guarantors
shall
permit the use of the Prospectus
contained
in the Exchange
Offer Registration
Statement by
such
Broker-Dealer
to
satisfy such prospectus
delivery
requirement. To the extent necessary to ensure that the prospectus
contained
in the Exchange
Offer Registration
Statement is
available for sales of Exchange
Notes by
Broker-Dealers,
the
Company and the Guarantors
agree
to use all commercially reasonable efforts to keep
the Exchange
Offer Registration
Statement continuously
effective, supplemented, amended and current as required by and subject to
the
provisions of Section 6(a)
and
(c)
hereof
and in conformity with
the
requirements of this Agreement,
the
Securities
Act and
the
policies, rules and regulations of the Commission
as
announced from time to time, for a period of 180 days from the Consummation
Deadline or
such
shorter period as will terminate when all Transfer-Restricted
Securities covered
by such Registration
Statement have
been
sold pursuant thereto. The Company and the Guarantors
shall
provide sufficient copies of the latest version of such Prospectus
to
such
Broker-Dealers,
as soon
as reasonably possible upon request, and in no event later than two business
days after such request, at any time during such period.
(a)
Shelf Registration.
If
(i)
the
Company and the Guarantors
are
not
(A)
required
to file the Exchange
Offer Registration
Statement or
(B)
permitted
to Consummate
the
Exchange
Offer because
the Exchange
Offer is
not
permitted by applicable law (after the Company and the Guarantors
have
complied with the procedures set forth in Section 6(a)(i)
below)
or
Commission
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policy
or
(ii)
if
any
Holder
of
Transfer-Restricted
Securities shall
notify the Company within 20 business days following the consummation of the
Exchange
Offer that
(A)
such
Holder
was
prohibited by law or Commission
policy
from participating in the Exchange
Offer;
(B)
such
Holder
may
not
resell the Exchange
Notes 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 Notes
acquired
directly from the Company or any of its Affiliates, then the
Company and the Guarantors
shall
use all commercially reasonable efforts to file
with the Commission
a
Shelf
Registration
Statement (as
defined below) to cover resales of the Notes
by
Holders
of
the
Notes
who
satisfy certain conditions relating to the provision of information in
connection with the Shelf
Registration
Statement.
If
obligated to file a Shelf
Registration
Statement,
the
Company and the Guarantors
shall:
(x)
file,
on
or prior to 90 days after the earlier of (i)
the
date
on which the Company determines that the Exchange
Offer Registration
Statement cannot
be
filed as a result of clause (a)(i)
above
and
(ii)
the
date
on which the Company receives the notice specified in clause (a)(ii)
above
(such earlier date, the “Filing
Deadline”),
a
shelf
registration statement pursuant
to Rule 415 under the Securities
Act (which
may be an amendment to the Exchange
Offer Registration
Statement (the
“Shelf
Registration
Statement”)),
relating to all Transfer-Restricted
Securities held
by
Holders
who
have
provided the information required by Section 4(b)
hereof,
and
(y)
use all
commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Shelf
Registration
Statement to
be
declared effective by the Commission
on
or
prior to 180 days after such Shelf
Registration
Statement is
filed
(such day, the “Effectiveness
Deadline”).
If,
after
the Company and the Guarantors
have
filed an Exchange
Offer Registration
Statement that
satisfies the requirements of Section 3(a)
above,
the Company and the Guarantors
are
required to file and make effective a Shelf
Registration
Statement solely
because the Exchange
Offer is
not
permitted under applicable federal law (i.e., clause (a)(i)
above),
then the filing of the Exchange
Offer Registration
Statement shall
be
deemed to satisfy the requirements of clause (x)
above;
provided
that, in
such event, the Company and the Guarantors
shall
remain obligated to meet the Effectiveness
Deadline set
forth
in clause (y).
To
the
extent necessary to ensure that the Shelf
Registration
Statement is
available for sales of Transfer-Restricted
Securities by
the
Holders
thereof
entitled to the benefit of this Section 4(a)
and
the
other securities required to be registered therein pursuant to Section
6(b)(ii)
hereof,
the
Company and the Guarantors
shall
use all commercially reasonable efforts to keep
any Shelf
Registration
Statement required
by this Section 4(a)
continuously
effective, supplemented, amended and current as required by and subject to
the
provisions of Sections 6(b)
and
(c)
hereof
and in conformity with the requirements of this Agreement,
the
Securities
Act and
the
policies, rules and regulations of the Commission
as
announced from time to time, for a period of at least two years (as extended
pursuant to Section 6(d)
hereof)
following the Closing
Date,
or such
shorter period as will terminate when all Transfer-Restricted
Securities covered
by such Shelf
Registration
Statement have
been
sold pursuant thereto.
(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
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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 days after receipt of a request therefor,
the information specified in Item 507 or Item 508 of Regulation
S-K,
as
applicable, of the Securities
Act for
use
in connection with any Shelf
Registration
Statement or
Prospectus
or
preliminary Prospectus
included
therein. No Holder
of
Transfer-Restricted
Securities shall
be
entitled to additional interest pursuant to Section 5
hereof
unless such Holder
shall
have provided all such information in the required times. Each selling
Holder
agrees
to
promptly furnish additional information required to be disclosed in order to
make the information previously furnished to the Company by such Holder
not
materially misleading.
(a) If
(i)
any
Registration
Statement required
by this Agreement
is
not
filed with the Commission
on
or
prior to the applicable Filing
Deadline,
(ii)
any
such
Registration
Statement has
not
been declared effective by the Commission
on
or
prior to the applicable Effectiveness
Deadline,
(iii)
the
Exchange
Offer has
not
been Consummated
on
or
prior to the Consummation
Deadline or
(iv)
any
Registration
Statement required
by this Agreement
is
filed
and declared effective but thereafter is withdrawn by the Issuer
or
becomes subject to an effective stop order issued pursuant to Section
8(d)
of
the
U.S.
Securities
Act suspending
the effectiveness of such registration statement (except as specifically
permitted in this Agreement,
including during any blackout period permitted hereunder without being succeeded
immediately by an additional Registration
Statement filed
and
declared effective within 60 days of such suspension) (each such event referred
to in clauses (i)
through
(iv),
a
“Registration
Default”),
then
the Company and the Guarantors
hereby
jointly and severally agree to pay to each Holder
of
Transfer-Restricted
Securities additional
interest in an amount equal to a per annum rate of 0.25% on the principal amount
of Transfer-Restricted
Securities held
by
such Holder
for
the
period of time that the Registration
Default continues
for the first 90-day period immediately following the occurrence of such
Registration
Default. The
amount of the additional interest shall increase by an additional per annum
rate
of 0.25% with respect to each subsequent 90-day period until all Registration
Defaults have
been
cured, up to a maximum amount of additional interest for all Registration
Defaults of
1.00%
per annum on the outstanding principal amount of Transfer-Restricted
Securities; provided
that the
Company and the Guarantors
shall
in
no event be required to pay additional interest for more than one Registration
Default at
any
given time.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, (1)
upon
filing of the Exchange
Offer Registration
Statement (and/or,
if applicable, the Shelf
Registration
Statement),
in the
case of (i)
above,
(2)
upon
the
effectiveness of the Exchange
Offer Registration
Statement (and/or,
if applicable, the Shelf
Registration
Statement),
in the
case of (ii)
above,
(3)
upon
Consummation
of
the
Exchange
Offer,
in the
case of (iii)
above,
or
(4)
upon
the
filing of an additional Registration
Statement that
causes the Exchange
Offer Registration
Statement (and/or,
if applicable, the Shelf
Registration
Statement)
to
again be declared effective or made usable in the case of (iv)
above,
the additional interest payable with respect to the Transfer-Restricted
Securities as
a
result of such clause (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv), as applicable, shall
cease.
(b) A
Registration
Default referred
to in Section 5(a)
hereof
shall be deemed not to have occurred or be continuing in relation to a
Registration
Statement or
the
related prospectus
if
(i)
such
Registration
Default has
occurred as a result of a material event or events relating to the Company
or
the Guarantors
that
the
Company has determined in good faith and based on the
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advice
of
counsel would need to be disclosed in such Registration
Statement or
the
related prospectus
and
the
Company determines in good faith that such disclosure would adversely affect
it
(or a proposed transaction it is seeking to engage in) and (ii)
the
Company has provided, or caused to be provided, written notice to the
Holders
that
such
an event or events have occurred and that a Registration
Default would
have occurred but for the provisions of this Section 5(b);
provided,
however,
that in
any case if such Registration
Default occurs
for a continuous period in excess of 45 days, additional interest shall be
payable in accordance with this Section 5
from
and
including the 45th day after such Registration
Default originally
occurred.
(c) All
accrued additional interest shall be paid to the Holders
entitled
thereto, in the manner provided for the payment of interest in the Indenture,
on each
Interest
Payment Date,
as more
fully set forth in the Indenture
and
the
Notes.
Notwithstanding the fact that any securities for which additional interest
are
due cease to be Transfer-Restricted
Securities,
all
obligations of the Company and the Guarantors
to
pay
additional interest with respect to securities shall survive until such time
as
such obligations with respect to such securities shall have been satisfied
in
full. Notwithstanding anything contained herein or in the Indenture
to
the
contrary, the payment of additional interest shall be the only remedy available
to holders of Notes
for
any
Registration
Default.
(a)
Exchange
Offer Registration
Statement.
In
connection with the Exchange
Offer,
the
Company and the Guarantors
shall,
subject to the provisions of Section 5(b)
hereof,
(x)
comply
with all applicable provisions of Section 6(c)
below,
(y)
use
all
commercially reasonable efforts to effect such exchange and to permit the resale
of Exchange
Notes by
Broker-Dealers
that
tendered in the Exchange
Offer Notes
that
such
Broker-Dealer
acquired
for its own account as a result of its market making activities or other trading
activities (other than Notes
acquired
directly from the Company or any of its Affiliates) being sold
in
accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution thereof,
and (z)
comply
with all
of the
following provisions:
(i)
If,
following the date hereof there has been announced a change in Commission
policy
with respect to exchange offers such as the Exchange
Offer,
that in
the reasonable opinion of counsel to the Company raises a substantial question
as to whether the Exchange
Offer is
permitted by applicable federal
law, the
Company and the Guarantors
hereby
agree to use all commercially reasonable efforts 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
Transfer-Restricted
Securities.
The
Company and the Guarantors
hereby
agree to pursue the issuance of such a decision to the Commission
staff
level. In connection with the foregoing, the Company and the Guarantors
hereby
agree to take all such other commercially reasonable actions as may be requested
by the Commission
or
otherwise required in connection with the issuance of such decision, including,
without limitation, (A)
participating
in telephonic conferences with the Commission,
(B)
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 such an Exchange
Offer should
be
permitted and (C)
diligently
pursuing a resolution (which need not be favorable) by the Commission
staff.
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(ii)
As a
condition to its participation in the Exchange
Offer,
each
Holder
of
Transfer-Restricted
Securities (including,
without limitation, any Holder
who
is a
Broker-Dealer)
shall
furnish, upon the request of the Company, prior to the Consummation
of
the
Exchange
Offer,
a
written representation to the Company and the Guarantors
(which
may be contained in the letter of transmittal contemplated by the Exchange
Offer Registration
Statement)
to the
effect that (A)
it
is not
an Affiliate of the Company, (B)
it
is not
engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, and has no arrangement or
understanding with any person to participate in, a distribution of the
Exchange
Notes to
be
issued in the Exchange
Offer and
(C)
it
is
acquiring the Exchange
Notes in
its
ordinary course of business. As a condition to its participation in the
Exchange
Offer,
each
Holder
using
the
Exchange
Offer to
participate in a distribution of the Exchange
Notes shall
acknowledge and agree that, if the resales are of Exchange
Notes obtained
by such Holder
in
exchange for Notes
acquired
directly from the Company or an Affiliate thereof, it (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 (including, if applicable, 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 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.
(iii)
Prior to effectiveness of the Exchange
Offer Registration
Statement,
the
Company and the Guarantors
shall
provide a supplemental letter to the Commission
(A)
stating
that the Company and the Guarantors
are
registering the Exchange
Offer in
reliance on the position of the Commission
enunciated
in Exxon
Capital Holdings Corporation (available
May
13,
1988), Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx and Co., Inc. (available
June
5,
1991)
as interpreted in the Commission’s
letter
to Shearman
& Sterling dated
July
2,
1993,
and, if applicable, any no-action letter obtained pursuant to clause
(i)
above,
(B)
including
a representation that neither the Company nor any of the Guarantors
has
entered into any arrangement or understanding with any Person
to
distribute the Exchange
Notes to
be
received in the Exchange
Offer and
that,
to the best of the Company’s and the Guarantors’
knowledge and belief, each Holder
participating
in the Exchange
Offer is
acquiring the Exchange
Notes in
its
ordinary course of business and has no arrangement or understanding with any
Person
to
participate in the distribution of the Exchange
Notes received
in the Exchange
Offer and
(C)
including
any other commercially reasonable undertaking or representation required by
the
Commission
as
set
forth in any no-action letter obtained pursuant to clause (i)
above,
if
applicable.
(b)
Shelf
Registration
Statement.
In
connection with the Shelf
Registration
Statement,
the
Company and the Guarantors
shall,
subject to the provisions of Section 5(b)
hereof,
(i)
comply
with all the provisions of Section 6(c)
below
and
use all commercially reasonable 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
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thereof
(as indicated in the information furnished to the Company pursuant to Section
4(b)
hereof),
and pursuant thereto the Company and the Guarantors
will
prepare and file with the Commission
a
Registration
Statement relating
to the registration on any appropriate form under the Securities
Act,
which form shall be available for the sale of the Transfer-Restricted
Securities in
accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution thereof
within the time periods and otherwise in accordance with the provisions hereof,
and
(ii)
issue,
upon the request of any Holder
or
purchaser of Notes
covered
by any Shelf
Registration
Statement contemplated
by this Agreement,
Exchange
Notes having
an
aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate
principal amount of Notes
sold
pursuant to the Shelf
Registration
Statement and
surrendered to the Company for cancellation; the Company shall register
Exchange
Notes in
the
Shelf
Registration
Statement for
this
purpose and issue the Exchange
Notes to
the
purchaser(s) of securities subject to the Shelf
Registration
Statement in
the
names as such purchaser(s) shall designate.
(c)
General
Provisions.
In
connection with any Registration
Statement and
any
related Prospectus
required
by this Agreement,
the
Company and the Guarantors
shall,
subject to the provisions of Section 5(b)
hereof:
(i)
use
all commercially reasonable efforts to keep such Registration
Statement continuously
effective and provide all requisite financial statements for the period
specified in Section 3
or
4 of
this Agreement,
as
applicable. Upon the occurrence
of any
event that would cause any such Registration
Statement or
the
Prospectus
contained
therein (A)
to
contain an untrue statement of material fact or omit to state any 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 or
(B)
not
to be effective and usable for resale of Transfer-Restricted
Securities during
the period required by this Agreement,
the Company and the Guarantors shall
file promptly an appropriate amendment to such Registration
Statement curing
such defect, and, if Commission
review
is
required, use all commercially reasonable efforts to cause such amendment to
be
declared effective as soon as practicable;
(ii)
prepare and file with the Commission
such
amendments and post-effective amendments to the applicable Registration
Statement as
may be
necessary to keep such Registration
Statement effective
for the applicable period set forth in Section 3
or
4
hereof, as the case may be; 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 in all material aspects fully with Rules 424, 430A and 462, as
applicable, 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;
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(iii)
advise each Holder
promptly
and, if requested by such Holder,
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 applicable 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 the
suspension by any state securities commission
of
the
qualification of the Transfer-Restricted
Securities for
offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation of any proceeding for
any of the preceding purposes and (D)
of
the
existence of any fact or the happening of any event that makes any statement
of
a material fact made in the Registration
Statement,
the
Prospectus,
any
amendment or supplement thereto or any document incorporated by reference
therein untrue, or that requires the making of any additions to or changes
in
the Registration
Statement in
order
to make the statements therein not misleading, or that requires the making
of
any additions to or changes in the Prospectus
in
order
to make the statements therein, in the
light
of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
If at any time
the
Commission
shall
issue any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement,
or any
state securities commission
or
other
regulatory authority shall issue an order suspending the qualification or
exemption from qualification of the Transfer-Restricted
Securities under
state securities or Blue Sky laws, the
Company and the Guarantors
shall
use all commercially reasonable efforts to obtain
the
withdrawal or lifting of such order at the earliest possible
time;
(iv)
subject to Section 6(c)(i)
hereof,
if any fact or event contemplated by Section 6(c)(iii)(D)
above
shall exist or have occurred, prepare
a supplement
or post-effective amendment to
the
Registration
Statement or
related Prospectus
or
any
document incorporated therein by reference or file any other required document
so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of Transfer-Restricted
Securities,
the
Prospectus
will
not
contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material
fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the
light
of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
(v)
if
requested by an Initial
Purchaser or
a
Holder
named
in
the Shelf
Registration
Statement,
furnish
to such Holder
in
connection with such exchange or sale, 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,
which
documents will be subject to the review and comment of such Holders
in
connection with such sale, if any, for a period of at least three 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
to
which
such Holders
shall
reasonably object within three days after the receipt thereof. A Holder
shall
be
deemed to have reasonably objected to such filing if such Registration
Statement,
amendment, Prospectus
or
supplement, as applicable, as proposed to be filed, contains an untrue statement
of a material fact or omits to state any material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein,
in light
of the circumstances under
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which
they were made, not misleading or
fails
to comply in all material aspects with the applicable requirements of the
Securities
Act;
(vi)
in
the case of any Shelf
Registration
Statement,
or any
post-effective amendment thereto subsequent to the filing thereof and prior
to
its effectiveness, make available, at reasonable times, for inspection by each
Holder
and
any
attorney or accountant retained by such Holder,
all
financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents of the Company and
the Guarantors
reasonably
requested by any such Holder,
attorney or accountant and cause the Company’s and the Guarantors’
officers, directors and employees to supply all information reasonably requested
by any such Holder,
attorney or accountant in connection with such Shelf
Registration
Statement or
any
post-effective amendment thereto subsequent to the filing
thereof
and prior to its effectiveness; provided, however, that any information that
is
designated in writing by the Company or the Guarantors
as
confidential at the time of delivery of such information shall be kept
confidential by the Holders
or
any
such attorney or accountant, unless such disclosure is made in connection with
a
court proceeding or required by law;
(vii)
if
requested by any Holders
in
connection with such exchange or sale, promptly include in any Shelf
Registration
Statement or
Prospectus,
pursuant to a supplement
or post-effective amendment if
necessary, such information as such Holders
may
reasonably request to have included therein, including, without limitation,
information relating to the “Plan
of
Distribution”
of
the
Transfer-Restricted
Securities;
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 included
in
such Prospectus
supplement
or post-effective amendment;
(viii)
furnish to each Holder,
upon such Holder’s request, in
connection with such exchange or sale, without charge, at least one copy of
the
Shelf
Registration
Statement,
as
first filed with the Commission,
and of
each amendment
thereto,
including all documents incorporated by reference therein and all exhibits
(including exhibits incorporated therein by reference); provided, however,
that
such information shall not be required to be so furnished if it is available
through the Commission’s XXXXX System;
(ix)
deliver to each Holder,
upon
such Holder’s
request, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus
(including
each preliminary prospectus)
and any
amendment or supplement thereto as such Persons
reasonably
may request;
the
Company and the Guarantors
hereby
consent to the use (in accordance with law) of the Prospectus
and
any
amendment or supplement thereto by each selling Holder
in
connection with the offering and the sale of the Transfer-Restricted
Securities covered
by the Prospectus
or
any
amendment or supplement thereto;
(x)
upon
the request of any Holder,
enter
into such agreements (including underwriting agreements) and make such
representations and warranties customary for offerings of such type as may
be
reasonably requested and take all
such
other actions in connection therewith in order to expedite or facilitate the
disposition of the Transfer-Restricted
Securities pursuant
to any applicable Shelf
Registration
Statement contemplated
by this Agreement
as
may be
reasonably requested by any Holder
in
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connection
with any sale or resale pursuant to any applicable Shelf
Registration
Statement.
In such
connection, the Company and the Guarantors
shall:
(A)
upon
request of any Holder,
use all
commercially reasonable efforts to cause to be furnished, upon the effectiveness
of the Shelf
Registration
Statement:
(1)
an
opinion, dated the date of effectiveness of the Shelf
Registration
Statement of
counsel for the Company and the Guarantors
covering
matters as are customarily covered in opinions requested in underwritten
offerings and such other matters as such Holder
may
reasonably request; and
(2)
a
customary comfort letter, dated the date of effectiveness of the Shelf
Registration
Statement from
the
independent registered public accounting firm of the Company, in the customary
form and covering matters of the type customarily covered in comfort letters
to
underwriters in connection with underwritten offerings; and
(B)
deliver such other documents and certificates as may be reasonably requested
by
the selling Holders
to
evidence compliance with the matters covered in clause (A)
above
and
with any customary conditions contained in any agreement entered into by the
Company and the Guarantors
pursuant
to this clause (xi);
(xi)
prior to any public offering of Transfer-Restricted
Securities,
cooperate with the selling Holders
and
their
counsel in connection with the registration and qualification of the
Transfer-Restricted
Securities under
the
securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the selling Holders
may
reasonably request and do any and all other commercially reasonable acts or
things necessary or advisable to enable the disposition in such jurisdictions
of
the Transfer-Restricted
Securities covered
by the applicable Registration
Statement,
but in
no event for longer than 365 days from the effective date of the Registration
Statement;
provided,
however,
that
neither the Company nor any Guarantor shall be required to register or qualify
as a foreign corporation where it is not now 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 now so subject;
(xii)
in
connection with any sale of Transfer-Restricted
Securities that
will
result in such securities no longer being Transfer-Restricted
Securities,
reasonably cooperate with the Holders
to
facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing
Transfer-Restricted
Securities to
be
sold and not bearing any restrictive legends; and to register such Transfer-Restricted
Securities in
such
denominations and such names as the selling Holders
may
request at least two business days prior to such sale of Transfer-Restricted
Securities;
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(xiii)
use all commercially reasonable efforts to cause the disposition of the
Transfer-Restricted
Securities covered
by the Registration
Statement to
be
registered with or approved by such other governmental agencies or authorities
as may reasonably be necessary to enable the seller or sellers thereof to
consummate the
disposition of such Transfer-Restricted
Securities,
but in
no event for longer than 365 days from the effective date of the Registration
Statement,
subject
to the proviso contained in clause (xii)
above;
(xiv)
provide a CUSIP number for all Transfer-Restricted
Securities not
later
than the effective date of a Registration
Statement covering
such
Transfer-Restricted
Securities and
provide the Trustee
under
the
Indenture
with
printed certificates for the Transfer-Restricted
Securities which
are
in a form eligible for deposit with CDS Clearing and Depository Services,
Inc;
(xv)
otherwise use all commercially reasonable efforts to comply with all applicable
rules and regulations of the Commission,
and
with regard to any Shelf
Registration
Statement for
which
an underwriter has been engaged, use all commercially reasonable efforts to
make
generally available to its security holders,
as soon
as practicable, a consolidated earnings statement meeting the requirements
of
Rule 158 under the Securities
Act (which
need not be audited) covering
a twelve-month period beginning after the effective date of the Registration
Statement (as
such
term is defined in paragraph (c)
of
Rule
158
under
the
Securities
Act);
(xvi)
cause the Indenture
to
be
qualified under the TIA
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 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 TIA;
and
execute and use all commercially reasonable 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; and
(xvii)
unless otherwise available
through
the Commission’s XXXXX System, provide promptly to each Holder,
upon
request, each document filed with the Commission
pursuant
to the requirements of Section 13
or
Section 15(d)
of
the
Exchange
Act.
(d)
Restrictions
on Holders.
Each
Holder
agrees
by
acquisition of a Transfer-Restricted
Security that,
upon receipt of the notice referred to in Section 6(c)(iii)(C)
or
any
notice from the Company of the existence of any fact of the kind described
in
Section 6(c)(iii)(D)
hereof
(in each case, a “Suspension
Notice”),
such
Holder
will
forthwith discontinue disposition of Transfer-Restricted
Securities pursuant
to the applicable Registration
Statement until
(i)
such
Holder
has
received copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus
contemplated
by Section 6(c)(iv)
hereof,
or (ii)
such
Holder
is
advised in writing 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
(in
each
case, the “Recommencement
Date”).
Each
Holder
receiving
a Suspension
Notice hereby
agrees that it will either (i)
destroy
any Prospectuses,
other
than permanent file copies, then in such Holder’s
possession which have
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been
replaced by the Company with more recently dated Prospectuses
or
(ii)
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 the Suspension
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 a number of days equal to the number
of days in the period from and including the date of delivery of the
Suspension
Notice to
the
Recommencement
Date.
(a)
All
expenses incident to the Company’s and the Guarantors’
performance of or compliance with this Agreement
will
be
borne by the Company, regardless of whether a Registration
Statement becomes
effective, including without limitation: (i)
all
registration and filing fees and expenses; (ii)
all
fees
and expenses of compliance with federal securities and state Blue Sky or
securities laws; (iii)
all
expenses of printing (including printing certificates for the Exchange
Notes to
be
issued in the Exchange
Offer and
printing of Prospectuses),
messenger and delivery services and telephone; (iv)
all
fees
and disbursements of outside counsel for the Company and the Guarantors;
and
(v)
fees
and
disbursements of the independent registered public accounting firm of the
Company and the Guarantors
(including
the expenses of any special audit and comfort letters required by or incident
to
such performance).
The
Company
will, in any event, bear its and the Guarantors’
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
will
reimburse the Initial
Purchasers and
the
Holders
of
Transfer-Restricted
Securities who
are
tendering Notes
in
the
Exchange
Offer and/or
selling or reselling Notes
or
Exchange
Notes pursuant
to the “Plan
of
Distribution”
contained in the Exchange
Offer Registration
Statement or
the
Shelf
Registration
Statement,
as
applicable, for the reasonable and actual fees and disbursements of not more
than one counsel, who shall be Xxxxxx
& Xxxxxxx LLP,
unless
another firm shall 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.
(a)
The
Company and the Guarantors
agree,
jointly and severally, to indemnify and hold harmless each Holder,
its
directors, officers and each Person,
if any,
who controls such Holder
(within
the meaning of Section 15
of
the
Securities
Act or
Section 20
of
the
Exchange
Act),
from
and against any and
all
losses, claims, damages, liabilities, judgments (including
without limitation, any legal or other expenses incurred in connection with
investigating or defending any claim) caused by any untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration
Statement,
preliminary prospectus
or
Prospectus
(or
any
amendment or supplement thereto) provided by the Company to any Holder
or
any
prospective
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purchaser
of Exchange
Notes or
registered Notes,
or
caused by 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 judgments are
caused
by an untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission
that
is based upon information relating to any of the Holders
furnished
in writing to the Company by or on behalf of any of the Holders.
(b)
Each
Holder
of
Transfer-Restricted
Securities agrees,
severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and the
Guarantors,
and
their respective directors, officers, partners, employees, representatives
and
agents and each person, if any, who controls (within the meaning of Section
15
of
the
Securities
Act or
Section 20
of
the
Exchange
Act)
the
Company, or the Guarantors
to
the
same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company and the Guarantors
set
forth
in section (a)
above,
but only with reference to information relating to such Holder
furnished
in writing to the Company by or on behalf of such Holder
expressly
for use in any Registration
Statement
or
Prospectus
(or
any
amendment or supplement thereto). In no event shall any Holder,
its
directors, officers or any Person
who
controls such Holder
be
liable
or responsible for any amount in excess of the total amount received by such
Holder
with
respect to its sale of Transfer-Restricted
Securities or
Exchange
Notes pursuant
to a Registration
Statement.
(c)
In
case any action shall be commenced involving any person in respect of which
indemnity may be sought pursuant to Section 8(a)
or
8(b)
(the “indemnified
party”),
the
indemnified
party shall
promptly notify the person against whom such indemnity may be sought (the
“indemnifying
person”)
in
writing. In case any such action is brought against any indemnified
party,
and it
notifies an indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying
party will be entitled to participate therein, and to the extent it may elect
by
written notice delivered to the indemnified
party promptly
after receiving the aforesaid notice from such indemnified
party,
to
assume the defense thereof with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such
indemnified
party.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the indemnified
party or
parties shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such action
and
participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel
shall be at the expense of the indemnified
party unless
(i)
the
employment of such counsel shall have been specifically authorized in writing
by
the indemnifying party, (ii)
the
indemnifying party shall have failed to assume the defense of such action or
employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified
party or
(iii)
the
named
parties to any such action (including any impleaded parties) include both the
indemnified
party and
the
indemnifying party, and the indemnified
party shall
have been advised by such counsel that there may be one or more legal defenses
available to it which are different from or additional to those available to
the
indemnifying party (in which case the indemnifying party shall not have the
right to assume the defense of such action on behalf of the indemnified
party).
In any
such case, the indemnifying party shall not, in connection with any one action
or separate but substantially similar or related actions in the same
jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances,
be
liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys
(in
addition to any local counsel) for all indemnified parties and all such fees
and
expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. Such firm shall be designated
in writing by a majority of the Holders,
in the
case of the parties indemnified pursuant to Section 8(a),
and by
the Company and the Guarantors,
in the
case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 8(b).
No
indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified
party,
effect
any
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settlement
or compromise of, or consent to the entry of judgment with respect to, any
pending or threatened action in respect of which the indemnified
party is
or
reasonably could have been a party and indemnity or contribution may be or
reasonably could have been sought hereunder by the indemnified
party,
unless
such settlement, compromise or judgment (i)
includes
an unconditional release of the indemnified
party from
all
liability on claims that are the subject matter of such action and (ii)
does
not
include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure
to
act, by or on behalf of the indemnified
party.
No
indemnifying party shall be liable for any settlement on its behalf, effectuated
without its consent.
(d)
To
the extent that
the indemnification provided for in this Section 8
is
unavailable to an indemnified
party in
respect of any
losses, claims, damages, liabilities or judgments referred
to therein, then each 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 judgments (i)
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 their sale of Transfer-Restricted
Securities or
(ii)
if
the allocation provided by clause 8(d)(i)
is
not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect
not only the relative benefits referred to in clause 8(d)(i)
above
but also the relative fault of the Company and the Guarantors,
on the one hand, and of the Holder,
on the other hand, in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted
in such
losses, claims, damages, liabilities or judgments,
as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault
of
the Company and the Guarantors,
on the one hand, and of the Holder,
on the other hand, 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 the Guarantors,
on the one hand, or by the Holder,
on the other hand, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to
information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.
The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of the
losses, claims, damages, liabilities and judgments referred
to above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in
the
second paragraph
of
Section 8(a),
any
outside legal counsel 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
agree
that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section
8(d)
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 judgments referred
to
in the
immediately preceding paragraph shall be deemed to include, subject to the
limitations set forth above, any outside legal counsel or other expenses
reasonably incurred by such indemnified
party in
connection with investigating or defending any matter, including any action
that
could have given rise
to such
losses, claims, damages, liabilities or judgments.
Notwithstanding
the provisions of this Section 8,
no
Holder,
its
directors, its officers or any Person,
if any,
who controls such Holder
shall
be
required to contribute, in the aggregate, any amount in excess of the total
received by such Holder
with
respect to the sale of Transfer-Restricted
Securities or
Exchange
Notes pursuant
to a Registration
Statement.
No
person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section
11(f)
of
the
Securities
Act)
shall
be entitled to
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contribution
from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The
Holders’
obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 8(d)
are
several in proportion to the respective principal amount of Transfer-Restricted
Securities or
Exchange
Notes held
by
each Holder
hereunder
and not joint.
The
Company
and the Guarantors
agree
with each Holder,
for so
long as any Transfer-Restricted
Securities remain
outstanding and during any period in which the Company or the Guarantors
(i)
are
not
subject to Section 13
or
15(d)
of the Exchange
Act,
to make
available, upon request of any Holder,
to such
Holder
or
beneficial owner of Transfer-Restricted
Securities in
connection with any sale thereof and any prospective purchaser of such
Transfer-Restricted
Securities designated
by 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,
and
(ii)
are
subject to Section 13
or
15 (d)
of the Exchange
Act,
to make
all filings required thereby in a timely manner in order to permit resales
of
such Transfer-Restricted
Securities pursuant to Rule 144.
(a)
Remedies.
The
Company acknowledges and agrees that any failure by the Company to comply with
its obligations under Sections 3
and
4
hereof may result in material irreparable injury to the Initial
Purchasers or
the
Holders
for
which
there is no adequate remedy at law, that it will not be possible to measure
damages for such injuries precisely and that, in the event of any such failure,
the Initial
Purchasers or
any
Holder
may
obtain such relief as may be required to specifically enforce the Company’s
obligations under Sections 3
and
4
hereof. The Company further agrees to waive the defense in any action for
specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate.
(b)
No
Inconsistent Agreements.
Neither
the Company nor any Guarantor will, 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
Guarantor has previously entered into any agreement granting any registration
rights with respect to its securities to any Person
that
would require such securities to be included in any Registration
Statement filed
hereunder.
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 and 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 (i)
in
the
case of Section 5
hereof
and this Section 10(c)(i),
the
Company has obtained the written consent of Holders
of
all
outstanding Transfer-Restricted
Securities and
(ii)
in
the
case of all other provisions hereof, the Company has obtained the written
consent of Holders
of
a
majority of the outstanding principal amount of Transfer-Restricted
Securities (excluding
Transfer-Restricted
Securities held
by
the Company or its Affiliates). Notwithstanding the foregoing, a waiver or
consent to departure from the provisions
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hereof
that relates exclusively to the rights of Holders
whose
Transfer-Restricted
Securities are
being
tendered pursuant to the Exchange
Offer,
and
that does not affect directly or indirectly the rights of other Holders
whose
Transfer-Restricted
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 subject
to such Exchange
Offer.
(d)
Third
Party Beneficiary.
The
Holders
shall
be
third party beneficiaries to the agreements made hereunder between the Company
and the Guarantors,
on the
one hand, and the Initial
Purchasers,
on the
other hand, and shall have the right to enforce such agreements directly to
the
extent they may deem such enforcement necessary or advisable to protect their
rights or the rights of Holders
hereunder.
(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
Attention:
Xxxx X. Xxxxxx
Iron
Mountain Incorporated
000
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx,
00xx
Xxxxx
00
Xxxxxx,
XX
00000
Attention:
Xxxx X. Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx
& Worcester LLP
Xxx
Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx,
XX
00000
Attention:
Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxx
Banc
of America Securities LLC
000
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx
Attention.:
Corporate
Finance Department
Copies
of
all
such notices, demands or other communications shall be concurrently delivered
by
the Person giving the same to the Trustee at the address specified in the
Indenture.
(f)
Successors
and Assigns.
This
Agreement
shall
inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and assigns of each
of the parties, including without limitation and without the need for an express
assignment, subsequent Holders;
provided,
that
nothing herein shall be deemed to permit any assignment, transfer or other
disposition of Transfer-Restricted
Securities in
violation of the terms hereof or of the Purchase
Agreement or
the
Indenture.
If any
transferee of any Holder
shall
acquire Transfer-Restricted
Securities in
any
manner, whether by operation of law or otherwise, such Transfer-Restricted
Securities shall
be
held subject to all of the terms of this Agreement,
and by
taking and holding such Transfer-Restricted
Securities such
person
shall
be
conclusively deemed to have agreed to be bound by and to perform all of the
terms and provisions of this Agreement,
including the restrictions on resale set forth in this
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Agreement
and,
if
applicable, the Purchase
Agreement,
and
such Person
shall
be
entitled to receive the benefits hereof.
(g)
Guarantors.
The
Company shall cause any of its Subsidiaries
that
becomes, prior to the consummation of the Exchange
Offer,
a
Guarantor
(as
defined in the Indenture)
to
become party to this Agreement
and
assume, jointly and severally with the Company and any other Guarantors,
the
continuing duties and obligations of the Company under this Agreement
as
if
such Subsidiary
was
an
original signatory to this Agreement
on
the
date hereof.
(h)
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.
(i)
Headings.
The
headings in this Agreement
are
for
convenience of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the
meaning hereof.
(j)
Governing Law.
THIS
AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF
THE
STATE OF NEW
YORK,
WITHOUT
REGARD TO THE CONFLICTS OF LAWS
RULES THEREOF.
(l)
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 with
respect to the Transfer-Restricted
Securities.
This
Agreement
supersedes
all prior agreements and understandings between the parties with respect to
such
subject matter.
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Name:
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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IRON
MOUNTAIN GLOBAL LLC
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By:
Iron Mountain Global, Inc., its sole member
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Name:
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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individually
but as Owner
Trustee under that
certain Amended
and Restated Owner Trust
Agreement
dated
as of October 1,
1998, as amended
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Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxx
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individually
but as Owner
Trustee under that
certain Amended
and Restated Owner Trust
Agreement
dated
as of July 1,
1999, as amended
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By:
/s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxx
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By:/s/
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx
Title: Senior
Managing Director
BNY
CAPITAL
MARKETS, INC.
GUARANTORS
Iron
Mountain Incorporated
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COMAC,
Inc.
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Iron
Mountain Global, Inc.
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Iron
Mountain Global LLC
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Iron
Mountain Government Services Incorporated
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Iron
Mountain Information Management, Inc.
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Iron
Mountain Intellectual Property Management, Inc.
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Iron
Mountain Statutory Trust - 1998
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Iron
Mountain Statutory Trust - 1999
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Mountain
Real Estate Assets, Inc.
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Mountain
Reserve III, Inc.
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Nettlebed
Acquisition Corp.
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Treeline
Services Corporation
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INITIAL
PURCHASERS
Bear,
Xxxxxxx & Co. Inc.
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Scotia
Capital (USA) Inc.
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Banc
of America Securities LLC
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X.
X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc.
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Xxxxxx
Brothers Inc.
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BNY
Capital Markets, Inc.
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Xxxxx
Fargo Securities, LLC
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